ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, December 30, 1995 TAG: 9601020148
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
COLUMN: IN RELIGION
SOURCE: KENNETH SINGLETARY
Services
Christiansburg's Holy Spirit Catholic Church will celebrate Mass at 5 p.m. today and Sunday at Our Saviour Lutheran Church on Cambria Street.
Today's readings will be Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Colossians 3:12-21; Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23; and Colossians 3:15,16. Sunday's readings will be Numbers 6:22-27; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:16-21; Hebrews 1:1-2.
For further information, please call 382-8028.
Grace Assembly of God on Redwood Drive in Christiansburg will have Watch Night Service Sunday at 8 p.m. with guest speaker the Rev. Arnold Jones.
For further information, please call Bob Goldstein at 381-0055.
Merrimac Pentecostal Holiness Church on Merrimac Road in Blacksburg will host Evangelist Jim Hilliard and his wife, Carolyn, Sunday at 11 a.m. and at the Watch Night Service at 8 p.m.
The 8 p.m. service also will feature local singers.
Anath Baptist Church on Roanoke Street in Christiansburg will have its Watch Night Service Sunday at 8 p.m.
Light refreshments will be served.
For further information, please call Sam Hancock at 552-1639.
Our Saviour Lutheran Church on Cambria Street in Christiansburg conducts a new informal evening worship Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
The 45-minute service is for people who work on weekends, community newcomers, and people looking for a mid-week worship opportunity.
For further information, please call 382-2223.
Youths at Auburn United Methodist Church will clean houses, mow or weed.
Donations will be used to help finance travel to a youth conference.
For further information, please call 382-4318.
Christian Community Outreach in Radford has a food outreach on the fourth Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union Hall in Fairlawn.
Food boxes will be available on a first-come, first-served basis to people who meet USDA income criteria.
For further information, please call 639-5686.
People
First Baptist Church of Radford will commission Jan and Shirley Levy for medical missions service in the Middle East on Jan. 7 at the 11 a.m. worship.
The Levys will leave later in January for the three-month assignment under the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's mission program.
In Religion is a regular Saturday feature of the New River Current. Please send news of your church or religious organization, along with photos, to Kenneth Singletary, New River Current, The Roanoke Times, P.O. Box 540, Christiansburg, Va. 24073. Fax: 381-1656. E-mail: Currentbev.net. Clear, sharp photographs accompanying news items are welcome. Items must be received by noon Wednesday for use in that week's column.
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