Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, November 4, 1993 TAG: 9311040403
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N-5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
\ The Rev. James Parke, pastor, said the meeting will explore ways couples with different religious backgrounds can strengthen their marriages yet remain faithful to their own tradition. He said clergy of several other groups have been invited to the meeting. Call 387-0491 for more information.
\ A FINANCIAL CAMPAIGN to raise $500,000 to upgrade facilities and build new ones at Camp Alta Mons has resulted in nearly $377,500 in pledges. The pledges are to be paid during the next five years. Alta Mons is a United Methodist conference center near Shawsville used by other groups and denominations throughout the year. A new swimming pool will be among the major additions. Gifts and pledges are still being received.
\ STAMPED NEW CHRISTMAS CARDS for prisoners in the Roanoke and Roanoke County jails to send to friends and family are being collected by the Rev. Richard Harris, institutional chaplain. The cards are distributed early in December. Call Harris at 981-2621 for more information.
\ OAKLAND BAPTIST CHURCH, 3623 Roundhill Ave. N.W., has scheduled a concert by Keith Longbotham Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. The singer and song writer from Hendersonville, Tenn., has performed at many conferences for singles throughout the South as well as on cruise ships and at state fairs. He worked full time in music evangelism since 1980.
\ FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 310 N. Jefferson St., will have the Rev. Lawrence A. Davies, mayor of Fredericksburg, as guest preacher Nov. 14 at 11 a.m.
Davies also is pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Fredericksburg and is a graduate of Prairie View College in Texas and the theological schools of Howard University and Wesley Seminary in Washington.
\ THE VOICES OF DELIVERANCE, a choir from Deliverance Church of Christ, will sing Sunday at 7 p.m. at Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church, 1810 Grayson Ave. N.W. The concert is sponsored by the LMC Choir.
\ THE REV. PAUL E. JOHNSON and the choir of Williams Memorial Baptist Church will lead a special worship service marking the 79th anniversary of the organization of Central Baptist Church on Nov. 14 at 3 p.m., 1502 Staunton Ave. N.W.
\ AT CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 608 Campbell Ave. S.W., a duo-recital on the new pipe organ console is planned on Nov. 14 at 6:30 p.m. Elizabeth and Raymond Chenault of Atlanta, will play for the free program.
\ SASHA AKSYUTINA, a Russian student attending Hollins College, will speak Friday night at the 8:15 service at Temple Emanuel, 1163 Persinger Road S.W. Her theme will be the condition of Russian Jews in the new political regime. Many American Jews, according to Rabbi Frank Muller, are concerned because some opponents of the present leader Boris Yeltsin also are strongly anti-Semitic.
Aksyutina, a senior, is Jewish and assisted with college expenses by Roanoke Valley residents. 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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