
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, July 27, 1995                   TAG: 9507280034
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: N-9   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

RELIGION BRIEFS

FINCASTLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, one of the town's oldest, is undergoing repainting and glazing of the brick on its original building. Other repairs soon will be undertaken on the Sunday school wing. The kitchen also is being remodeled. The preservation project is costing about $30,000.

NORTH ROANOKE BAPTIST CHURCH, 6402 Peters Creek Road, will conclude its vacation Bible school tonight with the program from 6:30 to 9.

A GOSPEL CONCERT by Brian Free and Assurance is scheduled Aug. 11 at 7 p.m. at Roanoke Valley Cathedral of Praise, 8101 Angel Lane, Hollins.

TRUTH, a professional group of singers with a Christian message, will perform Aug. 5 at 7 p.m. at Oakland Baptist Church, 3623 Round Hill Ave. N.W. Tickets are $5 per person. Call 366-5861 for more information.

MYRTLE CONNER and JULIA LAPRADE, two Camp Bethel workers, received awards during the recent national conference of the Church of the Brethren.

Conner, the camp cook for many years, received the Brethren Outdoor Ministries Association camp award, and Laprade received the Camp Volunteer award.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL will begin Monday and continue through Aug. 4 at Oak Grove Church of the Brethren, 2138 McVitty Road S.W. The school from 9 a..m. to noon is open to children 4 through junior high school. The theme will be "Along the Road with Jesus."

HOPE WOODARD, a 1995 graduate of Cave Spring High School, is completing a weeklong work camp project in Puerto Rico. She is one of a group from the Virlina District of the Church of the Brethren and is a member of Oak Grove Church.

CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH has begun a program in which laity are trained for visiting the sick and home bound. Twelve members underwent training led by Tissa Burrows of Burrell Nursing Center and the Rev. David Wolfe of the Lewis-Gale Hospital pastoral care staff. Those trained will assist the clergy staff of the church.

A NEW HABITAT HOUSE, one of several that churches and civic groups have erected on Kellogg Avenue Northwest, has been dedicated by representatives of two sponsoring congregations, Cave Spring and Windsor Hills United Methodist churches . They were joined in a July 9 ceremony by representatives of Prayer Temple and its choir, the church of the family occupying the new home.

MORNING STAR BAPTIST CHURCH,1513 Rorer Ave. S.W., has scheduled a Family Singing Jubilee for Aug. 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. Musical performers who would like to participate should register by Sunday. Call 563-9488 for more information.

FOOD FOR THE POOR, an international program with emphasis on Haiti and Jamaica, will be highlighted Aug. 5 and 6 at all Masses at Our Lady of Nazareth Catholic Church, 2505 Electric Road S.W. The Rev. John Miles, will speak.

EVELYN CONNER, a Salem gospel singer, will perform Sunday at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, 2908 Mount Pleasant Blvd. S.E. Her program, for which an offering is taken, will begin at 6:30 p.m.

BELMONT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH will be collecting school supplies for children served by the nearby Presbyterian Community Center during August. For the second year, members are donating paper, pencils, glue, tape and crayons which will be distributed at the center on Jamison Avenue Southeast.

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

by CNB