ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, April 6, 1996 TAG: 9604080084
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV7 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
COLUMN: In Religion
SOURCE: KENNETH SINGLETARY
* Christiansburg's Holy Spirit Catholic Churchwill celebrate Mass at 5 p.m. today at Our Saviour Lutheran Church on Cambria Street.
* Blacksburg's St. Mary's Catholic Church on Harding Avenue will hold Holy Saturday Morning Prayer at 9 a.m. today and will celebrate the Vigil of Easter at 9 tonight.
* First Church of God on Roanoke Street in Blacksburg will have a live walk-through Easter scene in which church members re-enact the Last Supper, the Crucifixion and the Empty Tomb from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today and Sunday. 731-9342 or 552-3404.
* Blacksburg Wesley Foundation will host a healing ceremony sponsored by Harmony Blessings Inc. and other groups to create harmony among people and classes at 6 p.m. today. 552-1047.
* Good Shepherd Baptist Church on Dunlap Drive in Christiansburg will have a 7 a.m. Easter sunrise service followed by breakfast. Sunday school is at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. 382-0691.
* St. Michael Lutheran Church on Merrimac Road will have an 8 a.m. Easter Sunday Sunrise Service. 552-0879.
* Our Savior Lutheran Church on Cambria Street in Christiansburg will have a 6:30 a.m. Easter sunrise service and an Easter Communion service at 10 a.m. with an egg hunt at 11 a.m.
* Oak Grove Church on Craigs Mountain Road will have an Easter sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. Worship is at 11 a.m.
* St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Christiansburg will have an Easter Vigil at 7 p.m. today and Easter morning Eucharist at 10 a.m.
* St. Mary's Catholic Church on Harding Avenue in Blacksburg will have Easter Mass at 8 a.m. and a young people's Mass at 9:30, and 11:15 a.m.
* St. Peter's Church on West First Street in Christiansburg will have a vigil service at 7:30 p.m. today, and Easter services at 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. 382-7970.
* Christiansburg Presbyterian Church will have an Easter sunrise service at 7:30 a.m. and worship with music at 11 a.m. 382-2802.
* Abundant Life Fellowship on Old Pike Road in Pilot will have will an Easter sunrise service at 7 a.m., followed by a free breakfast at 8:15 a.m., the groundbreaking for the Family Life Center at 9:15 a.m., Sunday School at 9:45 a.m., and worship at 11 a.m. 382-4443.
* Grove United Methodist Church on Tyler Avenue in Radford will conduct services at 11 a.m. Sunday. 639-2807.
* Community Christian Church in Newbern will an Easter SonRise service at 6:30 a.m., including a dramatic play, followed by breakfast. 674-4308.
* St. Jude Church in Radford on Tyler Road will have an Easter Vigil service at 8:30 p.m. today and Easter Sunday Services at 9 and 11 a.m. 639-5341.
* The Churches of the Brethren in Floyd will have service at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. 789-7892.
* Slusser's Chapel on Mount Tabor Road in Blacksburg will present its Easter Cantata at 7:30 p.m. today and at 10 a.m. Sunday.
* The Narrows Community Easter Sunrise Service will be at 7 a.m. at First Christian Church.
* First Baptist Church on Third and Downey streets in Radford will have identical Easter services at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. 639-4419.
* The adult choir of New River Valley Baptist Church on Snider Lane in Pulaski will present "Written in Red," a musical about the life of Jesus, Easter at 11 a.m. 674-8360 or 980-3831.
* Luther Memorial Lutheran Church at Toms Creek and Prices Fork Roads in Blacksburg will have an Easter Eve Vigil at 7 p.m. and the Festival of the Resurrection of our Lord at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday. 951-1000.
* Christ Lutheran Church on Second and Harvey streets in Radford will have Easter services at 11 a.m. 639-2671.
* New Hope United Methodist Church in New River will have an Easter sunrise service at 7 a.m., followed by breakfast and worship at 11 a.m.
* The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the New River Valley on Gladewood Drive in Blacksburg will host an Intergenerational Easter service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Rachel Holloway will lead a discussion on "Mere Rhetoric: Rhetoric, Civil Discourse, and American Identity" during a roundtable at 9 a.m. 552-2717. Rudi Gelsey, 953-5546.
* "A Gallery of Compassion and Hope," an exhibition of visual art in a variety of media by regional artists, will be on display during Holy Week at Glade Baptist Church on Glade Road in Blacksburg. 552-3394. SERVICES
* Mountain View Wesleyan Church on Meadowbrook Drive in Blacksburg will have a revival at 7:30 p.m. April 10 through April 14 with evangelist Tommy Underwood. 382-0311.
* Cambria Baptist Church will host five missionaries who have served in Virginia, Michigan, Alaska, the Ivory Coast and Austria April 14 through 17 in a World Missions Conference. The times are 11 a.m. April 14 and 7 p.m. April 14 through 17.
* The Metaphysical Chapel at Church and Lee streets in Blacksburg will have Sharing Sunday with Paula Markham at 7 p.m. Sunday. 951-4848.
* Valley Harvest Ministries on U.S. 11 in Dublin will have services at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. each Sunday, and at 7 p.m. Tuesdays has a Overcomers Ministry meeting for people struggling with problems such as alcoholism, divorce, drugs and other issues. 674-4729.
* Fairlawn Baptist Church is celebrating its 50th anniversary through May 5. The church will present a special program on drug and alcohol abuse Sunday. 639-5049.
* Greater Mount Zion United Holy Church of America has prayer services at 9:45 a.m., Sunday School at 10 a.m., worship at 11 a.m., choir practice at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Bible study at 7 p.m. Wednesdays, and 7 p.m. Friday services. 381-9794.
* Christian Growth Center on Electric Way in Christiansburg will have a discussion on sisterhood in the Lord at 9:30 a.m. April 27. 382-2908.
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, Roanoke Times, P.O. Box 540, Christiansburg 24073. Fax: 381-1656. E-mail: Current@bev.net.
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