Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 8, 1994 TAG: 9410200019
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: W12 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
The 24-hour daily channel is diverse in religious positions and does not permit promotion or maligning of any particular faith, the bishop said. The channel already is available to Salem Cable viewers. Gretchen Shine is general manager of Cox Cable, Roanoke, 5400 Fallowater Lane, Roanoke, 24014.
THE REV. GEORGE E. HANDLEY, a former staff member of the Virginia Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, will retire from an administrative church job based in Philadelphia in April 1995. Handley and his wife, Mimi, expect to return to the Roanoke area for retirement.
SOUTHERN BAPTIST MISSIONARIES on furlough in the Roanoke area from overseas assignments have a new temporary home. It is the home that the late Allen and Nell Hudgins willed to First Baptist Church, 515 Third Street S.W., for use in the church's mission work. They were members of the church.
Jim and Marcia Richardson, who are on leave from Kenya, will be the first to occupy the house.
A STUDY OF MOSESwill be undertaken this school year by Bible Study Fellowship groups in the Roanoke Valley. An evening group will begin meeting Monday at 7:25 at Southview United Methodist Church, 3539 Peters Creek Road N.W. Call 977-0468 to register for it.
A morning group will begin the season Wednesday at 9:10 at Grandin Court Baptist Church, 2660 Brambleton Ave. S.W. Child care is provided for this group by pre-registration; call 774-4973. Bible Study Fellowship is for women and is an interdenominational program that is part of an international evangelical Christian network.
A HABITAT FOR HUMANITY BLITZ in June has resulted in the completion of homes built by Presbyterian and Lutheran church members. Both houses are on Kellogg Avenue Northwest. The Presbyterians dedicated their house in August, and the Lutherans, who joined with NationsBank workers, have just completed a house.
LIVING PROOF, a male trio from Lakeside Baptist Church in Salem, will present a program Oct. 1 from 7 to 8 p.m. at Summerdean Church of the Brethren, 6604 Plantation Road. The program will have an evangelistic theme.
A MORTGAGE BURNING CEREMONY is planned Sunday at Williams Memorial Baptist Church, 2105 Carroll Ave. N.W. The Rev. Samuel Lee Marshall, pastor of Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church in Kansas City, Mo., will preach at 11 a.m.
At 6 p.m., the Rev. Benjamin Robertson of Cedar Street Baptist Church in Richmond, will be the guest speaker.
Marshall, a 1962 graduate of the former Lucy Addison High School in Roanoke, entered the ministry nine years ago and now serves a congregation of 1,500. Robertson, a native of Roanoke, has been pastor of the Richmond church since 1955.
"THE MIND OF CHRIST", a Tuesday morning study for the community, will be in session through Nov. 29 at Ridgewood Baptist Church, 703 Hemlock Road N.W. The Rev. Nelson Harris, will teach the class that includes preparation with a workbook. Sessions begin at 10.
FLEMING CHAPEL, an evangelical Christian congregation at 132 Maplelawn Ave. N.W., has scheduled a Bible conference on the Book of Daniel Sunday through Friday. It will be led by Liddon Sheridan of Birmingham, Ala., a former missionary in Africa.
Sessions on Sunday will be at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., and throughout the week at 7 p.m.
SEVEN YOUTHS from Westminster Presbyterian Church in America have returned from a work mission week in Farmington, W.Va. The church junior and senior high groups helped renovate the home of an elderly widow as part of IMPACT, a national volunteer effort of the church. The youth raised the necessary $3,500 for the trip through individual and congregational projects.
WOMEN'S DAY PROGRAMS are scheduled in September at Glorious Church of God in Christ, 1830 Hanover Ave. N.W. A Joy Night Musical will take place Friday at 7.
On Set. 23, at 7 p.m. Shirleen Wilson, a Roanoke evangelist, will preach. On Sept. 25, another evangelist, Pat Hairston, will speak at the 11 a.m. service with a second service planned at 4 p.m.
LEE NITCHMAN,a 1993 graduate of Patrick Henry High School and a student last year at Brigham Young University in Utah, will speak Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3808 Brandon Road S. W.
Nitchman, who also is an Eagle Scout, will leave later this month for training to prepare him for volunteer mission service in Prague, Czech Republic.
RALEIGH COURT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH,1706 Grandin Road S.W., will begin its seasonal activities Sunday with refreshments and fellowship at 9:40 a.m. and dedication of teachers at 11 a.m.
ROANOKE EVANGELICAL MINISTERS CONFERENCE has begun its seasonal meetings. They are held on the first Thursday of each month at 8:30 a.m. at The Roanoker Restaurant on Colonial Avenue Southwest. A prayer breakfast is followed by a speaker. The group for Christian clergy is affiliated with the National Association of Evangelicals.
"ENDING MARRIAGE, KEEPING FAITH" is the theme of a Sunday night class beginning Oct. 2 at St. John's Episcopal Church in downtown Roanoke. Based on a book by J. Randall Nicholls, the class will continue through Oct. 30 and will be taught by the Rev. Thomas O. Dell. The 7:30 p.m. class will examine spiritual aspects of divorce and starting over. Call 343-9341 for more information.
THE REV. JESSE BRATTON concludes on Sunday a two-year ministry as parish visitor at First Presbyterian Church of Roanoke. Bratton and his wife Alice will continue to be members of the church. The work has been assumed by a new full-time staff member, the Rev. Dr. Philip West.
LULA PRINGorganist at Colonial Avenue Baptist Church for the past 24 years, will retire from the staff on Sept. 25. Pring, who recently turned 91, has been active in Roanoke Valley church music circles since World War I. She previously was associated with Calvary Baptist Church of Roanoke and has performed for many other congregations.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH, 929 Murray Ave. S.E., has scheduled revival services Monday through Sept. 16, nightly at 7. Evangelist Billy Goolesby of Rome, Ga., will preach, and special music will be presented by Fellowship's choir and guest groups. A nursery will be open.
LIVING PRAYER, a class on making private prayer more meaningful, will begin at Salem Presbyterian Church, at Main and Market streets in Salem, on Sept. 25. Participants will meet on Sunday nights at 7 and use the Maxie Dunnam book,"Workbook of Living Prayer." The class costs $8 and requires some preparation. Call 389-3881 for more information.
THE ROANOKE VALLEY MINISTERS CONFERENCEwill begin the celebration of its 70th year when seasonal meetings begin Monday at 10:30 a.m. at Second Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall on Mountain Avenue Southwest.
The interfaith group for education and fellowship is open to ordained and lay religion professionals both active and retired. Conference members support several ecumenical urban ministries as well as a full-time chaplain to the Roanoke and Roanoke County jails.
THE SENIOR USHER BOARD of High Street Baptist Church will celebrate its 24th annIversary Sunday with a King and Queen pageant at the church at 5 p.m. The Golden Voices will provide the music.
THE KINGERYS will present gospel music Saturday at Patterson Memorial Grace Brethren Church, 5512 Hollins Road.
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