Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, September 25, 1993 TAG: 9309240211
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: RICK LINDQUIST
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
A reception for Morris and his wife, Barbara-lyn, follows in the fellowship hall at noon.
For more information, call the Rev. Clarence Dishman, 639-2807 or 639-2719.
Russell Gregory, a Radford University professor of philosophy and religion, will present "If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Finding and Losing a Friend," Sunday, 10:30 a.m., at the UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF THE NEW RIVER VALLEY, 1301 Gladwood Drive, Blacksburg.
A discussion will follow. Call 552-5273 or 552-4749 to learn more.
The CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS in the New River Valley will present a satellite conference tonight at 8 for women 18 and older. The program will originate from the church's headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah.
In the New River Valley, participants can view the program at these church meeting places:
In Pembroke, on U.S. 460
In Blacksburg, on Porter Street.
In Radford, on Pendleton Street.
For more information, call Denise Allen, 961-0755.
On the calendar of anniversaries, homecomings and fall festivals:
\ BELVIEW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 3619 Onyx Drive (off Virginia 114 in Montgomery County) celebrates its fall festival today, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Get a first-hand look at how to make apple butter, cider and molasses, plus quilting by the Golden Age Ladies.
Call 639-1230 to find out more.
\ CALVARY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Castle Rock Road, Pembroke, observes its 12th anniversary Sunday with music by Gold Rush at 1:30 p.m.
Call 626-7260 for more information.
\ MERRIMAC PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH celebrates homecoming Sunday. The Lacys from Tampa, Fla., will sing at the 10:45 homecoming service and again during afternoon gospel singing at 2:30.
Jerry Sloss has more information at 552-5070.
\ ELLETT VALLEY PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH holds its homecoming celebration Sunday, with Sunday school at 9:55 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. Lunch will be served on the grounds at noon, and the Pilgrim Gospel Singers will perform at 2 p.m.
\ BIG SPRING BAPTIST CHURCH, Elliston, celebrates homecoming Sunday. Former pastor Wesley Patterson will conduct the morning worship service. A covered-dish dinner follows.
Pastor Steve Sholar, 268-5841, or Janet Armel, 268-5930, can tell you more.
\ RINER GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH, Virginia 8, three miles south of Auburn High School, hold its homecoming Sunday. Church school will be at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Norman Goad, guest speaker. Dinner will be at 12:30 p.m., and gospel singing with Young at Heart and soloist Rita Davis will be at 2 p.m.
Pastor Carl Ratcliffe, 382-4654 or 382-7571, has more information.
\ PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 306 Park St., Christiansburg, celebrates homecoming Sunday. The Rev. Eugene Carter, superintendent of the Roanoke District United Methodist Church, will speak at 11 a.m. worship. Lunch follows at 12:15 p.m. Gospel duo Bob and Sandy Mullins, The Second Chance Singers, sing at 1 p.m.
A fall festival is set for Oct. 2, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at the SHEFFEY CAMP MEETING grounds in Trigg. Proceeds will go toward the purchase of the property.
A sale of flea-market items plus baked goods, hot dogs, ham biscuits and potluck lunches is on the schedule. Donations are welcome.
Call 953-3417 for details.
\ EDGEMONT CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Disciples of Christ), 2289 Edgemont Road (at Mudpike Road), Christiansburg, celebrates homecoming Oct. 3. The Rev. Paul Parker will speak at the 11 a.m. worship service. Lunch will follow.
For further information, call 382-2746.
\ NORTH FORK BAPTIST CHURCH, Ellett, observes its homecoming Oct. 3, with church school at 10 a.m., worship at 11 a.m. and dinner at 12:30 p.m., followed by gospel singing. Nelva Viers has more information at 382-2853.
\ WILLIS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH holds its annual fall bazaar Oct. 9, 7 a.m.-4 p.m., including breakfast and dinner, crafts, yard-sale items, baked goods, sausage biscuits and gravy, pinto beans and corn bread and more.
Call Judy Hill, 789-7522 to find out more.
Three-time Grammy Award nominee gospel singer Vickie Winans will be in Blacksburg tonight, 6 p.m., for a benefit banquet and concert sponsored by the RADFORD CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST. The banquet will be at Custom Catering, 902 Patrick Henry Drive.
Money raised will go into the church's building fund.
The church's choir and musicians also will be on hand.
Dress is semiformal. Tickets are $35 for the public and $25 for students with identification. No reservations are needed.
For more information, please call Pastor Ronald A. Watson, 639-5948 or 382-8667.
The SALVATION ARMY, 525 Commerce St., Pulaski, will welcome Capt. and Mrs. Robert Parker as visitors from Divisional Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Sunday. Church school is at 9:45 a.m., followed by a holiness meeting at 11 a.m. There will be a covered-dish lunch after the service.
For more information, call 980-2400.
Mark these GOSPEL MUSIC dates on your calendar:
The Gospel Strings will be at the Bread of Life Chapel, Pulaski, tonight at 7. For directions or more information, call 980-2150.
A community gospel songfest will be held today, 3-8 p.m., at the Willis Station of the Floyd County Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. The station is just off U.S. 221 in Willis on Virginia 768.
This open-air event will feature a variety of gospel music and puppeteers. Refreshments will be on sale. Proceeds will benefit the local volunteer fire squad.
Blankets and lawn chairs are recommended.
Call Charlie Allen, 789-7265 or 639-7457, to find out more.
An old-time gospel sing will be held tonight at 7 at the Mount Tabor United Methodist Church, Walton Road, Christiansburg. Young at Heart and The Thomas Family will sing. Rebecca Frame can tell you more at 639-0212.
Gospel singing with The Christian Gentlemen, New Hope Singers and The Master's Builders is set for tonight at 6 at the Newport Recreation Center. Donations will go to the Montgomery County Christmas Store.
The Chandlers from Corryton, Tenn., will be in concert at the Christiansburg Pentecostal Holiness Church, 203 Phlegar St., Sunday at 2 p.m.
For more information, call the Rev. Richard Kingrea, 382-9429.
The FLOYD PARISH UNITED METHODIST YOUTH FELLOWSHIP holds its first meeting tonight, 6 p.m., at the parsonage. This will be a pizza party and planning session.
Young people ages 10 to 20 are welcome. Call 651-4490 to find out more.
\ CHRISTIAN SINGLES FELLOWSHIP, an interdenominational group, will hold an open house Thursday, 7 p.m., to welcome new members. The group meets every Thursday, 7-9 p.m., at 501 Progress St., Blacksburg (at Faculty and Progress streets).
To learn more, call Michelle Wohlford, 552-3048.
A one-act drama, "Mountaintop," will be presented by the Voices of Vision of the FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, Narrows, Oct. 3, 7 p.m. in the Narrows annex.
Admission is free.
The Rev. Eileen W. Lindner will speak Oct. 3, 11 a.m. at BLACKSBURG PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Church and Eakin streets. Lindner is associate for ecumenical relations in the Office of the General Secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
For more information, call the church, 552-2504.
\ ST. JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH, in temporary quarters at 7318 Peppers Ferry Road (next to Robin Hood Rentals), Fairlawn, will hold fellowship Oct. 3 at the 11 a.m. Mass.
Anyone who would like to experience a Roman Catholic Mass or to learn more about Catholicism is welcome. A light luncheon and question-and-answer session will follow the Mass.
For more information, call 639-5341.
On the REVIVAL circuit:
Fairview Community Church, Glade Road, Blacksburg, will have a revival starting Monday and continuing through Oct. 2, 7:30 each night, with the Rev. Bill Reed, the Rev. Jimmy Rogers and the Rev. Jimmy Price.
Call 382-9086 for more information.
Revival services will be in progress Sunday through Oct. 3 at the Parrott Church of God, with Gary and Patsy Riggs, evangelists. Sunday services will be at 6 p.m.; weeknights at 7:30.
A free CHRISTIAN EDUCATION WORKSHOP will be held Thursday, 7:30-8:30 p.m., at Straight Street Teen Center, North Franklin Street, Christiansburg (above Dow's Car Wash). Christian educator Ron Richardson of Gospel Light Publications will speak, and refreshments will be served.
Richardson also will address a free Pastors' Breakfast on Friday, 8-9:15 a.m., at Straight Street Teen Center.
Both events are sponsored by New Life Christian Bookstores in Christiansburg and Blacksburg. For reservations, call 552-7033 or 382-7676 by Monday.
\ PILOT PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH, 4491 Old Pike Road (Virginia 615) opens its free clothes closet to the public Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-noon.
Find out more by calling 382-4443 or 745-2214.
\ ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 220 West Main St., Christiansburg, will present a lay witness mission program Oct. 8-10 at the church.
To find out more, call 382-2410.
Several area churches have new fall schedules:
\ CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH, Second and Harvey streets, Radford, holds Sunday morning services at 11. Sunday school meets at 9:30 a.m.
\ ST. MICHAEL LUTHERAN CHURCH, 2308 Merrimac Road, Blacksburg: Sunday services at 11 a.m. and Sunday school for all ages at 9:50 a.m.
Call Barbara Corbett, 231-8640 or 552-7048, for more information.
\ CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Church and Jackson streets, Blacksburg: Holy Eucharist each Sunday at 7:45 and 9 a.m. Sunday school follows the 9 a.m. service. For additional information, call 552-2411.
\ NORTHSIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 1017 Progress St. N.W., Blacksburg: Sunday morning worship at 11. Church school classes meet at 9:30 a.m. for a fellowship coffee. The church school assembly is at 9:45 a.m. and individual classes - nursery through adult - meet at 10 a.m.
\ ST. JUDE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, 7318 Peppers Ferry Road, Fairlawn, celebrates Mass on Sunday mornings at 11 and Saturday evenings at 5:15.
For further information, please call 639-5341.
\ BLACKSBURG PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Church and Eakin streets: Sunday worship services at 11 a.m., with fellowship to follow. Nursery and extended sessions are available for children up to age 5. Church school meets at 9:30 a.m.
Call 552-2504 to find out more.
\ LUTHER MEMORIAL LUTHERAN CHURCH: Sunday morning worship services at 8:30 and 11, with Holy Communion weekly at the 11 a.m. service.
Call 951-1000 for more information.
\ CHRISTIANSBURG PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 107 W. Main St.: Sunday worship service at 10:55 a.m., church school at 9:45 a.m.
The Giles County LORD'S ACRE SALE is set for Oct. 9, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at Giles High School in Pearisburg. Sponsored by a fellowship of many Giles County congregations, the sale annually helps support building and maintenance for 17 churches.
Booths will include baked goods, plate lunches, home-canned items and crafts. There will be gospel music throughout the day.
The annual CROP WALK in Radford will take place Oct. 17, sponsored by the Radford-Fairlawn Ministerial Association. Volunteer walkers get pledges throughout the community to raise money to help alleviate world hunger through Church World Service programs.
Twenty-five percent of the amount raised during Radford's 6.2-mile trek will be divided among the Women's Resource Center, Radford-Fairlawn Daily Bread and the Radford Food Pantry. The hike starts at 2 p.m. at the Dedmon Center at Radford University. Call Polly Jackson, 639-1279, or Gina Rhea, 639-3288.
by CNB