Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, February 24, 1994 TAG: 9402240337
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N-5 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.
\ 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.
\ 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.
\ 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.
\ 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.
\ 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.
\ CHRISTOPHER BROWN, a member of Oak Grove Church of the Brethren, has begun a one-year assignment with Brethren Volunteer Service. He is working with Lahman/Sollenberger Video in Annville, Pa., as a trainee in the production of church video programs.
Brown is a graduate in broadcast communications from Asbury College and has worked as a news intern and video producer in Wilmore, Ky. The Pennsylvania church agency produces videos of Brethren activities at reduced cost.
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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