
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, September 30, 1993                   TAG: 9309300351
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: E-6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

RELIGION BRIEFS

OAK VIEW CHURCH OF GOD, 2915 King St. N.E., has scheduled revival services Oct. 10-17 nightly at 7. Evangelist Billy Ward and the Ward Family will lead worship.

\ RESTORING POCAHONTAS ISLAND, a part of historic Petersburg that was heavily damaged in a summer tornado, is a goal of a disaster response team sponsored by the Virlina District of the Church of the Brethren. Volunteers are being sought to work the weeks of Oct. 11 and Oct. 25. Call the Rev. Glenn Kinsel, coordinator, 366-9280, for more information.

\ BISHOP RUSSELL INSTITUTE, a program of adult education with a Roman Catholic perspective, will continue three classes through mid-November.

"Understanding the New Testament" is being taught at St. Gerard's Church on Monday nights. "Discovering the Lord: A Spirituality for All Seasons" is being held at Our Lady of Nazareth Church on Monday nights and at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Salem on Tuesday nights.

All are in session from 7:30 to 9:30 and are taught by the Rev. John Boddie and Sister Eveline Murray and Kate Gernhardt. Call 387-0491 for more information.

\ HOLLINS COLLEGE has received a set of new hymnals as a gift from the class of 1993. "New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools" will be dedicated Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at the service in Du Pont Chapel with the Rev. Jan Fuller-Carruthers, chaplain, officiating. Several hymns from the new book will be sung by the college choir directed by James Leland.

\ AN INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM is the theme of a class scheduled Wednesday and Oct. 13 in the library of St. John's Episcopal Church, South Jefferson Street at Elm Avenue in downtown Roanoke. The Rev. Kirk Ballin, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Roanoke, will teach the class, which begins at 7:30 p.m. and includes video and discussion.

Deadline for religion briefs for Neighbors is Thursday. Material must be delivered to Neighbors Religion Briefs, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke 24010, by noon in order to run in the following Thursday edition.

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