Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, December 9, 1993 TAG: 9312090452
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
\ CHRISTMAS WITH SQUIRE PARSONS, a holiday program featuring the gospel singer who has performed throughout the nation, is scheduled Sunday at 10 a.m. at Lakeside Baptist Church, 447 Dalewood Ave., Salem. Parsons will sing both Christmas and gospel music. He is a song writer as well as baritone soloist.
\ WOMEN'S AGLOW, an organization for women of charismatic Christian preference, will hear Kimberley Schneider at its meeting Wednesday at the Quality Inn. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. with a light breakfast for which a $2 donation is requested. A nursery also will be provided. Call 345-2359 or 362-4849 for reservation.
Schneider has traveled nationally, telling of her story of Christian conversion from prostitution.
\ ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH at Fincastle has received\ the Rev. James Workman, 46, as its new rector. A former Presbyterian minister, Workman has taken additional study at the Virginia Theological Seminary and will be ordained to the Episcopal priesthood on Dec. 19 at St. Mark's.
\ THE CHILDREN'S CHOIR of First Church of God (Anderson, Ind.) will present "Three Wise Men and a Baby," a Christmas musical, Sunday at 6 p.m. and Monday at 7 p.m. at the church at 5008 Hildebrand Road N.W.
\ "THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS: CHRISTIANITY AND THE BIRTH OF CHRIST" is the theme of Sunday morning Advent messages at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 921 Palmetto Ave. N.W. The Rev. Dr. V. Truman Jordahl, pastor, will discuss new findings about the scrolls revealed last year when they became more readily available to the public.
On Sunday and Dec. 19 at 10:30 a.m., he will discuss "The Coming Messiah" and "New Light on the Biblical Mary." His Christmas Eve sermon at 7 p.m. will be "Who was Born in Bethlehem?" Jordahl studied the scrolls at Oxford University in England and in Jerusalem.
\ CORRELL MISSIONARY MINISTRIES, an evangelical Christian agency based in Roanoke, has elected Michael Correll president and named Helen Correll, the former president, president emeritus. Michael Correll and his wife, Karen, are affiliated with Cornerstone Church in the Hollins area.
The ministry maintains missions in several European, Latin American and Asian countries.
\ RIDGEWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH, 703 Hemlock Road N.W., will present a contemporary seasonal play, "Roadside Christmas," Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
A cantata, "The King of Who I Am," is scheduled for Dec. 19 at 11 a.m., and caroling throughout the Ridgewood/East Salem community is planned Dec. 22 beginning at 7 p.m. On Christmas Eve, Communion will be celebrated by candlelight at 10 p.m. with special music.\
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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