Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, August 14, 1993 TAG: 9308140036
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: RICK LINDQUIST
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
The success of this event depends on volunteer walkers and on pledges, so it's not too early to start talking about it. Each year, communities throughout the country walk to raise money to help alleviate world hunger through Church World Service programs.
However, not all of the money raised will be leaving town. Twenty-five percent will be divided among the Women's Resource Center, Radford-Fairlawn Daily Bread and the Radford Food Pantry.
The Radford CROP walk, sponsored by the Radford-Fairlawn Ministerial Association, will be a 6.2-mile hike. It will start Oct. 17 at 2 p.m. from the Dedmon Center at Radford University.
For more information, call Polly Jackson, 639-1279, or Gina Rhea, 639-3288.
Some exciting youth activities are ahead at CHRISTIANSBURG PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, W. Main St.:
Middle school youth group members will be "Exploring the Possibilities," as they go on retreat at Camp Alta Mons in Shawsville Aug. 27-29.
Sign up by Sunday. The requested donation is $20 per person.
Both the middle and high school youth groups will visit the Roanoke Rescue Mission on Aug. 22 for a tour and a program about homelessness. That's in preparation for The Great Sleepout of '93 on Sept. 10., when members of both groups will get sponsors to pledge money to endow a bed at the homeless shelter. Participating youths then will camp outside all night at the Rescue Mission parking lot.
To find out more about these activities, call Juliana Sheffield at the church, 382-2802, or leave a message at 382-4230.
\ IT's HOMECOMING time at area churches:
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pulaski, will celebrate its 105th anniversary Sunday. Morning worship is at 10. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Auburn F. Bowers Sr., pastor emeritus. A luncheon will follow the service.
Call Elrica Graham, 980-4640.
Pilot Pentecostal Holiness Church, 4491 Old Pike Road, will celebrate its 17th anniversary Aug. 22, starting with Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. Morning worship is at 11, and dinner follows at 12:30 p.m.
Music with The Perry Sisters gets under way at 2:30 p.m. These Southern gospel vocalists from West Virginia have been together since 1974 and have 14 albums and several hits to their credit.
For more information, call 382-4443.
The Midway Community Church homecoming will be Aug. 29, with Sunday school at 10 a.m., morning worship at 11 and lunch following the service.
Music with The Young at Heart starts at 2 p.m.
On the CAMP MEETING calendar:
Bible Holiness Church, 611 S. Franklin St., Christiansburg, through Sunday, with services today at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., and a children's service at 6:30 p.m. Sunday services will be at 10 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., and there will be a missionary service at 2 p.m.
Call the Rev. Homer Sawyer, 382-8743.
Page's Meeting House, Hickman Cemetery Road off U.S. 11 south of Radford, Sunday through Wednesday, starting with a hot dog meal Sunday at 5 p.m. Music by the Good Intentions of Willis will follow, and services start at 7 each night.
The Rev. Gale Whetzel, an evangelist for the Louisville Conference of the United Methodist Church, will be guest preacher.
Services are sponsored by several United Methodist congregations in Pulaski and Floyd counties.
The Virginia Conference, Congregational Holiness Church, Monday through Friday, at the campgrounds on Alleghany Springs Road, Shawsville, with services and singing each evening at 7:30.
Guest speaker will be the Rev. L.G. Howard of Georgia.
Call John Smith, 268-2152.
\ GOSPEL MUSIC lovers take note:
The Highland Gospel Singers and the Gospel Strings will perform tonight at 7 at the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union Hall, Peppers Ferry Road, Fairlawn.
The Redeemers Quartet and Young at Heart also will appear.
Admission is free.
For more information, call Carl Ratcliffe at 382-7571 or 382-4654.
The Singing Witnesses, Chosen Generation, The Nippers and The Carpenter's Tools will be in concert Aug. 21 at 7 p.m. at Shawsville High School.
Admission is free.
The Singing Witnesses also will be at Merrimac Pentecostal Holiness Church, Merrimac Road, Blacksburg, Aug. 22 at 11 a.m.
Chosen Generation also will sing at Cambria Pentecostal Holiness Church, Christiansburg, Aug. 22 at 11 a.m.
Call 268-2248.
The Whitts will present a free concert of Southern gospel music Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. at the gazebo in Bisset Park, Radford. Blankets or lawn chairs are recommended.
Call Mary Jane Harmon, 731-3634.
A 45-member children's choir and adults and youth from\ FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Pulaski, will present "Good Kings Come in Small Packages," Aug. 22, 5 p.m., at the Family Life Building, 135 Fourth St. N.W. The musical drama culminates a weeklong music camp.
Call Barbara Shomo, 980-3331.
Check out these CHURCH FUND-RAISERS:
The Pearisburg Circuit Churches will hold a bake sale today, starting at 10 a.m., at the Pearisburg Magic Mart.
Hot dogs, cakes, pies and cookies will be on sale. Proceeds will benefit the Pearisburg Circuit parsonage remodeling fund.
Call Eva Hudson, 381-1516.
Dayspring Christian Academy will have a yard sale, bake sale and car wash to benefit the school Aug. 21, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., at the center, Clay and Prospect streets, Blacksburg.
Call Ray Stell, 231-4109 or 552-7777.
\ VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL, sponsored by Luther Memorial Lutheran Church and Northside Presbyterian Church, for ages 3 through sixth grade, will be held Monday through Friday, 9-11:45 a.m., at Northside Presbyterian, 1017 Progress St., Blacksburg
Call 951-1000 or 552-4327.
\ ST. JUDE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, 7318 Peppers Ferry Road, Fairlawn, will resume its winter schedule Aug. 22. Sunday Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. The Saturday evening Mass will continue to be at 5:15.
Individuals interested in the Roman Catholic faith or in joining the church are welcome to join one of St. Jude's inquiry sessions, starting Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. at the CSA House, 1016 Fairfax St., Radford.
Call 639-5341.
The COALITION FOR COMMUNITY will hold its annual membership meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Blacksburg Presbyterian Church conference room, Church and Eakin streets.
The coalition is a network of groups and individuals who support respect for ethnic, religious and cultural diversity and work toward consensus on public issues of conscience.
Call Cooper House, 552-2473.
Church names in the news:
The REV. LEE E. SUGGS SR. will celebrate his first anniversary at Schaeffer Memorial Baptist Church, High Street, Christiansburg, Sunday at 3:30 p.m. The Rev. Donald Clayborn will be the guest speaker, and his choir will sing. Call 382-3990.
The REV. JOEL P. WRIGHT will take over Aug. 22 as interim pastor at First\ Presbyterian Church of Pulaski. From Richmond, he has just completed work on a doctor of ministry degree at the Presbyterian School of Christian Education. He has been pastor of churches in Iowa and California.
The REV. RICHARD BETHUNE, who took early retirement last month after a decade at First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski, will become a part-time associate pastor at Blacksburg United Methodist Church. His wife, Virginia, serves as organist at the Blacksburg church.
The REV. PAUL PINGLE has begun his ministry at the Floyd Parish of the\ Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, which has congregations in Floyd and\ Willis.
An Atlanta native, Pingle, 30, is a graduate of Georgia Tech and the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, S.C. He succeeds the Rev. Richard Giessler, who retired.
WILLIAM YERRICK of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Radford has been named to the church's national governing body.
His election to the 172-member general board took place at the recent General Assembly held in St. Louis. Yerrick's term will run from January 1994 through December 1997.
The FLOYD PARISH UNITED METHODIST CHARGE will hold "Heritage Weekend" Aug. 27-29. Here's the schedule:
Aug. 27, 7:30 p.m., at Stonewall, with the Rev. Eugene Sowder.
Aug. 28, starting with a covered-dish supper at Havens Chapel at 5:30 p.m., followed by a service at 8 p.m. at Copper Hill, with the Rev. Lewis Minter.
Aug. 29, the fifth Sunday service at Huffville, 11:15 a.m., will feature the Rev. Joe Willard. Call 651-4490.
by CNB