Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 16, 1995 TAG: 9503210012
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N-9 EDITION: METRO
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CHURCHES OF THE BRETHREN will unite April 2-5 to sponsor Lenten renewal services, known as Awakening. The services will be held at Central Church, 416 Church Ave. S.W. in downtown Roanoke with the Rev. Bob Kettering, of Mannheim, Pa., as the guest preacher.
He is a former Pennsylvania pastor and district executive. Special music will begin at 7:15 p.m. Child care will be provided. This is the 13th year for Awakening.
SINGLENESS: BLESSING OR CURSE? is the theme of a seminar Friday at 6:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 515 Third St. S.W. in Room 220. The seminar will include a panel discussion with opportunity for single adults to discuss their lifestyle.
The Rev. Ed Kohl, minister to singles, will be resource person. The program follows a potluck meal. Call 224-3370 for more information.
FIVE INDUSTRIAL CHAPLAINS, volunteers with the ecumenical Institute of Industrial and Commercial Ministries, Inc., are serving government offices and an auto dealership in the Roanoke Valley.
The chaplains are the Revs. Robin Colwell, Richard L. McNutt, Charles Gwaltney, Ronald E. Hoppaugh and Paul Lancaster. They are among 192 chaplains nationally who offer emotional and spiritual support to workers on the job.
GRACE BAPTIST TEMPLE,1527 Gilford Road N.W., opens its annual Mini-Mission Conference Saturday with dinner at 6 p.m. Jim O'Neal, a missionary to the Philippines, will speak after the supper and again on Sunday at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
THE REV. WILLIAM LEE, pastor of Loudon Avenue Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), will speak Sunday at 4 p.m. at Pilgrim Baptist Church, 1415 Eighth St. N.W., during a special service to recognize the John Hubbard Memorial Ensemble.
FIRST WESLEYAN CHURCH, 3706 Peters Creek Road N.W., plans a Festival of Missions March 25 and 26. The festival opens Saturday with a potluck meal at 6:30 p.m. Jeff Dennis, a worker at a children's home in Macon, Ga., will speak. On Sunday, the speakers will include Dennis, the Rev. Rick West, a worker in Peru, and Barbara Scaggs, missionary to Indians in South Dakota. Call 563-4481 for a schedule of events.
PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH,1415 Eighth St. N.W., has scheduled a free gospel concert, featuring the Fellowship Gospel Choir of North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, N.C., for March 26 at 7:30 p.m.
HAITIAN ROMAN CATHOLICS living in the Roanoke Valley are being served by an adapted service at St. Gerard Church, 809 Orange Ave. N.W. The Rev. Wayne Ball, pastor, speaks French, which many from the Caribbean country understand, and has obtained some materials in Creole. An estimated 30 Haitians are part of the congregation. Another group of Haitians is meeting each Sunday at Ridgewood Baptist Church on Hemlock Road Northwest.
GRACE AND TRUTH BAPTIST CHURCH, 3541 Orange Ave. N.E., plans revival services Sunday through Wednesday. Sunday worship, led by the Rev. Lacy Brooks, will be at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Services during the week will be at 7:30 p.m.
THE ROANOKE CHAMBER SINGERS, directed by Frank Morris, will present a musicale, "300 Years of Choral Music" for Lent and Holy Week on March 25 at 7:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 2105 S. Jefferson St.
JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH, 1014 Norfolk Ave. S.W., has scheduled its sixth annual Black and White Musicale for March 26 at 5 p.m. James Tucker will be master of ceremonies. The J. Eugene Young Mass Choir is sponsor.
ST. MATTHEW CHURCH,1422 Abbott St. N..W., will hold revival services Sunday through March 24 at 7:30 p..m. The Rev. Darryl Baccus of Capital Heights, Md., will speak. Those needing a ride to the church should call 342-0624 before 5 p.m.
A POWHATAN INDIAN, Sun Eagle, and his wife, Gentle Wind, of the Mattaponi Reservation near Richmond, will speak Sunday at 9:30 and 11 a.m. at Roanoke Unitarian Universalist Church, 2015 Grandin Road S.W. Other guests from the reservation also plan to be at the service, which will focus on American Indian spirituality.
Send information to Frances Stebbins, Neighbors Religion, P. O. Box 2491, Roanoke, Va. 24010-2491 by noon Thursday.
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