Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, February 18, 1995 TAG: 9502200022
SECTION: RELIGION PAGE: A-5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
A dramatization of "The Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer" will be the subject of the March 16 convocation at Roanoke College.
Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran theologian who actively resisted the Nazi government of Germany during World War II. He was executed in a Nazi prison on April 6, 1945, just days before it was liberated. His books, notably "The Cost of Discipleship," have remained influential Christian treatises in the 50 years since his death.
Al Staggs will portray Bonhoeffer at 11:20 a.m. in the Sutton Student Center Ballroom. The convocation is free and open to the public. Additional information is available by calling 375-2282.
Financial drive
Members of churches in the Virginia Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will change the way they give to some church causes in a new United Lutheran Appeal on Feb. 26.
The financial drive, which is being used for the first time this year, covers 10 human service and education agencies that formerly were assisted by special offerings at different times.
Relationship formed
Stone Church of the Brethren in Buena Vista is entering into a companion relationship with Bella Vista Church of the Brethren in Los Angeles. The goal is enrichment of both congregations, which have different cultural backgrounds.
The pastor of the California church, the Rev. Gilbert Romero, will preach in Buena Vista on March 19-22 and will be accompanied by his church's Bittersweet Gospel Band.
Spiritual adventure
Bath United Methodist Charge, four congregations near Hot Springs, are sponsoring a 50-day spiritual adventure program, which began this week and continues through Easter.
The goal of the program is to help adults overcome anxiety through deeper understanding of Christian teachings. Focus will be on several common fears including societal breakdown, loss of relationships and abandonment by God.
Call the Rev. Bob Ford, pastor, at 839-2013 for more information.
Memorial foundation
Six congregations in Floyd and Carroll counties once served by the Rev. Robert W. Childress Sr. are forming a not-for-profit foundation as a memorial to the rural pastor who about 60 years ago ministered in the area.
Childress was later the subject of a book, "The Man Who Moved a Mountain." He also is the subject of a documentary film to be shown on public television this fall. Plans for the foundation and a possible regional drama about the minister's life and work will be made Feb. 26 at 3 p.m. at Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church, Virginia 626 at 628 in Floyd County.
Call the Rev. E. Gary Marshall at 728-3189 for more information.
New cathedral
A new Episcopal cathedral has been consecrated at Biltmore in the Diocese of Western North Carolina at Asheville.
It will be headquarters for Bishop Robert H. Johnson and is in a church built in 1896 by George W. Vanderbilt, the railroad magnate familiar to tourists who visit his Biltmore mansion. All Souls Cathedral is the first such Episcopal center in North Carolina and the only cathedral of any denomination in the state west of Charlotte.
The consecration was part of a centennial celebration of the diocese.
Benefit dinner
An Italian dinner to benefit the building fund of Emmaus United Methodist Church in Bedford County is planned March 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. Meals may be taken out or eaten at the church on Virginia 749. Call 297-9216 for more information.
Pancake supper
To benefit Bedford's Habitat for Humanity program three United Methodist congregations, Parrish Chapel, Mays Memorial and New Hope, will sponsor a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper Feb. 28 from 5 to 7 p.m.
It will be at the Parrish Chapel Church on Virginia 24 in Chamblissburg. Cost is $3.50 for adults and $2.50 for children.
Call the Rev. Sara Hudson at 890-2298 for more information.
by CNB