Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 23, 1995 TAG: 9503300038
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On Sunday and on April 2 at 6:30 p.m., a Lenten drama, "The Last Words," will be presented after family dinners. The meals cost $5 for adults and $2.50 for children over 3. Call 389-3881 for reservations. The church is in downtown Salem at Market and Main streets.
THREE SALEM CHURCHES, College Lutheran, Central United Methodist and Salem Presbyterian, will jointly sponsor a vacation Bible school June 26-30. It will be held at Salem Presbyterian.
CHAD PACK, a 1993 Glenvar High School graduate who speaks both French and Spanish, will leave April 12 for a two-year mission assignment with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Pack, son of Steve and Lela Brown of Salem, will serve in Bordeaux, France. He will address the Salem LDS congregation on Wayburn Drive during a special service at 11 a.m. Sunday.
WEST SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH, 500 Turner Road, Salem, will begin a 10-week support group for third- and fourth-grade children who are affected by divorce. The series starts Sunday at 9:45 a.m. and will begin with a parents' orientation session. Sessions for children begin April 2. The cost is $10 for a workbook. Call 389-2129 for more information. Enrollment is limited.
SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH is entering into a partnership with the Cranberry Baptist congregation near Pittsburgh, Pa. A team from Salem will go there July 8-15 to help the small congregation with repairs to its building and to conduct Backyard Bible Clubs.
THE ANNUAL PRAYER BREAKFAST, sponsored by Guiding Star Church of God in Christ, is scheduled Saturday beginning at 8:30 at the church, 804 Madison Ave. N.W. Advance tickets for the buffet meal are available for $5 by calling 344-8653 after 9 p.m. Tickets also are available at the door.
The guest speaker will be the Rev. Sheree Sykes, co-pastor of Sheikh Preparation Assembly of Lynchburg.
EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH in the Kingstown neighborhood of Roanoke County will be host to the annual session of the Missionary Baptist District Bible School Convention of Southwest Virginia on Friday and Saturday. The meeting offers training to teachers for various age groups in churches.
The Rev. George Hamilton, a chaplain at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Salem, will preach at the concluding dinner Saturday. The meeting will begin Friday at 5:45 p.m. and at 9 a.m. on Saturday.
A SERVICE OF REMEMBERING is scheduled Sunday at 4 p.m. at Oak Grove Church of the Brethren, 2138 McVitty Road S.W. It is for any in the community to honor lost loved ones. Those attending are invited to bring an article of remembrance. Call 774-0595 for more information.
THE VIRGINIA ASHER BIBLE COUNCIL, an evangelical Christian women's group, is taking reservations for its annual conference in Charlotte, N.C., on April 29 and 30. Call Hazel Prease at 345-3101 for more information.
GRACE ACADEMY, a member of the Association of Christian Schools International, has planned an open house on April 7. The Friday program will include visits to classes between 9:30 a.m. and noon. Call 982-0104 for more information. The elementary school is at 2731 Edgewood St. S.W. and is an outreach ministry of Grace Church, an evangelical congregation
Send information to Frances Stebbins, Neighbors, P.O. Box 2491. Roanoke, 24010-2491 by noon Thursday.
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by CNB