Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, October 6, 1994 TAG: 9412010023
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S5 EDITION: METRO
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Lutherans, whose founder, Martin Luther, began his protest against the established Roman Catholic church, use the service to celebrate the beginning of the Protestant Reformation in Germany in 1517.
APRIL MICHELLE RIDDLEBERGER of Salem placed first in a national teen talent vocal solo competition held recently in Charlotte, N.C., under sponsorship of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Riddleberger, a senior at Salem High School, competed on four levels in August before advancing to the national competition. She is a daughter of David and Rena Riddleberger.
UNITED METAPHYSICAL CHURCHES has purchased 21 acres at 1488 Peters Creek Road N.W. and will begin a congregation there after a conference Friday through Sunday. The Rev. F. Reed Brown of Arlington, president of the religious group, said he and the Rev. Stephen H. Duncan of Blacksburg will serve as co-pastors of the new Roanoke group that has services Sunday nights at 7:30. Call 562-4889 for more information,
Brown said plans of the Metaphysical Church group include a seminary and holistic healing center. The weekend conference will begin at 6:45 p.m. and will include clairvoyant demonstrations and dedication of the property on Sunday at 11 a.m.
During the past 25 years, the Peters Creek Road property has been used as a game farm, evangelical Christian Bible college and lately by Pentecostal congregations. For the past year, members of the Roanoke Valley Cathedral of Praise and Roanoke Valley Worship Center have been sharing the property. Those groups have merged and have begun holding services at the Church of God cafeteria on Interstate 81 until completion of Cathedral of Praise's new building in the Hollins area.
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSICIANS, Phillips, Craig & Dean, will present a concert Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at Salem Baptist Church, 103 N. Broad St. Two other musicians Brian Barrett and Cheri Keagy, will join the award-winning trio. Tickets are $6 in advance and $7 at the door. They are available from Christian bookstores in the Roanoke and New River valleys.
EVELYN CONNER, a Salem gospel singer, will perform Sunday at 7 p.m. at Layman Memorial Baptist Church, 5207 Old Mountain Road N.E. An offering will be taken.
GRACE BAPTIST TEMPLE has chosen the Rev. Dr. Daniel R. Mitchell as its interim pastor. He succeeds the Rev. David Huff, who left in June to begin a new ministry in Chicago after 17 years at the church on Gilford Road Northwest.
For the last 18 years, Mitchell comes has been at Liberty University in Lynchburg, where he was associate dean and chairman of theological studies. He also has served as a pastor, chaplain to prisons and as a Christian worker in Europe, South America and the South Pacific. He and his wife, Nancy, have four grown children.
RALEIGH COURT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH observed its 70th anniversary Sunday. Established in 1924 with 156 charter members, it has had only three pastors in that time, the Rev. Z. V. Roberson, the Rev. James A. Allison Jr. and the current minister, the Rev. Dr. F. Tupper Garden, who came three years ago. Planning is under way for an addition to the building to include more fellowship space, an elevator, larger dining area and additional classroom and music quarters.
OAK GROVE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN members have begun a weekly series of Christian Life Seminars at 2138 McVitty Road S.W. In progress on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m., they are led by the Rev. Ed Woodard, pastor, whose focus is the book of Galatians and by Gregory Broyles, who is teaching a book, "Experiencing God." The series concludes on Oct. 26.
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, with volunteers from other congregations, has begun its Community Outreach Program for the school year. The program, directed by Debbie Mooty, seeks to assist inner city children and youth through three different types of activities.
Volunteers from other denominations are welcome; call Mooty at 342-3501 for details. The church is at Third Street and Mountain Avenue Southwest.
COLLEGE LUTHERAN CHURCH, 210 College Ave. in Salem, will add a Sunday evening service as an experiment for the month of November. It will begin at 6 and will include Communion on Nov. 13 and 27, but will have a more informal style than that of the morning services. Preaching, music and prayers will be designed for congregational participation. The service will last about 40 minutes. The church has morning services at 8:30 and 11.
SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH has put into use a 12-passenger bus equipped for those in wheel chairs and others who need transportation from nearby retirement homes.
by CNB