Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, August 10, 1995 TAG: 9508100098
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N6 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
DOUG ECHOLS, a student at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., will be ordained into the Gospel minstry at Zion Hill Baptist Church, near Fincastle, on Sunday at 3 p.m. Echols is a graduate of James Madison University. He currently is associate pastor of Edgemont Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, N.C. He is the son of Larry and Bonnie Echols of Botetourt County.
VALLEY CHRISTIAN CENTER, 4265 Cloverdale Road, plans a camp meeting Aug. 20 thrugh 24 with four guest speakers. Services will begin at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. For more information call 977-2382.
DIANE KELLY has succeeded her uncle, James I. Kelly as organist at Mill Creek Baptist Church in Botetourt County. The elder Kelly, who remains a substitute organist, played for 34 years at Mill Creek.
THE MULTICULTURAL YOUTH CHORUS, sponsored by the Lutheran Brotherhood Southwest Virginia Branch 8462, will sing Sunday at 7 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Palmetto and Olive Avenues Northwest. The chorus is directed and accompanied by Michael Brown, music director at the Evangelical Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit and a recording artist who has just returned from an evangelistic tour of Great Britain. An offering will be taken.
THE REV. DR. BENJAMIN W. ROBERTSON, a native of Roanoke who now serves Cedar Street Memorial Baptist Church of God in Richmond, will speak Sunday at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church, 310 N. Jefferson St. The service ends the celebration of the 22nd anniversary of the Rev. Kenneth B. Wright's coming to the pastorate.
NEW GRACE, a southern gospel group, will join the Wings of Faith gospel band Aug. 19 at 6:30 p.m. for a concert at Lord Botetourt High School.
THE REV. WILLIAM LEE, a chaplain at the Salem Veterans Medical Center and pastor of Loudon Avenue Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), is on a three-week tour of Ghana and Zimbabwe as part of a group of African-American pastors in the Disciples and United Church of Christ denominations. The cross-cultural experience is intended to bridge gaps between the United States and African churches and encourage more joint mission projects.
ROSALIND HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH has approved with few dissensions a proposal to construct a $75,000 playground on its grounds on Brandon Avenue at Langdon Road Southwest. Construction on the fully equipped and handicapped-accessible playground will begin as soon as fund-raising plans are completed for the needed $64,000. The Rev. Tom Stocks, pastor, said the project is for community betterment and will be open under supervision to any who can benefit from it. It will symbolize the congregation's commitment to constructive family recreation and is part of long-range plans to provide this for the neighborhood.
ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH has added to its staff. Laura MacBean is the new coordinator of youth activities. A native of England, MacBean currently is on a three-week mission project in Nicaragua and will move to Roanoke later in August. She most recently has been a staff member of Habitat for Humanity in Richmond and assisted at St. James Episcopal Church there.
AN AFRICAN BISHOP, Joseph Dadson, will be guest speaker Sunday at 10 a.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church in downtown Roanoke. He serves in Ghana where the Roanoke congregation works with an Anglican mission church at Binaba.
A VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL concluding program takes place tonight at 6:45 at Red Hill Baptist Church, 6251 Franklin Road in the Clearbrook area.
A CUBAN REFUGEE FAMILY, that of Rafael Ramor, is being resettled by members of Oak Grove Church of the Brethren. The couple with their two children arrived July 19 and are living on 12th Street Southeast.
PENN FOREST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 3028 Penn Forest Blvd., is registering for its preschool for children 3 through 5. The school will open Sept. 5 and continue through May 1996. Registration fee of $25 is needed to reserve a place. Call 774-2445 mornings or 774-9381 for details.
VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH, a Divine Science congregation worshiping at 5000 Carriage Drive in the Oak Grove community, will sponsor a six-week course, "The Power of Your Subconscious Mind," beginning Aug. 22. It will be taught by the Rev. Maurita Wiggins, pastor. To register for the $35 program, call 774-2704.
A NEW MUSIC BOOK, "With One Voice," has been added at Christ Lutheran Church to supplement the traditional hymns in the 1978 "Lutheran Book of Worship." It contains a variety of spiritual songs from many national and ethnic traditions as well as music composed in the past 25 years. The books will be dedicated Sept. 10.
AT VINTON WESLEYAN CHURCH, Jefferson at Poplar avenues, vacation Bible school, "Sunshine Ranch," will end Sunday night. Hours are 6:30 to 8:30. For transportation, call 345-3385.
SHAWN PEARCE, a son of Scott and Sandy Pearce of Southwest Roanoke County, has returned from a two-year mission in Ecuador with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A member of the Cotton Hill congregation, Pearce is a 1992 Cave Spring High School graduate and has attended Ricks College. He enters Brigham Young University later this month to begin medical study.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, a Disciples of Christ congregation in downtown Roanoke, has added to its staff Christina Irene "Chrissie" Anderson, 24, a 1993 graduate of Emory & Henry College and resident of North Tazewell. She will serve as program coordinator. A Disciples member, Anderson has previously worked at the Tazewell County Public Library.
PENN FOREST WESLEYAN CHURCH, 3735 Chaparral Drive, has scheduled vacation Bible school Monday through Aug. 18. The evening activities will be from 6:30 to 9 and are for children age 3 through the sixth grade level. Call 774-5631 for more information.
LYNN HAVEN BAPTIST CHURCH of Vinton has sent six members on a mission team to Mexico City, Mexico. They will return Saturday.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOLwill be in session Monday through Aug. 18 evenings from 6:45 to 9 at Goodview Baptist Church in Bedford County. Children 2 through 12 will study the prophet Elijah. Call 890-1822 to register.
NORMAN ARRINGTON, a Christian monologist from West Virginia, will be a guest at vacation Bible school at Riverdale Baptist Church. It will be in session from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday through Aug. 18 at 1624 Edgerton Ave. S.E. Children from age 2 through sixth grade will be enrolled.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH, 929 Murray Ave. S.E., will present Tom Schuj, an evangelist to youth, Sunday at the 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. services. The guest, who has received national recognition, is a converted runaway delinquent. He and his wife, Angela, live in Chambersburg, Pa.
THEATER 'N THEOLOGY, a free public presentation of religious films, will feature "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" Friday from 7 to 10 p.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 314 Turner Road in Salem. Discussion of the story of Sts. Francis and Clare will be led by the Rev. Gregory Kandt, pastor.
by CNB