Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, February 23, 1995 TAG: 9503030057
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N7 EDITION: METRO
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The word, "Lent" comes from "long thinning" of the hours of daylight, says the Rev. Donald M. Warrick Jr.,, a Botetourt County minister. His congregations of Trinity United Methodist in Buchanan and Andrew Chapel United Methodist will take special offerings for the United Methodist church camp and will agree to pray for specific families in the parish each day until Easter on April 16.
On Ash Wednesday, many who go to special services will have their foreheads touched with ashes obtained from burned palm fronds of the previous Easter. Words of imposition remind worshipers that "people are dust before God" and will return to Earth upon their deaths.
BUCHANAN LENTEN SERVICES will begin March 8 and will continue for six weeks, rotating between noon and evenings on Wednesdays. The schedule: March 8 at 7:30 p.m. the Rev. Sally Dover at Trinity United Methodist; March 15 at noon, the Rev. Don Warrick Jr. at Buchanan Baptist; March 22 at 7:30 p.m., the Rev. Mike Woody at Buchanan Presbyterian; March 29 at noon, the Rev. Jeff Marble at Trinity United Methodist; April 5 at 7:30 p.m., Dover at Trinity Episcopal; and April 12 at noon, Warrick at Buchanan Baptist.
CHURCH WOMEN UNITED, an ecumenical and interracial fellowship and service group, will observe World Day of Prayer March 3 at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 30 Huntington Blvd. N.W.
The worship service this year was prepared by women of Ghana and has a theme of "Informed Prayer and Prayerful Action." The program begins at 10:30 a.m. Last year the group supported four Roanoke Valley ministries: Bethany Hall for women substance abusers; a chaplain for jail inmates; the Transitional Living Center for temporarily homeless people; and the West End Community Center for inner city children and youth.
A GOSPEL CONCERT, featuring Danice Hunt, "Ms. Virginia Senior Citizen, will be Sunday at 4 p.m. at the YMCA Orange Avenue instead of Jerusalem Baptist Church.
THE REV. STEVEN SHUSSETT has left Buchanan Presbyterian Church after an 18-month pastorate. He has become minister of a church in Frostburg, Md.
BLACK VOICES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA will perform Sunday at 3 p.m. at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 502 Gilmer Ave. N.W. The choir has students from several countries.
St. Paul's Mass Choir is sponsoring the concert.
A BLACK HISTORY MUSICAL is scheduled Sunday at 4 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 312 N. Jefferson St. Presenting songs of the black heritage will be the Rev. Samuel Robinson, and choral groups from Bent Mountain Baptist Church, New Life Temple Pentecostal Holiness Church, and the High Street Baptist Male Chorus and the Echoes of Joy of Madison Heights.
GRETA EVANS, Roanoke television personality, will speak Sunday at 3 p.m. for a black history observance at Central Baptist Church, 1502 Staunton Ave. N.W. Music will be furnished by the English Family and the Mount Zion Gospel Chorus of Bedford County.
ELDER GREGORY L. JACKSON, pastor of Melrose Seventh-day Adventist Church, will present a recital March 4 at 6 p.m. at the church, 1601 Melrose Ave. N.W. Jackson also will autograph copies of his new book, "Surrender: The Secret to Perfect Peace and Happiness," which will be available for $9.
THE CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR JUSTICE U.S.A. will honor High Street Baptist Church with its Martin Luther King Award for Excellence in Civil Rights Sunday at the church's morning service. The civil rights group is recognizing the church for its support in abolishing a federal regulation that set restrictions on lawsuits.
Send information to Frances Stebbins, Neighbors, P.O. Box 2491. Roanoke, 24010-2491 by noon Thursday.
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by CNB