Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, October 16, 1993 TAG: 9310160022
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-8 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: RICK LINDQUIST
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Members of several area churches and the community at large will be marking off the miles (all 6.2 of them) as Radford's CROP WALK '93 gets under way Sunday at the Dedmon Center. Registration is 1:30 p.m.; the walk begins at 2 p.m.
This annual event to help alleviate world hunger is sponsored locally by the Radford/Fairlawn Ministerial Association. Participants seek pledges from sponsors to make the walk.
This year, 25 percent of the money raised will be divided among the Women's Resource Center, Radford-Fairlawn Daily Bread and the Radford Food Pantry. Church World Service will distribute the rest for family health, food production, water resource development and vocational training.
There still may be time to get in line. Churches and sponsoring organizations can supply sponsor envelopes.
Call Polly Jackson, 639-1279, or Gina Rhea, 639-3288, for more information.
Everyone's welcome at these REVIVAL services:
The Rev. Joe Burris of Independence will deliver the message as a revival concludes tonight at 7:30 at Piedmont Pentecostal Holiness Church, Shawsville.
The Rev. Roger Graves of Roanoke will preach as a weeklong revival wraps up tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Fairlawn Church of God, Peppers Ferry Road (Virginia 114).
The Rev. Dr. Woody Kent is guest speaker as revival services continue through Sunday at the Radford Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Second and Carter streets. Services tonight at 7:30 and Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
The Rev. Dennis Martin has additional details at 639-3126.
The Rev. Mike Varner of Patrick County will be the evangelist for the fall revival at Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren in Floyd, Sunday through Friday. The Mannon Family will sing Sunday, the Linkous Family will sing Thursday and the H&H Gospel Express will sing Friday. On those evenings only, services start at 7; otherwise, 7:30.
Call 745-2706 or 745-2808 for more information.
Riner Grace Brethren Church, Virginia 8, three miles south of Riner School, will hold revival services Sunday through Thursday, 7 p.m., with preaching and song.
Pastor Carl Ratcliffe has more information at 382-4654 or 382-7571.
The Rev. Bob Ely of Oklahoma is the evangelist for revival services with music Sunday through Friday at Radford Pentecostal Holiness Church, Second and Ingles streets in West Radford. Sunday services are at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., weekday services at 7:30 p.m.
There will be a ministry for the hearing impaired. A nursery will be provided.
Call 639-6287 for details.
Saint John's Fellowship, 710 Church St., Christiansburg (behind the Cambria Post Office) holds its fall revival Tuesday through Sunday with Pastor Charles Smith as speaker.
Services and singing Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday will be a family day with a potluck dinner.
To find out more, call 381-2887.
Evangelist Shirley Jones will preach during revival services at the Pilot Pentecostal Holiness Church, 4491 Old Pike Road, Oct. 24-28. Sunday services will be at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., and weeknight services will begin at 7.
Call 382-4443 for more information.
The Rev. Kenneth Kingrea, pastor of Christian Life Fellowship Pentecostal Holiness Church in Salem, will be the guest speaker at revival services Oct. 24-28, 7:30 each evening, at Oak Grove Church, 2 1/2 miles south of Christiansburg on Virginia 674.
Gospel meetings with David Pharr, director of the East Tennessee School of Preaching in Knoxville, continue through Sunday, 7:30 each evening, at the CHRISTIANSBURG CHURCH OF CHRIST, 1250 S. Franklin St. Pharr also will speak Sunday at the 10 a.m. Bible classes and the 11 a.m. worship.
Call 382-3629 to find out more.
On the homecoming schedule:
\ FAITH CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF CHRIST, 1125 Roanoke Road, Christiansburg, celebrates homecoming and its sixth anniversary Sunday. Church school is at 10 a.m., and morning worship at 11, followed by a covered-dish dinner. An afternoon service begins at 2 p.m., with the Gateway Singers in concert. There will be no evening services Sunday.
\ BEAVER CREEK CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN, Floyd, will celebrate homecoming Oct. 24, with church school at 9:45 a.m. and morning worship at 11. Pastor Richard Thomas will speak, and a potluck dinner follows the worship.
This is also "Old Fashioned Day," and parishioners are invited to dress in the fashions of yesteryear if they'd like.
Giles County Lutherans continue their trek into the past Sunday at\ GREEN VALLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Virginia 730, Eggleston, as they celebrate 150 years of service and ministry in Giles County this month. The wood-frame building itself has a somewhat ecumenical history. Built by Presbyterians around 1872, a Lutheran congregation was organized there in 1883. It's now a United Methodist Church, but it also served as a Union church. The Lutheran congregation met in various community churches for about 50 years before merging with Lutheran Memorial in Pembroke.
Pastor Emeritus Walter J. Vierling will speak at the 11 a.m. service which will use the old Common Service Book of 1917.
The Giles Lutheran Parish traces Lutheran activity in the county to the 18th century. The Rev. Dennis Gillespie can tell you more at 921-1718 or 921-4352.
Catherine Snyder will present "The Recent Middle East Peace Accords: Hopes and Implications for the Future," Sunday, 10:30 a.m., at the\ UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF THE NEW RIVER VALLEY, 1301 Gladewood Drive, Blacksburg.
A discussion will follow. Call 552-5273 or 552-4749 to learn more.
Our GOSPEL MUSIC calendar includes these dates:
Midway Community Church, 485 Virginian Drive (one block off Merrimac Road), Blacksburg, presents The Powers Brothers from High Point, N.C., tonight at 7.
Pastor Jerry Buckner has more information at 382-9721.
The Gospel Strings will be at Vicker Pentecostal Holiness Church, Peppers Ferry Road (Virginia 114, approximately three miles from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles office) tonight at 7.
Straight Street Coffee House and Teen Center, 300 N. Franklin St., Christiansburg, above Dow's Car Wash, has Adults' Night on Monday with gospel music this week by The Carpenter's Tools, 7:30-9 p.m. Then, stick around and enjoy the Monday night football game.
Call 381-1006 or 382-4654 for details on future Monday evening programs.
A gospel music concert to benefit the Montgomery County Christmas Store will be held Oct. 23, 7 p.m. at Auburn High School, Riner. Admission is free, but an offering will be taken.
Young at Heart, Gospel Truth, The Farley Brothers, Gospel Strings and soloists Wanda Gail and Rita Davis are scheduled to perform.
Homemade baked goods will be on sale.
For more information, call Carl Ratcliffe, 382-4654 or 382-7571.
\ BLACKSBURG PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Church and Eakin streets, will dedicate its new wing and renovations Oct. 24 at its 11 a.m. service. The $830,000 project essentially was completed late last year, but finishing touches have been continuing through the summer, especially to the lawn and landscaping.
The Rev. Dr. Cameron Murchison, pastor, said the program marks the end of a two-year effort to upgrade the churches physical plant.
As a result of the renovation, the church now houses the Blacksburg Head Start program, which had outgrown quarters in another church.
On dedication Sunday, a noon reception will follow in the fellowship hall. At 3:30 p.m. David Brown, a Baltimore professional pianist, will present a free recital. A reception and open house for the community are set for 4:30 p.m.
Among special events at area churches:
Good Shepherd Church of the Brethren, Prices Fork Road and Heather Drive, Blacksburg (Hethwood Community), will hold its\ FALL FESTIVAL today, 1-4 p.m. Church members will be making apple butter the old fashioned way - in a large copper kettle over an open wood fire - all day long, and guests are welcome to help stir the pot.
Fly your kite fly this afternoon, or play volleyball and horseshoes.
SERRV International Crafts will be on display and orders taken for catalog items. This service helps artisans in third-world countries.
To learn more, call Bill Sterling, 552-6880.
Christiansburg Pentecostal Holiness Church, Phlegar Street, will hold a YARD SALE, today, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., featuring a hot dog and baked goods sale and apple butter making.
Call 381-1464 for further information.
Glenwood United Methodist Church holds its FALL FESTIVAL today, starting with a country breakfast at 7. There will be crafts, a bake sale and apple-butter making, too. A spaghetti dinner will be served at noon.
The second annual Straight Street giant YARD SALE will be held today all morning long. Straight Street is located at 300 N. Franklin St., Christiansburg.
1580 Ministries holds its BENEFITFEST Saturday, Oct. 23, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. at Memorial Square, Pulaski. There will be a yard sale and flea market as well as music. Dealers should reserve flea market spaces by Monday. They cost $35.
For details, call 980-1580 or 268-2391.
The BEAVER CREEK CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN, Floyd, will have its Fall Love Feast and Holy Communion Oct. 23, 7 p.m.
\ BELMONT CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 2149 Dominion Drive, Christiansburg (just off Peppers Ferry Road), now provides interpretation for the hearing impaired during its worship services. Pastor Jim Bayne hopes the service will provide worship opportunities for those with hearing problems. It will be available at the Sunday morning service at 10:50 and the evening worship at 7 p.m.
For details, call the church at 382-8521.
\ PILOT PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH, 4491 Old Pike Road (Virginia 615) opens its free clothes closet to the public Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-noon.
Find out more by calling 382-4443 or 745-2214.
Church group news:
\ CATHOLIC GOLDEN AGE - for Catholics age 50 and over - will hold a New River Valley chapter organizational meeting Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 706 Harding Ave., Blacksburg.
Larry Finckenor, 953-4070, or Jim Hayes, 639-5289, can provide more information.
\ CHRISTIAN SINGLES FELLOWSHIP, an interdenominational group, meets every Thursday, 7-9 p.m., at 501 Progress St., Blacksburg (at Faculty and Progress streets).
Church names in the news:
The REV. MARCUS TURNER, pastor elect of First Baptist Church, Wake Forest, will be ordained this evening at 7 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 1730 West St., Radford. The Rev. Dr. William Weldon will deliver the ordination message.
An installation service for Turner will be held Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m., at First Baptist Church, Wake Forest.
Two members of Christ Episcopal Church, Pulaski, DAN and SYBIL MACGILL, have entered a study program which will permit them eventually to serve as ordained leaders of a developing Episcopal congregation in Snowshoe, W.Va. The four-year program - known as "Canon 9" for the regulation in the national church book of order - is being implemented in many isolated or rural areas throughout the nation where a church is likely to be too small to support a full time minister.
When their studies are completed - through monthly trips to Charleston, W.Va. - the couple will be eligible for ordination, provided the congregation approves, they have outside income, and are unable to serve any other congregation.
The couple will continue to remain active in the Pulaski church as they prepare for the new form of ministry.
In Religion is a regular Saturday feature of the New River Current. Please send news of your church or religious organization in care of Rick Lindquist, New River Current, Roanoke Times & World-News, P.O. Box 540, Christiansburg 24073. Clear, sharp photographs accompanying news items are welcome. Items must be received by noon on Wednesday for use in that week's column.
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