ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, April 20, 1996 TAG: 9604220009
SECTION: RELIGION PAGE: A-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Retreat for single adults
A retreat for single adults is scheduled May 17-19 at Virginia United Methodist Center, Blackstone. Though sponsored by the United Methodists, it is open to single adults of any faith. Theme will be "Communications: Building Blocks to Relationships With Others and With God." Leaders will be Larry Davies, author of "Sowing Seeds of Faith," and Judy Seifert, leader of a singles ministry in Williamsburg. Workshops on adjusting after divorce, prayer, stress-management and community service are part of the event. The $99 cost covers meals and two nights' lodging. Call the Virginia United Methodist headquarters at (800) 768-6040 or Shirley Gough at (804) 739-7815 to register.
Church staff planning a ministry to single people may enroll for a 10 a.m.-3 p.m. workshop May 17, to end before the retreat begins. Call Davies at the headquarters to enroll.
Silent retreat planned
Hawk's Ridge Retreat and Sanctuary near Riner in Montgomery County opens its spring program with a silent retreat Friday and next Saturday. The nondenominational gathering will be led by Sharon Wood and Donna Douglas with a focus of growing in appreciation of the Source through contact with nature. Cost of the retreat, which starts Friday at 6 p.m. and continues until 4 p.m. Saturday, is $90, with an additional fee for lodging. To register or for a summer schedule, call Douglas at 763-2382.
Camp Tuk-a-Way opens
Camp Tuk-a-Way, operated by the Grace Brethren Church near Blacksburg, is registering children and youths. For a schedule and costs, call C.L. Young, 562-2232.
Tea, musicale benefit
A tea and musicale to benefit the Youth Incentive Program of Tinbridge Hill Neighborhood Association in Lynchburg is next Saturday, 2-4:30 p.m., at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church on Perrowville Road in Bedford County. The event, which costs $5, will include a tour of the garden and church.
Graham youth crusade
RALEIGH, N.C. - In his most ambitious TV broadcast to date, evangelist Billy Graham, 77, is going to preach to the MTV generation in a one-hour special this month.
The program was shot the way young people are used to - music video-style, with jagged camera movements and fades from black and white to color.
``Starting Over'' is aimed at a young audience that is cynical about Christianity. It includes a 30-second clip about Kurt Cobain, leader of the rock group Nirvana, who killed himself two years ago. In the program, Graham offers Jesus Christ as the answer to problems of loneliness, alienation and despair.
His message is presented in dramatic visual episodes spliced with interviews and music. The special starts with a man climbing into a sports car, taking out a revolver and shooting himself in the mouth. ``This program will arrest anyone who's channel-surfing,'' said A. Larry Ross of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
It's also intended to break all Christian broadcasting records. In April, ``Starting Over'' will air in 200 countries to 2.5 billion people in 50 languages, the association says.
- Associated Press
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