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

DATE: THURSDAY, April 14, 1994                   TAG: 9404140209
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: E-6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

RELIGION BRIEFS

BELMONT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 1005 Ninth St. S.E., is now the site of a nutrition and immunization clinic staffed each Tuesday by the Roanoke Health Department. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The church is supplying three rooms as a ministry to the community with some members serving as volunteers.

\ HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH, which has moved from Patterson Avenue Southwest to 1001 Stewart Ave. S.E., has scheduled revival services Friday night through Sunday. The Rev. Wayne Smithson of Jeffersonville, Ind., is the evangelist. Evening services will begin at 7. Smithson also will preach Sunday morning at 11. A potluck supper will begin at 5 p.m. on Saturday.

\ THE ROANOKE CHAMBER SINGERS, formed last year of solo-caliber musicians, will present the Easter portions of "Messiah" by Handel on May 8 at 4 p.m. at Greene Memorial United Methodist Church, 402 Second St.

\ Frank Morris directs the group, which specializes in church music of Latin background, English and Russian folk tunes, songs of the stage and spirituals. Sixteen singers are in the choir, which has performed at both church and secular functions around the Roanoke Valley.\ Nancy Delaney will be organist for the May program.

\ A WRITING SEMINAR to help church members produce more effective newsletters, inspirational articles, seasonal materials and devotional stories for children is scheduled Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at First Church of the Nazarene, 728 Highland Ave. S.E. Barbara K. Shaffer, a Roanoker with experience in marketing, writing and editing for church people, will lead the seminar. The fee of $24.95 includes luncheon and materials. Call 772-2623 or 342-7511. Registration will be at 8:30 a.m.

\ RETA MICHELL, who has been pianist, organist and in other music leadership at Garden City Baptist Church for 30 years, was honored recently for her services there.

\ ANNIVERSARY SERVICES marking the 21st year of the Rev. Thomas A. Woods' being pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church will continue through Sunday. Tonight's worship leaders will be Elder F.D. Sweetenberg and the choir of True Vine Church of God in Christ. On Friday, the Rev. Paul E. Johnson and the choir of Williams Memorial Baptist Church will be guests. Both services will start at 8.

On Sunday at 3 p.m. the Rev. Harvey L. Penn and the choir of Promise Land Baptist Church in Moneta will be leaders.

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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