Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, March 9, 1995                   TAG: 9503110013
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: E-11   EDITION: METRO 
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RELIGION BRIEFS

The family, which includes three children, has lived in the South American country for 10 years. The Bynums are on furlough in Idaho.

WEDNESDAY LENTEN SERVICES are being rotated this year among four Lutheran parishes in the northern and eastern part of the Roanoke Valley. Wednesday's services will be at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran, 4040 Williamson Road N.W.

They will be held at St. Timothy Church, 1201 Hardy Road, Vinton, on March 22; at St. Philip Lutheran, 8115 Williamson Road, Hollins, on March 29; and at Glade Creek, 80 Webster Road, Blue Ridge, on April 5. Supper at neighborhood restaurants precedes the worship. Call one of the churches for a schedule.

THE KINGERYS, a gospel singing group, will perform Sunday at 10 and 11 a.m. at Grandview Heights Church of the Nazarene, 2308 Highland Road S.E. Call 427-5564 for more information.

A VALLEYWIDE GOSPEL SING is scheduled Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church, 1601 Colorado St. in Salem. The Virginians Quartet, the Dominion Trio and Evelyn Conner will perform. An offering will be taken.

ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Elm at Jefferson in downtown Roanoke, has special Lenten classes on Sunday mornings at 10:15 and on Wednesday nights at 7. The evening classes focus on teaching Christian values to children and the spirituality of the Lord's Prayer. Call 343-9341 for a full schedule and to register for meals during some of the classes.

THE REV. CLYDE CARTER will retire April 30 from the pastorate of Mount Bethel Church of the Brethren in Botetourt County. Carter has served the congregation for 15 years.

THE REV. PARIS BAIN has announced that he will retire from the Peters Creek Church of the Brethren pastorate at the end of March. Bain, known as "Pete," has been on the staff for more than five years.

THE REV. NELSON HARRIS, chairman of the Roanoke School Board and pastor of Ridgewood Baptist Church, will speak March 17 at the 8:15 p.m. service at Beth Israel Synagogue, 920 Franklin Road S.W. Harris, who also is president of the interfaith Roanoke Valley Ministers Conference, will discuss "Church and State Issues."

``AFRICAN CHURCHES SPEAK'' will be the theme of a program Sunday at Greene Memorial United Methodist Church, 402 Second St. in downtown Roanoke. Beginning at 5:30 p.m. with a potluck supper, it will feature a former missionary, the Rev. Dr. Willy N. Heggoy, a native of Norway who now lives in Thaxton. He just returned from Africa.

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

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