Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 7, 1995 TAG: 9509080041
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N12 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.
MILL CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH in Botetourt County has chosen the Rev. James George Jr. as its next pastor. He is coming from Verona, where he has been pastor of Laurel Hill Baptist Church since 1989.
Reared in Newport News, George was educated at Mars Hill College and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Tammy, have a young daughter and son. He begins his ministry at Mill Creek on Oct. 3.
MARK SLAUGHTER , minister of music at Bonsack Baptist Church, and GARY GROGAN, minister of youth at North Roanoke Baptist Church, are leaving the Roanoke Valley and going to Kentucky.
Slaughter is going to Owensboro, Ky., and Grogan will serve a Lexington, Ky. congregation.
NEW GRACE, a Roanoke Southern gospel singing group, will perform Sunday at 11 a.m. at New Grace Baptist Church, 1214 Peters Creek Road N.W.
WOMAN'S DAY will be observed Sunday at 11 a.m. at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 502 Gilmer Ave. N.W. Connie Bullock Steele will be guest speaker.
Glenice M. Cottman will be honored as Woman of the Year.
DECEASED USHERS will be remembered in a memorial service Sunday at 3 p.m. at Holiness Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, 1130 Melrose Ave. N.W. The services marks the 45th anniversary of the Senior Usher Board.
DORIS MACK, active in Loudon Avenue Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), will be the speaker for Mission Sunday on Sept. 24 at Price Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. The Loudon Avenue Choir will sing. The service starts at 4 p.m. at 506 15th St. N.W.
HOMECOMING celebration at Hollins Road Church of the Brethren will begin with an 8:30 a.m. informal service on Sept. 17. Other events at the church, 2404 Hollins Road N.E., include worship at 10:30 a.m., potluck lunch at noon, a musical program and a 7 p.m. renewal service with the Rev. James Worline of Summerdean Church of the Brethren the guest preacher.
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.
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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