ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, June 27, 1996 TAG: 9606270015
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FRANCES STEBBINS
The Rev. Norbert Bennetts will become associate minister of First Church of God on Aug. 1. Bennetts, 29, is coming from a similar position at a Norfolk Church of God. He will direct programs of music and education and plan youth activities. Originally from Midland, Mich., he is married to Wendy Bennetts and is the father of an infant daughter. He was educated at Warner Southern College.
The Rev. Julianne L. Hollingsworth, a Presbyterian minister, has been awarded a doctor of ministry degree from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. Hollingsworth currently is chaplain to Our Lady of the Valley retirement home and director of the Roanoke Valley Pastoral Counseling Center.
Nell Thompson, a Botetourt County church historian, has been elected president of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society. She is the author of a book about the 150 years of the Roanoke Valley Association of Southern Baptists. |MUSICAL EVENTS| Pilgrim Baptist Church, 1415 Eighth St. N.W., has scheduled a concert Sunday at 6 p.m. featuring the Rev. Dwight O. Steele and the Mass Choir of the church. The program benefits the Melrose-Rugby Neighborhood Forum.
First Wesleyan Church, 3706 Peters Creek Road N.W., will present a patriotic musical, "America, God Shed His Grace on Thee," Sunday at 10 a.m. A picnic will follow on the lawn.
New Grace, a Southern gospel group, will perform Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the City Rescue Mission.
Phil Driscoll, contemporary Christian singer, will present a program July 12 at 7 p.m. at Valley Word Ministries, 1928 Loch Haven Drive. An offering will be taken. Call 562-1500 for more information.
Allison Durham, gospel musician, performs Saturday at 7 p.m. at Cave Spring Baptist Church, 4873 Brambleton Ave. S.W. Door donation is $4, and an offering also will be taken. For more information, call 989-6236 or 774-9798.
Common Bond, triplet Christian musicians, will be the guests at 8 p.m. Friday at Praise Cafe in the Sheraton Inn of Roanoke. The cafe, which has a $3 cover charge, offers a smoke-free, alcohol-free Christian atmosphere for youth and families. Call 774-9798 or 362-4500 for more information. |OUTREACH| Grandin Court Baptist Church has sent 31 youths and adults to Montpelier, Vt., this week to present a Christian musical, visit in nursing homes, work with children in day camps and help a mission congregation, Resurrection Baptist, with clearing land and repairs. The team will return Wednesday.
West End United Methodist Church, 1221 Campbell Ave. S.W., has closed its free clothing closet for the summer. The church is seeking volunteers from other inner-city parishes to help when the closet reopens in late August. Call 344-0206 for more information. |SPECIAL EVENTS| Summer Theologica, courses in Roman Catholic theology especially for people 18-35, will be offered starting July 11 when Sister Eveline Murray offers "Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius" at St. Andrew's Church. On July 16, Burr Datz will discuss "Spirituality in Generation X," also at St. Andrew's, 631 N. Jefferson St. On July 17, Pat Novak will speak on "Disagreeing with the Church but Still Being Catholic" at Our Lady of Nazareth Church, 2505 Electric Road S.W. On July 25, Raina Lewis will speak on "The Role of Mary," also at Our Lady of Nazareth. All programs are 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Sexual Attitudes and Conduct is the theme of a series of discussions in progress through Aug. 26 at the Roanoke Unitarian Universalist Church, 2015 Grandin Road S.W. Open to those 18 and older, the classes are Mondays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Among the topics are male and female sexuality, gender roles, erotica and pornography, alternate lifestyles and sexual harassment and abuse. Call 345-8115 for more information. The next session will be July8.
River of Life Bible College, a ministry of Maranatha Fellowship Church at 2715 Green Ridge Road, had 17 graduates in its first commencement ceremony this month. The classes in evangelical Christian beliefs are an extension of Jacksonville Theological Seminary in Florida.
The Alma Hunt Cottage, a permanent home for mentally retarded women on the grounds of the Baptist Children's Home and Family Services in Salem, will be dedicated Aug. 18 at 2 p.m. The cottage has been built by many volunteers from Southern Baptist congregations in the Roanoke Valley. It is named for a retired missionary executive who lives in Roanoke.
``Scars That Heal,'' a film about the Christian conversion of a Vietnam casualty, will be shown Sunday at 6 p.m. at Salem Wesleyan Church, 424 Chamberlain Lane. The film was made by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Call 389-2720 for more information.
Send information to Frances Stebbins, Neighbors, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke 24010-2491 by noon Thursday. Please include a daytime telephone number.
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