Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, October 29, 1994 TAG: 9411010027
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: B-9 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF 7 WIRE REPORTS
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Registration is open for the annual ecumenical conference bringing together Roman Catholics, Episcopalians and Lutherans in Virginia. It will be in Charlottesville Nov. 18 and 19. Cost is $15. Checks may be made payable to LARC and sent to St. Mark Lutheran Church, 100 Alderman Road, Charlottesville, Va., 22903.
LARC is an acronym for the three sponsoring denominations - Lutherans, Anglicans (Episcopalians) and Roman Catholics. This year's keynote speaker will be the Rev. Philip H. Pfatteicher, a Lutheran who teaches at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania. Conference theme is "The Consecration of Time: Ecumenism and Worship."
Conference participants will use churches of the three denominations for different portions of the meeting, as has been done for the several years the conference has been held. The first session will be Friday night at 6:30 at St. Mark Lutheran. Out-of-town attenders will stay at homes in Charlottesville. Saturday workshops will cover expressing faith through music, designing celebrations, joining together in Bible study and the celebration of weddings and funeral across denominational lines.
Call (804) 293-3311 for more information.
Cottage approved
A second cottage in which mentally retarded adults can live after leaving their parents' homes will be built on the grounds of Virginia Baptist Children's Home and Family Services in Salem. The proposal, which was approved Tuesday at the annual meeting of the Roanoke Valley Association of Southern Baptists, is subject to approval of the board of the family services agency. Donald Bradley, executive director, said he expects this approval.
The cottage will house women, especially those from the western part of the state. It will complement two other cottages in Fredericksburg and one that houses six men at the Salem facility. Bradley said the proposal was approved unanimously at the meeting of ordained and lay people.
No date has been set for completion of the cottage on which construction money is expected to be saved by some volunteer labor. Bradley said individual congregations in Western Virginia communities will be invited to share in the cost and planning as well as supplying activities for the future.
by CNB