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

DATE: THURSDAY, April 4, 1991                   TAG: 9104050416
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W-6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

RELIGION BRIEFS

GRACE CHURCH OF CATAWBA, a congregation headed by the Rev. Lorraine R. Taylor, has been accepted into the Appalachian District of the Assemblies of God. The pastor and members of the congregation will join with Faith Assembly of God in Salem for a special service April 28.

\ YOUTH AND RACE IN THE ROANOKE VALLEY will be the theme of Melinda J. Payne Sunday at a 7:30 breakfast at Slate Hill Baptist Church, 4354 Elm View Road S.W. Payne is a member of Roanoke's Community Relations Task Force, which seeks to ease racial tensions in the valley.

\ THE UNITARIAN-UNIVERSALIST CHURCH of the Roanoke Valley will host the Thomas Jefferson District meeting of congregations in Virginia April 12 and 13. An address, open to the public, will be presented at the 11 a.m. Saturday session by the Rev. Dr. F. Forrester Church of All Souls Unitarian Church in New York. He is the author of 15 books including one on Thomas Jefferson's Bible.

\ WYCLIFFE ASSOCIATES, an ecumenical agency that translates the Bible into languages spoken by traditionally non-Christian people, has scheduled a fund-raising banquet April 15 at Holiday Inn Airport. Tickets for the free event at 7 p.m. are available by calling David Leaman, 345-5345. The work of the Wycliffe organization will be described at the meeting and an offering taken.

\ THE UNITED METHODIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY of the Roanoke District has observed its sixth anniversary. The group meets quarterly for lectures on aspects of United Methodist history in Western Virginia. On bus trips, the approximately 25 members have visited old churches and learned of their roles in the development of communities. Retired pastor Alpheus W. Potts is the program director.

\ ROANOKE AREA MINISTRIES will benefit from a Hollins College cleanup project April 13. Students, under the coordination of Jeri Suarez, will clean and paint RAM House, the day shelter for the homeless.

Deadline for religion briefs for Neighbors is Thursday. Material must be delivered to Neighbors Religion Briefs, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke 24010, by noon in order to run in the following Thursday edition.

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