ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, February 27, 1997 TAG: 9702280021
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: E-5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FRANCES STEBBINS
SPECIAL EVENTS
Volunteer prison workers can receive training for their ministry at a four-session workshop to begin Friday at Valley Word Ministries building, 1928 Loch Haven Drive.
Sponsored by the national agency Prison Fellowship, the first session will begin at 7 p.m., with the second on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The third and fourth sessions will be the weekend of March 14, with the same hours. Training is free; an offering for materials will be taken. Call Sadie Miller, 345-6781 or 345-9923 for more information.
Conflict in the Congregation and ways to prevent or alleviate it is the subject of a workshop Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m., sponsored by the Conflict Resolution Center Inc. of Roanoke. The program at Second Presbyterian Church costs $45 and includes dinner. It is for both ordained and lay church people. Call 342-2063 for more information.
The Catholic Historical Society of the Roanoke Valley will close its museum and gift shop no later than June 1, and will store its artifacts until a new site can be found. The quarters in which it has been housed for 10 years are an old convent that will be razed this summer to make space for an expansion of Roanoke Catholic Schools. The board of the society continues to seek new space at minimal cost, according to Jo-Anne Woody, president.
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church is supporting an appeal to raise $150,000 for a liver transplant for Monk Moses, a Greek holy man scheduled to undergo the surgery in Miami when a donor is found. The monk, 44, has written many devotional books; the appeal to save his life is endorsed by Archbishop Spyridon, leader of Greek Orthodoxy in North America. Call 362-3601 for more information.
Belmont Baptist Church, Ninth Street at Stewart Avenue Southeast, will begin next week two spiritual growth classes open to the community. First Place, a 12-week scriptural approach to healthful eating, will begin Sunday at 5:15 p.m. This class will be repeated on Tuesday mornings at 10, beginning April 15. Carol McCann, a church staff member, and Laura Lee Stewart, retired missionary, will be leaders.
On Tuesday Women of the Bible, a study for community women, will begin. Two separate groups beginning at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. are scheduled. Call 343-5539.
Roanoke Area Ministries will benefit from a luncheon and fashion show scheduled March 19 at 11:30 a.m. at Holiday Inn, Tanglewood. Call 345-8850 to reserve the $15 meal.
Nondenominational gospel services will be held Sundays through March 16 at the Fort Lewis Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, U.S. 460, Glenvar. Speakers at the services will be Robert Johnson and John Guy.
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Roanoke will hold a panel discussion Sunday at 11 a.m.: "The importance of early childhood years." Moderator will be Phyllis Olin, chair of the church's Promise the Children Committee. Participants include Ann Francis, director of the Office of Family Affairs at Virginia Tech; Cleo Simms, director of Head Start; Ted Edlich, director of TAP; and Robin Hammerstrom, executive director of Roanoke's CHIP.
MUSICAL EVENTS
The Concert Band of the University of Notre Dame will perform March 9 at 4 p.m. at St. Andrew's Catholic Church, 631 N. Jefferson St. The band, established more than 150 years ago at the South Bend, Ind., Catholic school, is believed to the the oldest of its kind in America. The concert is free, though an offering will be taken.
Contemporary Christian musician David Robertson will perform March 23 at Parkway Wesleyan Church, 3230 King St. N.E. The recorded singer will be at the 8, 9:15 and 11 morning worship services. All programs are free.
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