Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 7, 1995 TAG: 9509080039
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: W7 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
MORE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOUSES are scheduled to be built jointly by groups of Presbyterians and Episcopalians this fall. Five homes eventually will be built on Cleveland Avenue, near 13th Street Southwest.
Six parishes in the Williamson Road area - Huntington Court and Grace United Methodist, Trinity Lutheran, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox, Hollins Road Church of the Brethren and St. James Episcopal - have committed to build in the 2000 block of Peters Creek Road in the spring of 1996.
ALMA HUNT, a Roanoker who retired from national leadership in the Woman's Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist Convention, will get a cottage named in her honor. The proposed cottage on the grounds of the Virginia Baptist Children's Home and Family Services in Salem is for mentally retarded women.
WILSON GUNN, pastor of Peace Presbyterian Church, has completed requirements for a doctor of philosophy degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Peace Church also supplied more than 400 pounds of produce from a congregational garden to help feed the Roanoke Valley needy.
A PRAISE CONCERT, featuring several Roanoke Valley Christian performers, will take place Sunday at 7 p.m. at Preston Oaks Baptist Church, 102 Preston Ave. N.E. Both vocal and instrumental selections will be on the program.
THE VICTORS a gospel music group, will present a concert Sunday at 6 p.m. at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 625 Churchland Road, N.W.
PATRICIA A. LOWRY,formerly on the staff of Pathway Counseling Services, has joined the Rev. Dr. Douglas Keffer at New Beginnings Counseling Services, an agency with Christian perspective. New Beginnings, which started in the Roanoke Valley two years ago, moves Sept. 18 to 2362 Peters Creek Road.
CATHEDRAL OF PRAISE,, a congregation of the Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn.) will sponsor Solemn Assembly prayer services tonight through Saturday. Prayer with confession and fasting is scheduled at the church, 8100 Angel Lane, Hollins, from 7 to 9 tonight and Friday and from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday.
A SERVICE OF SPIRITUAL HEALING, suspended for the summer, has resumed each Wednesday at noon at St. John Lutheran Church, 4608 Brambleton Ave. S.W.
THE REV. KENNETH STOFFT has begun a two-month sabbatical from the pastorate of Our Lady of Nazareth Catholic Church. Stoft, who is marking 20 years in the priesthood, said he will spend the time in Philadelphia in a spiritual growth program.
The Rev. Robert L. Cummins, is on temporary assignment to the parish.
THE CLOTHING CLOSET, operated by Ghent Grace Brethren Church at 1511 Maiden Lane S.W. needs volunteers to serve its clients and sort garments Tuesday mornings from 9:30 to 11:30. Call 345-2788 to help.
A VALLEYWIDE GOSPEL SING will be held Saturday at 7 p.m. at First Church of God (Anderson, Ind.) at 2021 Hardy Road in Vinton. Three groups, The Kingerys, New Grace and the Full Gospel Singers, will be featured.
JIM HERRON, senior minister at West Main Street Church of Christ in Salem, will become associate minister for family life. A new senior minister will be sought.
The change is being made by mutual agreement to permit better use of Herron's training in family counseling. When the new senior minister arrives, a new youth worker will be sought to replace Scott Taylor, who is leaving to start a new congregation in the North.
SALEM WESLEYAN CHURCH, 424 Chamberlain Lane, Salem, will have homecoming on Sept. 17 with the Rev. Dick Whitener of Bessim, N.C. beginning revival services that night at 6. They will continue through Sept. 20 nightly at 7. A nursery will be provided.
EXPERIENCING GOD, a class to deepen the spirituality of adults, will begin Sunday at 6 p.m. at Salem Baptist Church, 103 N. Broad St. A missions class for children, ages 4-10, runs simultaneously.
THE REV. LOU RUOFF, a former staff member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Salem, is the author of three published books related to evangelism and his spiritual journey from gambling addiction and hostility to authority. Now pastor of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Norfolk, Ruoff is working on two more books. All proceeds go to church agencies for the homeless.
THE REV. COLLIER HARVEY, a retired Presbyterian minister and administrator, will speak on "Presbyterians on the Frontier" Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Salem Public Library. The Salem Historical Society is sponsoring the program.
JOSHUA RUBONGOYA, assistant professor of political science at Roanoke College, will speak Sept. 18 at First United Methodist Church, Langhorne Place in downtown Salem. He has traveled extensively in the Third World. Reservations for the 6:30 p.m. dinner meeting may be made by calling 389-5459 by Sept. 15. The meal is $6.
JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH'S W.N. Hunter Gospel Choir will present its annual hat show Sunday at 4 p.m. at 1016 Norfolk Ave. S.W. The show honors the memory of James Perry and Ethel Cunningham.
Send information to Frances Stebbins, Neighbors, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke, Va. 24010-2491 by noon Thursday.
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