Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, July 29, 1995 TAG: 9507310127
SECTION: RELIGION PAGE: C4 EDITION: METRO
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Antioch Church of the Brethren in Franklin County will hold its annual auction to raise funds to combat world hunger Aug. 12 beginning at 9:30 a.m. The church is on Virginia 641, the Callaway Road. The sale, which annually raises more than $20,000, benefits Heifer Project and a mission in the Dominican Republic. Supporters come from a number of congregations.
Refreshments will be sold. Call 334-2177 for more information.
The auction is the climax of the church's hunger-fighting activities and is preceded by a walk and a bicycle ride on which pledges are taken.
Woodward to Georgetown
Dr. Marty M. Woodward, Salem Roman Catholic lay leader, on Tuesday will begin a one-year interim position as director of ministry to Catholics at the Jesuit Georgetown University in Washington. Woodward, who will continue to maintain her home in Salem and expects to return to the Roanoke Valley in 1996, will be responsible for supervising liturgy, counseling, education and other areas for Catholic students. She also will work cooperatively with Protestant and Jewish chaplains at the university.
Woodward has been active in Roanoke Valley ecumenical and human relations work for the past 15 years. She began her career as a religion educator at a Jesuit university in New Orleans in 1970. She holds both master's and doctor of ministry degrees.
Presbyterian amendments proposed
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has sent to the presbyteries of the church a series of amendments to the Presbyterian Book of Order which, if approved by the lesser regional bodies, could make the denomination a full participant in the future national Consultation on Church Union. The COCU agency, which has been working for more than 20 years to iron out differences among several mainstream American denominations to allow them to work better together, has proposed the position of "representative bishop" who would participate in covenanting councils of COCU. At the 207th General Assembly in Cincinnati several weeks ago, some delegates questioned the term "bishop" for Presbyterians, who traditionally have not used that form of church government. A representative of COCU, the Rev. Dr. Daniell Hamby, commended the church on its careful study and said the delay should not be seen as an opposition tactic.
by CNB