Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, August 18, 1994 TAG: 9409120024
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: W-7 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BYFRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
A MINISTRY TO THE DEAF has begun at Bonsack Baptist Church, 4845 Cloverdale Road, under sponsorship of the Roanoke Valley Association of Southern Baptists. The Rev. Randy Buckland, an ordained, part-time pastor, is signing services for the hearing impaired. For more information about the new program, call 366-7631.
REVIVAL SERVICES of the Roanoke District of the Churches of God in Christ are in progress through Friday with Bishop Samuel L. Green Jr. the evangelist. Worship is nightly at 7:30 at Holiness Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, 1130 Melrose Ave. N.W.
CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH, 2011 Brandon Ave. S.W., will begin its Spend Thursday at Church programs on Sept. 8. The series day includes a Bible study led by the Revs. Mark Radecke and Robin Henrickson, followed by lunch and afternoon activities. The program, which is open to the community, continues through Dec. 1. There is a $1 charge for lunch. For more information, call 982-8334.
EVELYN CONNER, Salem gospel singer, will present a program Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at Belmont Baptist Church, 825 Stewart Ave. S.E.
VINTON CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN has scheduled homecoming Sunday. The Victors gospel group will sing at 11 a.m., and lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m.
The Rev. Jodie Hendricks is pastor of the congregation at 711 Dale Ave.
THE REV. WILLIAM MURDOCK has retired after a 21-year pastorate at Fort Lewis Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Salem. Murdock and his wife, Jennie Sue Murdock, a veteran social services worker in Salem and Roanoke, came to the valley from Baltimore. They will remain in the Roanoke area.
GLENVAR BAPTIST CHURCH 4804 Stanley Farm Road in Salem, continues revival services through Friday with the Rev. Bill Hall as guest evangelist. Hall, who is preaching nightly at 7, is from Memphis, Tenn., and has conducted more than 700 revival campaigns in 41 states. Special music is presented at each service.
THE CATHOLIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE ROANOKE VALLEY is seeking a new location. Jean Forrest, its director, said the three rooms the society has used in the old convent that once housed the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth have become too expensive to heat now that the building is no longer used by either Roanoke Catholic Schools or the nearby St. Andrew's Church.
The society maintains a small museum of Catholic memorabilia at 600 block of North Jefferson Street. Volunteers from nearby parishes staff the museum each Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Forrest said the museum will remain open in the convent if enough money can be found to keep the quarters open year round. As an alternative, another easily accessible site may be rented.
by CNB