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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, October 13, 1994                   TAG: 9411240009
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: S21   EDITION: METRO 
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RELIGION BRIEFS

THE COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS STORE, a service project for the needy of Salem, Roanoke County and Vinton, will benefit from a Christian Community Concert on Saturday at Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1923 E. Main St. in Salem.

The concert will include music by Holy Wind, Wings of Faith, Twice Born, Wanda Smith, Mike Whitlow, Cheryl Campbell, The King's Heirs and Living Proof. Tickets for the 7 p.m. concert are $10; call 389-0961.

In 1993, the first year of operation, the store provided food, clothing and toys for 125 households. This year's goal is 500.

BIBLE STUDY FOR INTERNATIONALS has begun at First Baptist Church in downtown Roanoke. The class, to held Sundays at 10:30 a.m. in Room 323 of the Family Life Center, will be taught by multilingual teachers who are members of the church. Call 224-3378 for more information.

BETTY TARPLEY, a staff member of Unity of Roanoke Valley Church, has been awarded a licensed Unity teacher certificate. She is a graduate of Unity School of Christianity as are four other teachers in the congregation.

ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH'S VESTRY has approved a master site plan for extensive renovation and enlargement of its 102-year-old building in downtown Roanoke. The plan will use lots south and west of the church which formerly contained apartment space as well as the present parking area. The master plan includes not only an addition to the present parish hall but also landscaped parking area and a playground. Changes in the church property have been studied for more than two years to provide more space for ministries and beautify the downtown neighborhood. Architectural Alternatives of Blacksburg is the designer.

GARDEN CITY BAPTIST CHURCH, 3536 Garden City Blvd. S.E., will observe its 65th anniversary and homecoming on Oct. 23 beginning at 9:45 a.m. Events will include a potluck lunch at 12:30 p.m., a concert by the Halsey Trio at 7 p.m. and the opening of revival services at 7:30 p.m.

The Rev. Brady Willis will be the evangelist for the revival. The 12th anniversary of the coming of the Rev. Don McCaskill as pastor also is being noted.

JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH,1014 Norfolk Ave. S.W., will observe homecoming Sunday, beginning at the 11 a.m. service when the Rev. B. R. Hollins, pastor of Rockhill Baptist Church in Carbondale, Ill., will speak. A special homecoming choir will sing.

Lunch will follow the morning service, and at 3:30 p.m., the Rev. J.D. Holland,pastor of Lovely Valley Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, and the choir will lead worship.

Hollins also will conduct revival services Monday through Oct. 21. Those services start with prayer and praise at 7:30.

SOUTH ROANOKE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH has chosen Tim Dayton of Goode as its new youth and program minister, a position not subject to the appointment system.

He has been employed at Timberlake United Methodist Church of Lynchburg for the past decade. He is married to Bonnie Dayton, a Bedford County teacher. They have four children.

THE BOOK OF REVELATION is the subject of a Wednesday night Bible study at 7 at Belmont Presbyterian Church, 1005 Ninth St. S.E. The class is being taught by the Rev. Elliott Hipp, pastor. He will use a video, "Breaking the Code: Understanding the Book of Revelation."

FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH, will have a special Harvest Sunday on Sunday and will honor Pete and Lillian Arnold, who will celebrate their 78th wedding anniversary. Sunday school will start at 10 a.m., and morning worship is at 11.

Send information to Frances Stebbins, Neighbors, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke, Va. 24010-2491 by noon Thursday.



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