Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, December 30, 1993 TAG: 9312300354
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N-7 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
\ CHURCH EVANGELISM will be the theme of a class starting Tuesday night at 6:30 at Maple Street Baptist Church, 902 Fairfax Ave. N.W. The teacher, the\ Rev. Marvin Fields, said the class is for church supporters interested in making the Christian good news available to those who have not accepted it. An accredited course of the American Baptist College extension unit, it will cost $15 to cover registration and materials. For more information, call Fields at 343-3880.
\ ROANOKE VALLEY SOUTHERN BAPTISTS have established a renovation program for residents who need help with making home repairs. Volunteers from congregations are being organized by Paul McDowell to assist with specific jobs low-income people cannot afford. For more information, call him at 977-2168 or 366-7631.
\ "THE TRUE AND LIVING GOD," an open-house presentation by the Roanoke-area Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be held Jan. 9 in two locations.
A 5 p.m. session will be held at 5836 Cotton Hill Road, and a 7:30 p.m. session will be held at 6311 Waybun Drive, Salem.
There is no admission. For more information, call Rene Dutton at 389-0623.
\ CALVIN TAYLOR, pianist and recording artist, will present a concert of sacred music Jan. 8 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Roanoke Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1701 Memorial Ave. S.W.
With an unusually large hand span, Taylor presents sounds and colors which would normally required four hands. A unique mirror and lighting system will allow the audience to see the entire keyboard.
Taylor has 10 solo albums and a music video and has toured throughout the world. He is the author of several music books, including Spirituals for Piano.
Admission is free.
\ THE BILLY GRAHAM FILM, "Scars That Heal," will be shown Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Patterson Memorial Grace Brethren Church, 5512 Hollins Road. Refreshments will follow the New Year's Eve program.
\ ELDER MARLIN KURTZ, a former pastor of Roanoke Seventh-day Adventist Church, will speak Saturday at 11 a.m. for the North Valley Seventh-day Adventist congregation. The group meets at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 4909 Peters Creek Road N.W. A luncheon will follow.
\ LIVING WATER CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST, 2330 Orange Ave., is holding a New Year's Revival Sunday through Jan. 7 at 7 p.m. Elder Louis Crawley of the Washington, D.C., Temple Church of God in Christ will be evangelist of the week.
For more information, call Elder Marvin Jones, pastor, 344-3075 or 362-4185.
\ THE WELCOMING CONGREGATION, a program of the Unitarian Universalist church nationally to encourage inclusion of homosexuals in the church, will be started Jan. 8 at 7 p.m. at the church on Grandin Road at Brandon Southwest. According to Larry Bernath, a co-leader, the course will last for 10 weeks from Jan. 12 through March 16. The Saturday introductory workshop is open to the public.
\ PARKWAY WESLEYAN CHURCH, 3230 King St. N.E., will begin a 10-week course Jan. 13 on healing personal hurts related to co-dependency and the memories of poor family relationships. Men and women will be separated for small group discussions. Materials will have a Christian perspective. For more information, call the church at 342-3968. Sessions will be each Thursday night through mid-March.
Deadline for religion briefs for Neighbors is Thursday. Material must be delivered to Neighbors Religion Briefs, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke 24010, by noon to run in the following Thursday edition.
by CNB