Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, February 4, 1995 TAG: 9502060017
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Christ Episcopal recently became partners with a mission church in rural Bola de Oro, west of Guatemala City and about 10 kilometers off the main road. Town residents have no electricity and still haul their own water.
Sinclair hopes the trip to the landfill will help his fellow parishioners "to somehow identify with" their Guatemalan partners and to do something useful at the same time. The group plans to salvage 100 or so glass jars from the recycling area. They'll wash and relabel the jars, then distribute them to members of the congregation to collect donations to help finance a trip to Guatemala later this year. Sinclair and a delegation of approximately 10 people from Christ Episcopal will travel to Guatemala Aug. 4-15.
To learn more, call Sinclair, 552-0207, or the church, 552-2411.
GRACE COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH will move into new quarters at 2101 Shadow Lake Road, Blacksburg Sunday, the Rev. Gordon Woolard reports. Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. and the inaugural worship service begins at 10:45. The building is "not 100 percent there yet," Woolard said, adding that a few finishing touches remain. A formal dedication is set for March 15, to coincide with the congregation's 15th anniversary.
Grace Covenant's approximately 100 members have been sharing space with Alleghany Baptist Church. Their new home seats 225 and has 10,000 square feet of floor space. The building is on nine acres in northwestern Blacksburg with a beautiful view of Brush Mountain. The phone number is still 552-3364.
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY has signed a partnership agreement with WomenWork for a Habitat home in the Blacksburg area to be built entirely by women. The group wants to raise $28,000 through individual and corporate donations. It also seeks a site for that house. WomenWork hopes to break ground for the dwelling this summer and have the job completed by fall. The group meets Feb. 20, 7 p.m., at Blacksburg Jewish Community Center. For more information or to volunteer in any capacity, call Rose Teixeira, 382-8621.
SERVICES
Revival services with the Rev. Rick Chabala continue today and Sunday at Merrimac Pentecostal Holiness Church. Services today at 7 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Jerry Sloss, 552-5070.
"A Faith for the Global Village" is visiting pastor the Rev. Rudi Gelsey's topic Sunday, 10:30 a.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the New River Valley, 1301 Gladewood Drive, Blacksburg. A discussion and coffee follow the service. 552-3785 or 552-8050.
First Baptist Church, 1730 West St., Radford, celebrates the Rev. Dr. William G. Weldon's 12 years with the congregation, Sunday at 11 a.m. The service also marks the end of Weldon's tenure as the church's pastor. Weldon, who's 60, will become pastor emeritus. He said he plans to stay on as custodial services manager for Montgomery County schools for another five years.
Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court of Our Lady of Lourdes 2305, hold a memorial Mass for Mary J. Kelch Monday, 7:30 p.m., at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Christiansburg. Friends and neighbors are welcome.
HAPPENINGS
New Mount Zion Lutheran Church building committee sponsors an indoor yard sale and hot dog sale today, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at the church on Mount Zion Road. Louise Long, 552-3230.
Tech YMCA, and the Episcopal, Lutheran and Presbyterian campus ministries at Virginia Tech sponsor a "Soup and Substance" Monday, noon, 116 Squires Student Center, Virginia Tech. Tom Sherman speaks on "School Reform: Charter, Alternative and Home Schools." Homemade soup and bread, $1 for students and $2 for others. The weekly lunches aim to promote discussion of pressing social issues. 231-6860.
A Bible study class on Colossians begins Tuesday, 9 a.m., at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Tyler and Fairfax streets, Radford. Virginia Buckland, 639-6202, or Karen Brown, 980-8658.
A workshop, "Bread and Stones," for members of Radford churches is set for Feb. 26, 2-6 p.m., at Grove United Methodist Church, Tyler Avenue. The idea is to help congregations become advocates for "at-risk" children and families. $5 includes manual and refreshments. Registration ends Feb. 17. Call Carol Bobzin, St. Jude Catholic Church, 639-5341.
MAKING A JOYFUL NOISE
The Martin Family joins a gospel sing tonight at 7:30 at Radford Congregational Holiness Church. 381-1137.
The Gateway Quartet presents a gospel music program Sunday, 4:30 p.m., at St. Francis Anglican Church's Rutherford Hall, 306 Progress St., Blacksburg. Free. The Rev. Wallace Shields, 552-1771 or 552-9011.
Second Chance visits the Street Light Cafe, 300 N. Franklin St., Christiansburg, Friday, 7 p.m. Next Saturday, 7 p.m., the Southern Gospel trio appears with The Chandlers of Corrington, Tenn., at Wytheville Pentecostal Holiness Church. Feb. 12, 7 p.m., the group sings at Back Creek Pentecostal Holiness Church, Pulaski. 639-6271 or (800) 664-2423 evenings.
A benefit gospel sing at East Radford Church of God that was snowed out Jan. 28 has been rescheduled for Feb. 11, 7 p.m. Featured are The Pilgrim Gospel Singers and Young at Heart. Proceeds benefit the Church of God Home for Children, Sevierville, Tenn. 633-1092.
by CNB