
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, May 17, 1990                   TAG: 9005180628
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W-9   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Frances Stebbins
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RELIGION BRIEFS

AN ORGAN FUND has been started at Bethel Baptist Church of Salem to honor Ona Hann, who has given nearly 40 years of service to the church. She retired as organist earlier this month. A goal of $40,000 has been set to replace the present 30-year-old instrument.

\ A BIBLICAL ECONOMICS SEMINAR is scheduled May 29-June 2 at Valley Word Ministries, 1928 Loch Haven Drive. John and Patricia Avanzini of Trinity Broadcasting Network will lead the seminar. Four evening programs will begin at 7:30. Three morning sessions also will be held. Call 562-1500 to register. The seminars emphasize management of money for the individual and the church.

\ THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN DISASTER PROJECT still has teams in South Carolina cleaning up after Hurricane Hugo. Nineteen adults from Virlina District worked at Copahee in late March, and 16 people are needed there June 4-9. To volunteer for a team, call 366-9280. Other Brethren teams are being formed to work in the Virgin Islands and in Selma, Ala.

\ A PLEDGE DRIVE has begun to put an FM radio station on the air. The station would broadcast contemporary Christian music 24 hours a day. Mac Miller of Vision Communications, Inc. is leading an effort to get 800 people to pledge $25 monthly. A teen group at Cornerstone Church is among the supporters of the proposed station, which is seen as an alternative to "satanic" secular songs.

\ DISCOVER MEDITATION, a program to enrich spiritual growth through self-inquiry, is scheduled at Unity of Roanoke Valley, 3300 Green Ridge Road N.W. Elizabeth MacDonald, co-founder of the Association of Happiness for All Mankind, will speak during sessions at 9 and 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday. On June 16, she will speak from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

The Association for Happiness for All Mankind in Greensboro, N.C., is an organization that attempts to help people achieve their full potential. The Unity program is described as appropriate to the American lifestyle without special postures or disciplines associated with techniques from the Far East. Call 563-4906 for more information.

\ FREE ORGAN RECITALS in air-conditioned churches each Sunday afternoon at 3 are planned again this summer by the Roanoke Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. The recitals will begin June 10 and continue through Sept. 2. Each recital will last 30 minutes. The programs are for families and are informal. A different church and musician will be featured each week.

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