ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, April 25, 1996 TAG: 9604260017
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FRANCES STEBBINS
OUTREACH
Several Botetourt churches are joining many in the Hollins area of Roanoke County and Northwest Roanoke city in sponsoring a Community Blood Drive on Monday at St. Philip Lutheran Church, 8115 Williamson Road. Also involved are the Hollins Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad No. 5, which serve the North County area. Hours of the collection are from noon to 7 p.m. Theme of the Easter season collection is "He Shed His Blood for Us."
A Lenten project sponsored by Christ Episcopal Church of Roanoke resulted in collection of enough money through the Sunday school to purchase a water buffalo, pig, rabbits, chickens and a hive of bees for Third World residents. The livestock, which will be bred for a continuing supply of food, are part of a Heifer Project ministry.
A ministry to the deaf has been started by Roanoke Second Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which worships on Cotton Hill Road Southwest. For the hearing-impaired of the community as well as church members, it is conducted by two missionaries, Elder Aaron Williams, a deaf man from Chicago, and Elder Glenn Johnson, his signing companion from Oregon City, Ore. Classes to help the hearing-impaired communicate and enjoy services will resume soon. For more information about the ministry, call 772-4586.
CHURCH PEOPLE
James H. Perry, a graduate of Emory & Henry College and Wesley Theological Seminary, has become music director at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in downtown Roanoke. The native of Roanoke formerly served as a United Methodist minister and was founder and director of Voices of Youth, a choir that traveled internationally. His wife, Johanna Teilmann Perry, a nurse, is the daughter of missionaries to Malaysia and Singapore.
Rabbi Jerome Fox of Beth Israel Synagogue, along with Sydney and Rosalie Shaftman and Pearl Fu, will be honored on May 8 at Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center as recipients of the 1996 Humanitarian Awards of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. The hotel dinner, a fund-raiser for the NCCJ projects such as Anytown USA, will feature an address by Dr. Sanford Cloud, national president.
MUSICAL EVENTS
At St. Paul's Episcopal Church in downtown Salem, John Mueller and Margaret Mueller, organists at Winston-Salem, N.C., Episcopal churches, will perform in a free recital May 6 at 8 p.m. The Muellers, retired college professors with a special interest in classic mechanical-action organs, will play the tracker instrument installed two years ago at the church.
The J. Eugene Young Mass Choir will observe its eighth anniversary Sunday with special worship at 7:30 p.m. at Jerusalem Baptist Church. Guest worship leaders will be the Rev. Dwight Steele and the choir of Pilgrim Baptist Church. Jerusalem Church is at 1014 Norfolk Ave. S.W.
REVIVAL SERVICES
Upper Room Church, 1335 Kirk Ave. S.E., has scheduled revival services in its new location Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The building, which formerly housed the House of Prayer that is now in Vinton, will be dedicated Sunday at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. Richard Kingrea the speaker. The Rev. Roger D. Smith is pastor of Upper Room Church.
Red Hill Baptist Church, U.S. 220 in the Clearbrook community, plans revival services Sunday through Wednesday nightly at 7 with the Rev. Steve Witt preaching.
Youth Revival Services are in progress at Jerusalem Baptist Church, 1014 Norfolk Ave. S.W. The Rev. Verenander Hughes, pastor of St. Paul's Baptist Church at Forest, is the leader for the 7 p.m. worship. The meeting ends Friday.
SPIRITUAL EDUCATION
A family enrichment seminar open to the community Sundays from 4 to 6 p.m. is in progress at Calvary Baptist Church, 608 Campbell Ave S.W. "The Sandwiched Generation" will be Sunday's theme; it will be led by Janet L. Ramsey, licensed professional counselor. Leader on May 5 will be another counselor, James E. Garrison Jr. The final program on May 19 will be focused on aging, and will be led by Rosemary Blieszner of the Virginia Tech faculty. Call 344-9237 for more information.
SPECIAL EVENTS
A second congregation of Roanoke Valley Unitarian Universalists may be formed. On May 6 at 7 p.m., a planning and worship group will meet in the Gordh Room at Hollins College. A potluck meal is scheduled May 20 at 6:30 p.m. to further study expansion. Unitarians have been established in Southwest Roanoke for more than 30 years.
National Day of Prayer services are scheduled on May 2 in both Roanoke and Salem. The Roanoke observance, sponsored by the Evangelical Ministers Association, will be at the base of Mill Mountain Star from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The Salem service will be from noon to 12:30 p.m. at 114 N. Broad St., with several Salem pastors sharing in prayers and music. National Day of Prayer, begun in the administration of President Ronald Reagan, is for the guidance for government leaders on local, state and federal levels.
The Light House, a youth center and soon to be temporary church office quarters at 812 First St. S.W., will be dedicated Sunday at 9 a.m. The house, owned by St. John's Episcopal Church, is named for Bishop A. Heath Light, who will retire this fall after 17 years as leader of the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia. Light will be honored at the dedication in his Confirmation visit to the parish. The church offices will be in the building while a major renovation program is in progress at St. John's.
Jerusalem 3000, a celebration of the Holy City, is scheduled Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Beth Israel Synagogue, 920 Franklin Road S.W. It will be led by Judi Tal, a singer, songwriter and entertainer from Israel, and commemorates the history of the city that has existed from the time of the biblical King David. The program is free. For reservations to an Israeli dinner, call 343-0289.
A church growth conference, led by the Rev. Henry Smith of Fellowship Christian Church in Decatur, Ga., will take place Monday through May 4 at St. Matthew Church of God, 1422 Abbott St. N.W. Call 366-9179 for more information.
Youth Temperance Education Week is being observed through Saturday by teens who support the goals of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The observance, which began 31 years ago, seeks to discourage use, not only of alcoholic beverages, but of tobacco and drugs and premarital sexual activity.
The 45th anniversary of the organization of Grace United Methodist Church will be observed Sunday with a service at 2 p.m. Guest speaker will be the Rev. Richard Worden, superintendent of the Roanoke District. The anniversary service also will include the dedication of an elevator and other improvements along with a community open house and reception. The church is at 4404 Williamson Road.
A Woman's Day Service will take place Sunday at 11 a.m. at Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1563 Lafayette Blvd. N.W. Guest speaker will be the Rev. Arthur Mae Lawson of Virginia Beach. A community choir will sing and the Woman of the Year will be announced.
Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 1814 Carroll Ave. N.W., plans a junior usher recognition service Sunday at 4 p.m.
At Hollins College, the community chapel service on May 5 at 7:30 p.m. will feature the Rev. David Hardy Dorsey, associate chaplain at the University of Richmond.
Lighthouse Christian Ministries, a Grace Brethren congregation worshiping at 2222 Wildwood Road in Salem, will add a second Sunday morning service on May 12. The new 8:30 a.m. worship, in addition to the 11 a.m. service, is to accommodate Sunday workers as well as to give more recreation time. Sunday school will begin at 10 a.m.
Macedonia Baptist Church, 2910 Cove Road N.W., has scheduled a special service Saturday at 3:30 p.m. It will be led by Elder Edward Mitchell and the choir of Tabernacle Baptist Church at Moneta.
Send information to Frances Stebbins, Neighbors, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke, 24010-2491, by noon Thursday. Please include a daytime phone number.
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