Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, January 20, 1994 TAG: 9401200344
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-6 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Further donations are being sought. Church sources say that thousands of people are homeless and starving in the southern part of the country where many are Christian. The Church World Service organization is distributing the kits. For more information, call 362-1816.
\ COLONIAL BIBLE INSTITUTE, a ministry of Colonial Baptist Church at Blue Ridge, is beginning its second semester of classes leading to a three-year general diploma or a one-year certificate. Classes, which started Monday, are on Monday nights from 7 to 9:45 with nursery available. Classes also may be audited.
The school has been in operation for eight years. Call 977-5683 for more information.
\ GRANDIN COURT BAPTIST CHURCH has selected Jim McConnell as its interim organist/choir director. He retired in 1986 from Ferrum College, where he taught choral and handbell performance for 20 years. His education includes doctoral studies in music at Indiana University and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Grandin Court's former music director, Sally Goff, retired in December.
\ CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH'S weekly Thursday program for senior adults, Spend Thursday in Church, will resume on Feb. 17 after its winter weather recess. A study of the book of Revelation will begin at 11 a.m. led by the Rev. Mark Radecke followed by lunch at noon and Communion at intervals. The program, which continues until May 5, is open to the community and is free.
\ AN ART EXHIBIT of drawings and paintings with religious themes is on display through Feb. 15 at Our Lady of Nazareth Catholic Church, 2505 Electric Road S.W. The pictures are by children of Moscow who prepared them as part of Christian classes. They are in the entrance art gallery of the church and may be seen during working hours and on Sunday morning.
\ HIGHLAND PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH will begin broadcasting its Sunday morning service on WWWR radio (910 AM) this week. The Rev. Louis Timmons, pastor, said the service may be heard from 10 to 10:30.
\ COMMUNITY LIVING ROOMS, Saturday night midwinter programs for adults, are in progress Saturday and Jan. 29 from 6 to 10:30 at the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Roanoke on Grandin Road at Brandon Avenue Southwest. The programs include psychodrama, French films, table games, folk music and vegetarian cooking. They begin with a potluck meal, and those attending are asked to bring a dish of food and small donation. Call 342-8719 for details.
\ WEEKDAY BIBLE STUDIES on Wednesday mornings at 7:30 and Thursdays at noon will continue through Feb. 10 at St. John's Episcopal Church, Elm and South Jefferson in downtown Roanoke. Especially for the employed adult, the classes are taught by staff members. First Corinthians will be taught. Call 343-9341 for more information.
\ TRUTH IN ACTION, a male drama team from Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C., will perform Sunday at 11 a.m. at Brookhill Baptist Church, 4725 Bandy Rd. S.E. The students at the Christian school travel throughout the nation. Call 427-0104 for more information.
\ WALTER R. FRANKE of Salem has been re-elected to a five-year term on the board of the Pension Fund of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). A former pastor of First Christian Church of Salem, Franke is now an investment counselor and member of the Salem School Board. His work with the church's national pension fund involves more than 11,000 church employees and their families.
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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