Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, April 14, 1995 TAG: 9504140017
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Abundant Life Fellowship, 4491 Old Pike Road, Pilot (382-4443): Easter sunrise service, 7 a.m., with New Life Drama Company of Cleveland, Tenn.; Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; Easter worship, 11 a.m.
Banger's Mountain Pentecostal Holiness Church, 2844 Spaulding Road, Walton community (951-0739 or 731-3153): Saturday, egg coloring and Easter egg hunt, 4 p.m. Sunday, Easter sunrise service, 7 a.m. Breakfast follows in the basement. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Easter worship, 11 a.m.
Blacksburg Baptist Church, 550 N. Main St. (552-3869): Sunday, Easter worship with baptism, 11 a.m.
Blacksburg Jewish Community Center, Roanoke and Church streets, Blacksburg (231-2726 or 552-2888): Saturday, Seder on the second night of Passover. Call for reservation.
Blacksburg Presbyterian Church, 701 Church St., Blacksburg (552-2504): Sunday, Easter sunrise service with members of Northside Presbyterian Church, 7 a.m., Blacksburg Caboose Park. Breakfast, 9:30 a.m., fellowship hall. Easter service with Holy Communion and confirmation, 11 a.m., at the church.
Blacksburg United Methodist Church, Church and Lee streets. (552-5424): Today, Good Friday service, 7:30 p.m. Child care provided. Sunday, Easter sunrise service, 6:45 a.m., Blacksburg Municipal Golf Course, Graves Avenue; traditional Easter services, 8:45 and 11 a.m., at the church. Sunday school, 9:50 a.m.
Christ Episcopal Church, 120 Church St., Blacksburg (552-2411): Today, Good Friday Liturgy, reading of the Passion and solemn collects, 7:30 p.m. Child care provided. Saturday, Paschal candle lighting, baptism, Holy Eucharist, vigil, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Festival Holy Eucharist, 7:45, 9 and 11:15 a.m.
Christiansburg Presbyterian Church, 107 W. Main St. (382-2802): Today, church open for meditation, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Easter sunrise service, 7:30 a.m., on the patio. Breakfast, 8:15 a.m., fellowship hall. Worship, 10:55 a.m.
First Baptist Church, Third Avenue and Downey Street, Radford (639-4419): Sunday, Easter services, 8:30 and 11 a.m. Preschool nursery available. Bible study, 9:45 a.m.
Floyd United Methodist Charge (651-4490): Sunday, Easter sunrise service, 7 a.m., Huffville United Methodist Church; 7:30 a.m., Stonewall United Methodist Church. Breakfast follows services. Worship, 9 a.m., Huffville; 10 a.m., Havens Chapel; 11 a.m., Stonewall.
Gethsemane Baptist Church, 2006 Preston St., Radford (731-1160): Sunday, sunrise service, 7:30 a.m. A breakfast follows.
Glade Baptist Church, 1600 Glade Road, Blacksburg (552-3394): Sunday, community worship, 11 a.m., with cantata "God's Almighty Son."
Good Shepherd Baptist Church, 155 Dunlap Drive, Christiansburg (382-0691): Sunday, Easter sunrise service, 6:45 a.m., in the parking lot. A breakfast follows in the fellowship hall. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; Easter worship with Lord's Supper and musical drama, "Footsteps of Jesus," 11 a.m.
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2101 Shadow Lake Road, Blacksburg (552-3364): Sunday, Easter sunrise service, 7 a.m., in the meadow next to the church; Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Easter worship, 10:45 a.m.
Grove United Methodist Church, 1020 Tyler Ave., Radford (639-2807): Sunday, Easter sunrise service, 6:45 a.m., rear parking lot. (Inside in case of bad weather). A breakfast follows. Easter worship, 11 a.m., in the sanctuary.
Harvest Baptist Church, 201 Lucas Drive, Blacksburg (552-1267): Sunday, Easter service, "Messiah in the Passover," 6 p.m. with the Rev. Larry Jaffrey. Designed as a program to help Jewish and Christian communities understand their common heritage.
Luther Memorial Evangelical Lutheran Church, Toms Creek and Prices Fork roads, Blacksburg (951-1000): Today, services at noon and 7 p.m. Saturday, Easter vigil and Holy Communion, 7 p.m. Sunday, festival services with Holy Communion, 8:30 and 11 a.m. Breakfast, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Merrimac Pentecostal Holiness Church, Merrimac Road, Blacksburg (552-5070): Sunday, Easter sunrise service, 7 a.m.
Narrows churches (726-7622): Sunday, Easter sunrise service with music by River's Edge, 7 a.m., Narrows Church of God of Prophecy, Hopkins and Sunset streets, with pastors from several area churches participating. A breakfast follows.
New Hope United Methodist Church, Church Street, New River (639-1470): Sunday, Easter sunrise service, 6:45 a.m. A breakfast follows. Easter worship, 11 a.m. An Easter egg hunt follows.
Northside Presbyterian Church, Watson and Progress streets, Blacksburg (552-4327): Sunday, Easter sunrise service with members of Blacksburg Presbyterian Church, 7 a.m., Blacksburg Caboose Park. Easter worship, 11 a.m., at the church.
Our Saviour Lutheran Church, 1845 Cambria St., Christiansburg (382-2223): Today, story of humanity's sin and God's love, 7 p.m. Sunday, Easter sunrise service, 6:30 a.m.; Holy Communion with Easter scripture, 10 a.m.
Presbyterian Church of Radford, 201 Fourth St. (639-2585): Today, sanctuary open for meditation, 5-8 p.m. Sunday, breakfast, 8:45 a.m. Easter egg hunt follows; Easter worship, 11 a.m.
Pulaski Ministerial Association: Today, Good Friday service, noon-12:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, Jefferson Avenue and Third Street.
Shawsville Holiness Church, Alleghany Springs Road: Sunday, Easter sunrise service, 7 a.m. at the church cemetery; Easter worship, 11 a.m.; Easter cantata, "Alone on the Altar ... Calvary's Lamb," 7 p.m.
St. Francis' Anglican Church, Wilson and Progress streets, Blacksburg (552-1771): Today, church open all day for prayer. Short service of litany and intercessions, noon; evensong and reading of the Passion, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, flowering of the cross, 9:45 a.m.; Holy Communion, 10 a.m. Easter egg hunt follows.
St. Jude Catholic Church, 1740 Tyler Road, just outside Radford (639-5341): Today, Stations of the Cross, 12:15 p.m.; Veneration of the Cross, 7 p.m. Saturday, Easter vigil, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Easter services 9 and 11 a.m.
St. Mary's-Christiansburg Catholic Community (552-4607): Today, Stations of the Cross, 12:15 p.m., St. Jude Catholic Church, 1740 Tyler Road, just outside Radford; Veneration of the Cross, 7:30 p.m., St. Mary's Catholic Church, Harding Avenue, Blacksburg. Sunday, Easter Mass, 8:30 a.m., Our Saviour Lutheran Church, 1845 Cambria St., Christiansburg.
St. Peter's Anglican Catholic Church, 230 W. First St., Christiansburg (382-7970): Today, Good Friday liturgy, Veneration of the Cross and Mass, noon; evening prayer, 2:30 p.m.; confessions, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, vigil service with lighting of the Paschal candle, Litany of the Saints, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Matins and Holy Communion, 8:20 a.m.; Festal Holy Eucharist, 10 a.m. Easter egg hunt follows.
St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, East Main and Roanoke streets, Christiansburg (382-4365): Today, Service of Tenebrae, 7 p.m. Saturday, Easter vigil, Holy Eucharist, baptism, 7 p.m. Sunday, Festival Holy Eucharist, 10 a.m.
Trinity Baptist Church, North Franklin Street, Christiansburg (382-8121): Sunday, Easter sunrise service, 8 a.m.
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Fifth Street and Washington Avenue, Pulaski (980-3624): Today, Service of Tenebrae, 7 p.m. Sunday, Easter sunrise service, 7 a.m. with the drama, "The Witness of the Light." A breakfast follows. Easter worship with Holy Communion, 11 a.m.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the New River Valley, 1301 Gladewood Drive, Blacksburg (552-3785 or 552-8050): Sunday, intergenerational Easter service, 10:30 a.m.
White Memorial United Methodist Church, U.S. 460, Shawsville (268-5901): Today, Good Friday service, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Easter sunrise service, 6:30 a.m., outdoors. Breakfast follows inside.
by CNB