Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, June 2, 1994 TAG: 9406020207
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: W-11 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The bishop's wife, the Rev. Lula G. Williams, is the missionary supervisor of the Fifth Episcopal District. Besides churches in the two adjoining states, the conference includes those in the Philadelphia and Baltimore areas as well as in India and in the British Isles.
The daily services for the delegates are open to the public. Williams will preach at the final Sunday morning service. The service will be followed by a musical program, memorial recognition and the reading of appointments to churches in the conference.
Call 345-9203 for program details.
\ A FAREWELL RECEPTION for the Rev. James Parke is scheduled Sunday from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at Holiday Inn/Tanglewood. Parke, pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Salem for a decade and host of a radio talk show, has been transferred to Ascension Catholic Church of Virginia Beach. His successor will be the Rev. Gregory Kandt, who begins work Monday.
\ NICOLE RILEY, president of the Baptist Student Union at Roanoke College, has been elected president of the BSU on the state level for the next year. Susan Walters is the volunteer Baptist campus minister at the Roanoke College.
\ THE PASTORAL COUNSELING CENTER, an ecumenical ministry based at Second Presbyterian Church of Roanoke, has named Lillian Hagan chairman of its board. Other officers include: the Rev. Dwayne Westermann, pastor of College Lutheran Church in Salem, vice chairman; Ira Peters, treasurer; and George Kegley, secretary. The Rev. Leo Howard, who has directed the center since its opening 20 years ago, continues in his position of family counseling.
\ THE REV. ORLANDO GONZALES, associate pastor of Emmanuel Wesleyan Church in Roanoke for the past 10 years, will move to Salem Wesleyan Church as its pastor Aug. 1. A graduate in Christian education and music from Fort Wayne Bible College, Gonzales served a church in Indiana, and was on the staff of a Martinsville church before coming to Roanoke. He has developed a puppet ministry and expanded the choirs at Emmanuel Church. Gonzales and his wife Sarah have two children. He succeeds the Rev. Paul Braisted, who will retire from the full-time ministry on July 31.
In the decade Braisted has served the Salem church, he also has been an associate chaplain at Lewis-Gale Hospital. Originally from Central New York, he is completing 45 years in pastoral ministry.
\ EIGHT RUSSIAN CHILDREN, who are recovering from an environmental disaster, will be guests of Locust Grove United Methodist Church members for three weeks, beginning June 27. The children are part of a group being brought to the United States by the United Methodist Church's Board of Global Ministries.
Because it will cost $300 per child for the visit, the church at 3415 Locust Grove Lane, Salem, has planned several fund-raisers during June. They include a car wash and yard sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, and a sale of food and household articles On June 18, starting at 8 a.m.
\ THE REV. DR. ROBERT COPENHAVER, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church for the past 25 years, will begin a three-month sabbatical Sunday. The Rev. Harmon Smith, a retired priest, will conduct services and administer its work until Copenhaver returns to the downtown Salem parish on Sept. 6.
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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