
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 7, 1994                   TAG: 9404070244
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W-27   EDITION: METRO    
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

RELIGION BRIEFS

GRACE CHURCH, an evangelical Christian congregation at 2731 Edgewood St. S.W., has scheduled its annual Women's Retreat for April 29-30. Carol Arnold, wife of a former pastor of the church, will lead the workshop. She and her husband, Jack, live in Winter Park, Fla.

The retreat, with a theme of "Talk Worthy," will begin at 6 p.m. with an optional sleep-over. Hours for the following day will be 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The $20 cost includes a Friday night dinner. Registration is due by Sunday. Call 982-0904 for more information.

\ VIRGINIA HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH will mark its 75th anniversary on April 17 at 11 a.m. After the service, members and friends will go to the Sheraton-Airport for a luncheon at 1. Reservations for the $10 meal are due by Monday and may be made by sending a check to the church, marked for the luncheon.

\ AT CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 1101 Franklin Road S.W., the choir under the direction of Blanche H. Henning and with Thomas Baugh III at the organ, will perform April 17 at 3 p.m. The program, which is free, will include "Rejoice in the Lamb" by Benjamin Britten and "Little Organ Mass" by Franz Joseph Haydn.

The REV. HARRY LELAND, pastor of Crystal Spring Baptist Church, will lead revival services Sunday at 11 a.m. and nightly through Wednesday at Roanoke Avenue Baptist Church, 2202 Roanoke Ave. S.W. The Singing Servants will provide music.

\ DEACONS AND DEACONESSES of Jerusalem Baptist Church, 1014 Norfolk Ave. S.W., have planned a joint anniversary service for Sunday at 4 p.m. The Rev. Antonio Thomas and the choir of Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church will lead the worship. MARY ELEANOR PICKETT, a member of South Roanoke United Methodist

Church, has received the Valiant Woman award from Church Women United, an ecumenical organization in which she has been active for many years. Pickett, the first woman to serve on Roanoke City Council about 40 years ago, is the second woman to receive the award in the 54 years of the group. She is credited with reviving Church Women United during the past four years.

\ TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH, 1923 E. Main St., Salem, begins its spring semester of "Living Matters" classes for adults on Sunday night. The small group classes follow a Biblical perspective and cover health, financial management, spiritual growth, marriage enrichment, living with stress and forgiveness. Classes are held from 6 to 7 p.m. and have varying preparation time and difficulty. The spring semester continues through June. Call 986-0035 for a full schedule.

The REV. PAUL BRAISTED will leave Salem Wesleyan Church in May for Louisville, Ky., where he and his family will begin preparation for five years of ministry in Lima, Peru. Braisted and his wife, Debbie, will work with the Surco Wesleyan Church. They will get additional training in Costa Rica.

\ SALEM PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Main and Market streets in downtown Salem, will sponsor a free musicale Sunday at 3 p.m. om Gresham Hall. Participants will include Kerry Addington, Jean Potts, Carleton Collins and Frank Williams.

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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