Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, July 3, 1993 TAG: 9307020181
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: RICK LINDQUIST
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Riverview Baptist Church, off U.S. 460 on Big Stoney Creek Road (Virginia 635) in Ripplemead, will have a Fourth of July ice-cream supper and sing Sunday at 5:30 p.m.
Gospel groups and the Riverview quartets will be on hand.
To find out more, or to sign up, call Judy Dent at 626-7721.
Christiansburg Presbyterian Church will hold an Independence Day picnic Sunday at 5 p.m. at the church, 107 W. Main St.
Please call 382-2802 for further information.
The Farley Brothers and Carl Ratcliffe will sing at the Riner Grace Brethren Church, Sunday at 7 p.m. The church is on Virginia 8, three miles south of Auburn High School.
For more information, call 382-4654 or 382-7571.
A prayer revival will be held at Cornerstone Church of God, 1155 Draper Road, Blacksburg, Monday through Saturday. If you have a prayer need, call the Rev. Cliff Bowman at 951-0617
It's camp meeting time:
The 15th annual ROBERT SHEFFEY MEMORIAL CAMPMEETING gets under way Friday and continues through July 17 at the Robert Sheffey Memorial Campground near Wesley's Chapel in Trigg.
The Rev. James O. Dorriety from LaGrange, Ga., will be the guest evangelist. The Rev. Charles Dennis will be the music director for the nine-day event.
In addition to nightly services, there will be workshops and Bible study, singing and other activities for all ages.
Several gospel groups and choirs also will perform, including choirs from Wesley Memorial United Methodist, Riverview Baptist and Pearisburg Baptist churches.
A potluck dinner will be held Friday at 6 p.m.
The camp meeting is named for Robert Sayers Sheffey, a circuit-riding, 19th-century pioneer preacher who ministered to settlers of Virginia, West Virginia, the Carolinas and parts of Tennessee and Kentucky.
Sheffey is buried in the Wesley's Chapel cemetery, next to the camp meeting site.
For further information, please call Betty Helton, 921-2486, or Carolyn Johnston, 953-3417.
The 83rd annual PIEDMONT CAMP MEETING starts July 16 and continues through July 25 at the historic Piedmont Camp Grounds, 5007 Jewell Drive, on the South Fork of the Roanoke River.
The evangelist will be the Rev. Rob Ely of Anadarko, Okla. Music will be directed by Gary and Mildred Throckmorton and Joe Rogers.
Weekday services will be at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday evenings at 7. A childrens service will be offered at 10 a.m. each day, and there will be daily youth activities.
To get there: at Shawsville, take Alleghany Springs Road (Virginia 637) next to Meadowbrook Ely Nursing Home, go seven miles, then turn left onto Jewell Drive.
For more information, call 674-4431.
Some church suppers and sales are among other events just ahead:
The youth ministry of Merrimac Pentecostal Holiness Church will hold a spaghetti supper Friday, 4:30-7 p.m. at the church fellowship hall.
The cost is $4.
For more information, call Jerry Sloss, 552-5070.
The Belspring United Methodist youth group will sponsor a hot-dog sale, bake sale, yard sale and car wash next Saturday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., at the picnic shelter next to the church on Depot Road.
Proceeds will help the youth group attend church camp this summer.
The 40th monthly gospel sing at the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union building, Peppers Ferry Road, Fairlawn, will be held next Saturday at 7 p.m., featuring The Gospel Strings, the Highland Gospel Singers, The Farley Brothers and Rita Davis.
Admission is free.
For more information, call Carl Ratcliffe at 382-7571 or 382-4654.
Students of Eckankar will continue a guided discussion series July 13 and Aug. 3, 7:30-9 p.m., at Blacksburg Public Library.
Discussion topics will include "What is a spiritual experience?" and "What is Eckankar?"
Collegiate Christian Life and Navigators will present "One Way," at the Bach's Lunch, July 14, noon-1 p.m. at the Virginia Tech Memorial Chapel.
The free program includes music, drama, and poetry and a question-and-answer session. Weather permitting, the event will be outside. Bring your own lunch.
For more information, call 231-6240.
Many area churches are offering VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL programs:
Hall's United Methodist Church, 4302 North Fork Road, Elliston, will have vacation Bible school in July, Monday through Friday, 6:30-8 each evening.
Call Pastor Steve Greer at 268-2300 for further information.
Vacation Bible school at First Baptist Church, 215 Third Ave., Radford, runs July 11-15, 6:30-8:30 each evening, offering a "tour" of cities in Palestine that Jesus visited.
For further information, please call 639-4419.
First United Methodist Church of Pearisburg will hold its vacation Bible school July 12-16, 9-11:45 a.m., for ages 3 through sixth grade.
To register, call Debbie Colclazier, 921-3465, or the church office, 921-1021.
Blacksburg First Wesleyan Church, 1406 Giles Road, will have vacation Bible school July 12-16, 7-9 p.m. each day, with classes for all ages.
There will be crafts and refreshments.
At Cambria Baptist Church, Cambria Street and Ellett Road, Christiansburg, vacation Bible school classes will be held July 12-16 from 9 a.m. until noon each day for youngsters age 3 through the sixth grade.
Register during the "Summershine Carnival" next Saturday at the church from 2 until 5 p.m.
For more information, call 382-2490.
Vacation Bible school at Havens Chapel United Methodist Church starts July 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Please call 651-4490 for further details.
Christiansburg Church of the Brethren will have its vacation Bible school July 19-23 for ages 3 through grade six.
Classes start at 6:30 each day.
A closing program will be held on the last day from 7:50-8:30 p.m.
Call Brenda Vaught at 382-2221 if you have any questions.
St. Paul United Methodist Church in Christiansburg will offer vacation Bible school July 19-23, 9-11:30 a.m. for ages 3 1/2 through sixth grade.
To register, call Dolores Brockenbrough at 382-8165 or the church office at 382-2410.
Luther Memorial Lutheran Church and Northside Presbyterian Church in Blacksburg will sponsor vacation Bible school classes for ages 3 through sixth grade, Aug. 16-20, 9-11:45 a.m., at Northside Presbyterian, 1017 Progress St.
To register or for further information, please call 951-1000 or 552-4327.
These New River Valley churches are observing SUMMER SCHEDULES:
Christ Episcopal Church, Church and Jackson streets, Blacksburg, holds Sunday morning services at 8 and 10 until Sept. 12.
The First Church of God at 650 Canaan Road in Christiansburg offers two morning worship services starting Sunday through Aug. 29.
Services will be at 8:30 and 10:45 a.m., with Sunday school at 9:45 a.m.
The Singing Sammons Family will sing during both services and present a concert during the Sunday school hour Sunday.
Facilities are completely accessible to those with disabilities.
The Christiansburg House of Prayer, in the Jurisson Building, 8 Roanoke St., holds services at 10 a.m. each Sunday and at 7 p.m. Wednesdays.
Call 951-8323 for more information.
Grace Episcopal Church, 210 Fourth St., Radford, holds Sunday services at 8 and 10 a.m. through August.
Luther Memorial Lutheran Church at Prices Fork and Toms Creek roads has morning services at 8:30 and 10 each Sunday, with a nursery at each service, through Aug. 15.
The Presbyterian Church of Radford, Fourth and Randolph streets, has a church-school fellowship gathering each Sunday at 9 a.m.
Church school follows at 9:15 a.m., and worship is at 10 a.m. through Aug. 29.
First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski holds Sunday worship at 10 a.m. through Aug. 29.
At the Blacksburg Presbyterian Church at Church and Eakin streets, morning worship begins at 10, with fellowship and refreshments following the service.
A nursery and an extended session are available for youngsters up to age 5.
Please call 552-2504 for more information.
St. Jude Roman Catholic Church at 7318 Peppers Ferry Road in Fairlawn celebrates Mass each Saturday at 5:15 p.m. and on Sundays at 10 a.m.
Christiansburg Presbyterian Church at 107 W. Main St. holds morning worship services at 8:45 and 10:55, with Sunday school at 9:45.
Shawsville Congregational Holiness Church, Alleghany Spring Road, has Sunday School at 10 a.m. and worship services at 11. The church also has Sunday and Wednesday evening services at 7.
Church names in the news:
\ JACKIE BYRD will join the staff of Blacksburg Baptist Church on Aug. 15 as the associate pastor for children and their parents
She was a Gilbert Linkous Elementary School teacher for 16 years.
Byrd, a graduate of Radford University, has pursued graduate studies at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and at Virginia Tech.
\ ANGELA AREHART of Pulaski has been licensed to the Gospel ministry at Pulaski Church of the Brethren.
She now serves Hiwassee Church of the Brethren as minister of nurture and visitation.
\ MARLENE MCGRATH, campus minister at Virginia Tech's Newman Community for Roman Catholic students, faculty and staff for seven years, will move to Richmond, where she plans to assist new mothers in "a form of hands-on ministry."
\ ST. MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Blacksburg, has added new Ordinary Time paraments to the altar and other furnishings at the church. The paraments, which include vestments, altar cloths and hangings, were designed, sewn and quilted by a group of church members that included Lisa Connelly, Robin DeBord, Christine Frederick, Bea Kalka, Martha Orth and Ann Wilson.
In designing the paraments, the group combined basic green - the liturgical color of the season - with blocks of all the colors of the rainbow in a shape that appears to include the rainbow's arch.
Kalka, who has made other vestments for the Easter and Christmas seasons, said the 10-piece set of paraments enhances the liturgical season. It also provided an opportunity for sharing among church members. "All of us, working together, got an opportunity to get to know each other better," she said. "Each of us brought different talents to the work and shared them to create a greater piece."
In Religion is a regular Saturday feature of the New River Current. If you have news from your church or religious organization, write in care of Rick Lindquist at the New River Current, Roanoke Times & World-News New River Valley Bureau, P.O. Box 540, Christiansburg 24073.
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