Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, February 24, 1994 TAG: 9402240321
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: E-6 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
\ UNITY OF ROANOKE VALLEY has chosen the Rev. Harriet Baumeister as its interim minister. Now working temporarily at a Unity congregation in St. Petersburg, Fla., Baumeister will begin her work in Roanoke on March 15. As a minister with special training in short-term pastorates, she has served churches in several parts of the nation.
\ ETERNITY, a nationally traveled contemporary Christian music group, will perform Friday at 10 p.m. at Emmanuel Wesleyan Church, 402 Hershberger Road N.W. The musicians, who have traveled internationally, will be supplying music for an all-night youth rally, but the concert is open to the public for a $3 donation at the door.
\ GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 4404 Williamson Road N.W., will sponsor a musical program featuring the gospel trio, Dominion, on Sunday at 7 p.m. An offering will be taken. Those attending also are requested to bring canned food for community pantries.
\ CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH, 1502 Staunton Ave. N.W., has scheduled a black history celebration Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Speakers will include the Rev. Charles Green, Marilyn Curtis and the Rev. Carl Tinsley. The Male Chorus will provide music.
\ A BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM is scheduled for Sunday at 4 p.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church in the Kingstown community. The Rev. Benjamin Harris of Buckingham will speak, and the Holland Family of Franklin County will provide music.
\ RALEIGH COURT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 1837 Grandin Road S.W., will have Wednesday Lenten services after weekly 6 p.m. suppers.
The speakers for the 6:45 services are: the Rev. George Goodman of the Presbytery of the Peaks staff on March 2; the Rev. Dennis Herman of Calvary Baptist on March 9; the Rev. Jan Fuller-Carruthers of Hollins College on March 16; and the Rev. James A. Allison Jr., pastor emeritus, on March 23.
For dinner reservations call 343-5541.
\ GRACE CHURCH, 2731 Edgewood St. S.W., will hold its annual Bible conference March 11-13 with the Rev. Dr. Donald A. Carson speaking on "Triumph of the Lamb."
Carson, a research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Ill., will speak on aspects of the apocalypse at 7 p.m. that Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, he will speak at 9:30 and 11:05 a.m. and at 6 p.m.
A nursery will be staffed for small children.
\ OUR LADY OF NAZARETH CATHOLIC CHURCH is celebrating its 80th anniversary by renovating its worship area. New acoustical panels are being installed, and a new organ given by a parish family will be in place by Easter. A new sound system also is being added, and the kitchen has been renovated. Members of the parish also have reduced the debt on the building on Virginia 419.
\ TROY REIMER, a member of Williamson Road Church of the Brethren, has begun a one-year Brethren Volunteer Service assignment in Griffin, Ga. Reimer, a graduate of Bridgewater College, will be working at New Hope House, a facility concerned with both justice to murder victims and abolition of the death penalty. The house also provides support for the families and friends of prisoners on Georgia's death row in an effort to promote peace and reconciliation.
\ A NOON ORGAN RECITAL, postponed because of bad weather, has been rescheduled for Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church, South Jefferson at McClanahan streets. David Charles Campbell of Lynchburg will perform tacotta organ works at the free recital.
\ THE REV. RICHARD ELMORE of Cave Spring Baptist Church will lead a team of three evangelists to Hungary in September. The Cave Spring congregation is raising funds for the mission. Baptist work began in Hungary in 1948. About 11,000 people now worship in 400 Baptist churches there.
\ SELDOM-TOLD BIBLE TALES is the theme of Wednesday night Lenten services at Christ Lutheran Church at Brandon and Grandin roads Southwest. A soup meal begins at 6:30. The weekly speakers are: Ned Wisnefske on "Saul and the Witch," Wednesday; the Rev. Mark Radecke on "Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego," March 9; the Rev. Virgil A. Moyer Jr. on "Balaam and Balak," March 16; and the Rev. Jan Ramsey on "Judah and Tamar," March 23.
\ ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Elm Avenue and South Jefferson Street in downtown Roanoke, is sponsoring three Wednesday-night discussion programs during Lent. All will start at 7 and conclude events that begin with a service at 5:30 and dinner at 6.
Retired Bishop William Marmion and Blossom Marmion will lead "Begin With Goodbye"; the Rev. Robert M. Hamner and Tom Cochran will lead "A Pilgrimage Through the Holy Land"; and the Rev. Thomas O'Dell will lead "The Monday Connection: How to Find Meaning in Your Job."
St. John's also recently marked the 10th anniversary of the Community Living Club, a weekly evening meal and program for mentally disabled adults who live in a nearby group home. Cherie Hartman has retired from its leadership and is succeeded by Terry Winborne.
\ CRYSTAL SPRING BAPTIST CHURCH, 2411 Rosalind Ave. S.W., will have a program with Joani Tabor, Roanoke gospel singer, on at 11 a.m. At 5 p.m. Sunday, Ken and Deborah Richardson, missionaries to Brazil, will speak about their experiences. The day's activities celebrate Baptist Women's Day.
\ JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH, 1014 Norfolk Ave. S.W., will have a pageant, "The Gates in the Walls of Jerusalem," on Sunday at 6 p.m. Beulah Payne of Bedford is the director, and the trustee board is the sponsor.
\ BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH, 3017 Ivyland Road S.E., will join with MOUNT PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH for a Brotherhood Month service on Sunday at 3 p.m. Worship at Bethlehem will be led by the Rev. Jerry L. Cloninger and the choir of Mount Pleasant.
On Sunday morning at 7:30, William White, a candidate for Roanoke City Council, will address the monthly fellowship breakfast. On March 6, Bethlehem Church will observe Men's Day with the Rev. Dwight O. Steele Sr. and the choir of Pilgrim Baptist Church leading worship.
\ GROUNDBREAKING SERVICE for the new offices of Lutheran Family Services is scheduled March 9 at 10 a.m. The building will be on Virginia 419 at Cordell Drive Southwest. It will free space at the old building in Salem for alternative education classes that the agency provides for some of its clients.
\ EVANGEL FOURSQUARE CHURCH, 612 Bullitt Ave. S.E., has scheduled an evangelistic service for Sunday at 7 p.m. The service will feature Clinton Luster, a musical evangelist who has sung professionally and served as a pastor.
\ THE GRACE CHURCH QUARTET of Roanoke will sing Sunday at 11 a.m. at Belmont United Methodist Church, 806 Jamison Ave. S.E. The singers include Bob Gordon, Karen Gordon, Jan Platt and Faye Yenty, accompanied by Emily Hall.
\ EVELYN CONNER, a Salem gospel singer, will present a recital Sunday at 7 p.m. at Mineral Springs Baptist Church near Vinton.
\ FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH in downtown Salem will help Greene Memorial And Cave Spring United Methodist parishes in constructing a Habitat for Humanity house on Kellogg Avenue Northwest. The congregation is raising the necessary $16,000 to begin construction in the summer.
\ WILDWOOD GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH, Wildwood Road in Salem, has scheduled a Christ life crusade Sunday through March 4. Harold Vaughan, an evangelist who has preached in 40 states and two foreign countries, will speak at 11 a.m. and each night at 7. Special music will be provided, and a nursery staffed.
\ LOCUST GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH has a adopted installing a sanitary system at the home of a neighborhood resident as a mission project. The congregation is raising funds for the $1,200 project.
\ OBSERVANCE OF LENT has begun at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in downtown Salem. Each Tuesday at 5:30, an evening prayer service is scheduled. At 7:30, the usual Prayer and Praise Communion and discussion will be expanded March 1 through 22. On March 14, Ed Kilbourne, a contemporary Christian musician and storyteller, will perform after a potluck meal at 6.
\ OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP CATHOLIC CHURCH, 314 Turner Road, Salem, has scheduled the Stations of the Cross liturgy for Fridays during Lent at 7 p.m. An additional weekly Eucharist is celebrated at noon each Friday. Small reflections groups also are open; call 387-0491 for more information.
\ "PEOPLE OF THE PASSION" is the theme of Wednesday night Lenten services at College Lutheran Church, 210 College Ave. in Salem. All begin at 7 with a dramatic monologue of the Bible characters of Pilate, Barabbas, Peter, Dismas and the Centurion featured each week. Child care is provided.
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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