Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, October 2, 1993 TAG: 9310020080
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: RICK LINDQUIST
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
In addition to his pastoral duties, Scott is chairman of the Montgomery County Department of Social Services board, is active in the Christiansburg Ministerial Association, and has been president of the Montgomery County Emergency Assistance Program since 1975.
"How About Simplifying Your Life?" will be the question posed by Patrick Simpson, Sunday, 10:30 a.m., at the UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF THE NEW RIVER VALLEY, 1301 Gladewood Drive, Blacksburg.
A discussion will follow. Call 552-5273 or 552-4749 to learn more.
The Rev. Eileen W. Lindner will speak Sunday, 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.
The REV. C. MAYNARD POWELL, pastor of Pulaski's First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) since 1976, will leave the pastorate Nov. 18. Powell, 55, said he believes his ministry at the church has been fulfilled and that he wants to spend the remaining years of his career in a more specialized field of serving people. This probably will require his leaving Southwest Virginia, he said.
Powell came to First Church from Roanoke. With folk music as an avocation, he has often performed for community programs. For 15 years he has cooperated with the nearby First Presbyterian Church in teaching youth, and his church was an early supporter of Daily Bread, an ecumenical program that serves daily hot meals for people in need.
Make note of these homecoming celebrations at area churches:
\ EDGEMONT CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Disciples of Christ), 2289 Edgemont Road (at Mudpike Road), Christiansburg, celebrates homecoming Sunday. 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 Sunday, 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.
\ CAMBRIA BAPTIST CHURCH, 1310 Cambria St., Christiansburg, will celebrate homecoming Sunday. Former pastor, the Rev. Gerald Goss, will speak at the 10:50 a.m. service. A nursery will be provided.
\ MAIN STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, 100 W. Main St., Christiansburg, will celebrate its 86th anniversary with a homecoming Oct. 10. Sunday school begins at 9:45 a.m., followed by morning worship at 11. The Rev. Donald Dunlap of Freemason Street Baptist Church, Norfolk, will speak. Lunch will be at 12:30 p.m. A service of praise and testimony will follow at 2 p.m.
Call 382-2160 to find out more.
An old-fashioned Sunday heritage service will be held Sunday, 11 a.m. at REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH, Pearisburg, to mark the start of a joint, month-long celebration by Redeemer and Lutheran Memorial Church of Pembroke of 150 years of service and ministry in Giles County. The Rev. Charles Seastrunk Jr. of Trinity Lutheran Church, Columbia, S.C., will be the guest preacher. Seastrunk was mission developer and first pastor of the Redeemer congregation when it was organized in 1960.
The old "red book" service in use at that time will be the order of worship Sunday. A dinner will be held in the parish hall following the service.
The Lutherans trace their history in Giles County to 1843, when Stony Creek Lutheran Church was organized by Pastor Solomon Schaeffer with 13 members. That congregation later became the Pembroke Lutheran Memorial Church, which built the present sanctuary in 1857. Today, the congregation boasts members from as far away as Vinton and Blacksburg.
A heritage service will be held at Clover Hollow Christian Church, Oct. 10, 11 a.m.
For more information, call Pastor Dennis Gillespie, 921-1718 or 921-4352.
Mark these GOSPEL MUSIC dates on your calendar:
Evelyn Conner of Salem will be featured in an old-fashioned gospel sing tonight at 7 at Lafayette United Methodist Church.
The Voices of Expression will sing Sunday, 4 p.m., at First Missionary Baptist Church, New River.
Straight Street Coffee House and Teen Center will present Family Night Monday with music by The Gospel Strings and the Strings of Faith, 7:30-9 p.m., at Straight Street, 300 N. Franklin St., Christiansburg, above Dow's Car Wash.
Call 381-1006 or 382-4654 to find more.
\ CHRISTIAN SINGLES FELLOWSHIP, an interdenominational group, meets every Thursday, 7-9 p.m., at 501 Progress St., Blacksburg (at Faculty and Progress streets).
These special events and presentations are on this week's calendar:
A FALL FESTIVAL will be held today, 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.
Educator and counselor Dr. Thurnance York of Corpus Christi, Texas, will offer a series of four Better Life SEMINARS today, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., at the Pearis Theatre in Pearisburg. A suggested donation of $3 is requested.
The one-hour seminars are Love Me, Love Me Not, a discussion of self-esteem; Overcoming Depression, How to Put Luster in your Marriage, and Like Parent, Like Child, a parenting guide.
York, a stewardship commission member of the National Association of Evangelicals, also will speak to Sunday school classes at First United Methodist Church on Sunday.
For more information, call Stephanie Paupe, 921-1992.
The FILM "Thief in the Night" - which depicts what might happen after the rapture - will be shown Sunday, 6:30 p.m., at the Riner Grace Brethren Church, on Virginia 8, three miles south of Auburn High School. Call 382-4654 or 382-7571 for more information.
A one-act DRAMA, "Mountaintop," will be presented by the Voices of Vision of the First Baptist Church, Narrows, Monday, 7 p.m. in the Narrows annex.
Admission is free.
A HOSPITALITY WORKSHOP for women will be presented Saturday, 9:30-11 a.m., sponsored by the Women's Ministry of Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church. Marilyn Woolard will conduct the workshop, which will be held at 416 Alleghany St., Blacksburg. She will share insights gained during her years as a pastor's wife and working with international students.
Kathy Ribbens, 552-8851, has further information.
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.
Christiansburg Presbyterian Church will sponsor a RETIREMENT FAIR, Oct. 10, 2-4 p.m. at the church, 107 W. Min St. Representatives of several area agencies will speak on issues related to retirement planning. Light refreshments will be served. Henry Simmons, director of the Center on Aging, Presbyterian School of Christian Education, will deliver the opening remarks. He'll also speak during the 10:55 morning worship that same day.
The session is open to prospective retirees or their relatives.
To find out more, call 382-2390.
\ CROP WALK '93 in Radford, sponsored by the Radford/Fairlawn Ministerial Association, will be Oct. 17, at the Dedmon Center. Registration is 1:30 p.m.; the walk begins at 2 p.m. This is a 10K walk (6.2 miles).
Participants solicit pledges from community sponsors. This year, 25 percent of the money raised will be divided among the Women's Resource Center, Radford-Fairlawn Daily Bread and the Radford Food Pantry. Church World Service will distribute the rest for family health, food production, water resource development and vocational training.
Churches and sponsoring organizations can supply sponsor envelopes.
Polly Jackson, 639-1279, or Gina Rhea, 639-3288, have more information.
\ ST. JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH, in temporary quarters at 7318 Peppers Ferry Road (next to Robin Hood Rentals), Fairlawn, will hold fellowship Sunday 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.
Area churches holding REVIVAL services:
Fairview Community Church, Glade Road, Blacksburg, concludes its revival tonight at 7:30 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 through Sunday at the Parrott Church of God, with Gary and Patsy Riggs, evangelists. Services will be at 7:30 tonight and 6 p.m. Sunday.
The Rev. David Keaton of Reed Street Baptist Church, Vinton, will be guest evangelist during the Tri-Community Revival, Monday through Thursday, 7:30 each evening, at First Missionary Baptist Church, New River. Flossie Brown has more information at 639-6075.
The Rev. Dr. Woody Kent will be the guest speaker during revival services at the Radford Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Second and Carter streets, Oct. 15-17, 7:30 each evening and 11 Sunday morning.
The Rev. Dennis Martin has additional details at 639-3126.
Evangelist Shirley Jones will preach during revival services at the Pilot Pentecostal Holiness Church, 4491 Old Pike Road, Oct. 24-28. Sunday services will be at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., and weeknight services will begin at 7.
Call 382-4443 for more information.
\ ST. MICHAEL LUTHERAN CHURCH, 2308 Merrimac Road, Blacksburg, has added an early morning service each Sunday at 9., with Communion weekly. No nursery is available for this service. Sunday school for all ages begins at 9:30 a.m., and morning worship is at 11 a.m., with Communion on the first and third Sundays of the month and nursery provided.
For more information, call Pastor Jacob Mayer, 552-0879.
Check out these church sales and suppers:
The 38th annual Montgomery County LORD'S ACRE SALE is today, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Radford Auto Auction Building, Tyler Road (Virginia 177, about one-half mile from Exit 108 of I-81). A worship service will be held from 11 to 11:15 a.m. with the Rev. Mark King. Gospel singing starts at 11:30 a.m.
Roxanne Bond, 731-3178, has further information.
Asbury United Methodist Church holds a YARD SALE today, starting at 7 a.m., on the corner of Stuart and Depot streets, Christiansburg. Proceeds benefit the building fund.
The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court of Our Lady of Lourdes 2305, Blacksburg, will hold a GARAGE SALE today, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Knights of Columbus, College Street and Radford Road, Christiansburg. In case of rain, the sale will be inside.
First Missionary Baptist Church will hold a HOT DOG SUPPER, Wednesday, 6 p.m., at the church. Call Flossie Brown, 639-6075, to find out more.
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.
\ 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 W. Main St., Christiansburg, will present a lay witness mission program Oct. 8-10 at the church.
To find out more, call 382-2410.
An organizational meeting of a New River Valley chapter of CATHOLIC GOLDEN AGE will be held Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 706 Harding Ave., Blacksburg.
Catholic Golden Age is a nonprofit group for Catholics age 50 and over. Members are involved in projects to enrich the lives of themselves and others.
Larry Finckenor, 953-4070, or Jim Hayes, 639-5289, can provide more information.
by CNB