Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 23, 1993 TAG: 9309230330
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
\ THE REV. LINDA S. MITCHELL is leaving the staff of Christ Lutheran Church after three years as associate pastor to become Lutheran campus pastor at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. She'll be working in an ecumenical ministry with United Methodists. Her final Sunday at Christ Lutheran will be Oct. 17.
\ THE ROANOKE CHAMBER SINGERS will present a concert Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at Woodlawn United Methodist Church, 2922 Corbieshaw Road S.W. There is no charge.
\ THE L.A. LEWIS SINGERS will celebrate its seventh anniversary Sunday with a 3:30 p.m. musical program at Morning Star Baptist Church, 1513 Rorer Ave. S.W. Several groups will perform.
\ GARY FULSEBAKKE, who has been interim minister of music at Virginia Heights Baptist Church for several months, has accepted the job on a permanent part-time basis. He directs both choral and handbell groups.
\ HIGH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH will be host to the Brotherhood/Youth Retreat and Women's Leadership Conference of the Virginia Baptist State Convention on Oct. 1 and 2. Most sessions will be at the church at 2302 Florida Ave. N.W. and others will be at Sheraton Hotel.
The Rev. Noel C. Taylor, pastor of High Street, will address the opening banquet at the hotel at 6 p.m. A prayer breakfast is scheduled at 6:30 a.m. the following day at the hotel with later sessions at the church starting at 9.
The conference also will include lunch in the Anchor of Hope dining room. Featured speakers for the Saturday morning and afternoon sessions will be the \ Rev. A. Lincoln James and the Rev. John H. Foster. Call 563-0123 for more information.
\ AN INTERFAITH CANDLELIGHT VIGIL will be held in Elmwood Park on Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. In case of rain, the vigil will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church.
The vigil, sponsored by the Roanoke Valley unit of the Alliance for the Mentally Ill and supported by a number of Roanoke Valley congregations, marks the beginning of Mental Illness Awareness Week, which Congress instituted 10 years ago to promote and enhance public awareness of mental illness.
\ Nancy Canova, a representative of the Alliance, recently told the Roanoke Valley Ministers Conference that increasingly mental illness is found to be of physical origin and subject to medical treatment, and even methods used five years ago are seen as outdated because of the rapid pace of research.
The Alliance is a grassroots family self-help support and advocacy organization to improve the lives of people with severe biologically based brain diseases such as schizophrenia. Call 774-3791 for more information.
\ UNITY OF ROANOKE VALLEY, 3300 Green Ridge Road, will begin a study of spiritual principles known as The Quest on Sunday . Study groups will be held Sundays at 9 and 11 a.m. followed by weekly follow-up groups.
A Tuesday series also will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. An evening group will meet Wednesdays from 7 to 9.
An offering will be taken to defray costs. Call 562-2200 for more information.
\ ABOUT 150 PEOPLE from 17 different churches raised more than $5,000 earlier this month to advance the ministries of the City Rescue Mission in its 45th anniversary year in Roanoke. Volunteers were involved in a sleep-out for youth and all-night preparation for meals at the mission and fund-raising games.
\ CHRISTENE CHAMBLISS , president of Church Women United in Virginia, will address the Roanoke Valley CWU unit Friday at Bethany Christian Church (Disciples of Christ.) The meeting, which also will include a household shower for Bethany Hall halfway house, will begin at 10:30 a.m. The church is at 3115 Fleming Ave. N.W.
\ THE COTTAGE COMMUNITY CLUB OF ROANOKE has scheduled a memorial service Oct. 3 at 4 p.m. at Hill Street Baptist Church, 111 Madison Ave. N.W. Guest speaker will be\ Doris Mack, a member of Loudon Avenue Christian Church (Disciples of Christ.)
"\ ZEROES INTO HEROES," a childrens' musical about the Old Testament leader Gideon, will be performed Sunday at 5 p.m. at Belmont United Methodist Church, 806 Jamison Ave. S.E. It will be given by the youth choir of Bonsack United Methodist Church directed by Nancy Turner. The program is free and is part of the observance of Belmont's 102nd anniversary.
\ THE REV. RON MARSH, an associate pastor of a Houston, Texas, will speak Sunday during the 3 p.m. Men's Day service at First Baptist Church of Elliston. The theme of the service is "Men Looking Ahead."
Marsh, a spiritual counselor and leader of Shelemiah Ministries, was an outstanding athlete at the former Jefferson High School. He has is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and affiliated with Young Life.
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