Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 4, 1993 TAG: 9303040371
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: W-8 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
RELIGION BRIEFS
STEVE GREEN, nationally traveled Christian musician, will be at First Baptist Church on Third Street Southwest Sunday at 7 p.m. The $5 tickets are available at the Baptist Book Store.\ CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE will be the theme of a retreat for couples April 16-18 at Camp Alta Mons Center near Shawsville. A United Methodist trained couple, Dick and Pat Faris, who have led similar retreats throughout the Virginia Conference, will lead the group.
Cost of the three-day event is $115. The retreat, intended for couples with stable marriages, will be from 7 p.m. Friday through lunch Sunday. Call 989-3335 before April 1 for registration information.
\ A COLUMBARIUM to contain the ashes of cremated members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church has been completed and will be dedicated in several weeks. Niches are in the west wall of the church in downtown Salem and are part of a meditation garden dominated by a metal-crafted cross to match the church's steeple.
The columbarium was designed by William Freeman, who has planned those of several other Western Virginia churches, and was built by the firm of church member Wayne Campbell.
\ THE REV. JOHN SYLVESTER-JOHNSON will leave the staff of St. John's Episcopal Church in June after more than four years as its minister of Christian outreach. Sylvester-Johnson said he is seeking a church-related position in the Roanoke area.
\ THE FESTIVAL OF PURIM, which commemorates the deliverance of the ancient Jews by the heroism of Queen Esther, will be celebrated Saturday at Temple Emanuel and Beth Israel Synagogue.
This year's celebration will include a concert by the Klezmer Conservatory Band that night at 8 at Temple Emanuel, Brambleton Avenue at Persinger Road Southwest. A nursery will be provided. Call 342-3378 for more information.
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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