Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, March 3, 1994                   TAG: 9403030182
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: N-5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

RELIGION BRIEFS

The lay school is an annual project of Lutheran Cooperative Ministries, and Roanoke College faculty members will teach the classes: Robert Benne, "The Lutheran Sexuality Statement"; Gerald McDermott, "True and False Spirituality"; and Bobbye Au, "The Saved, the Damned and the Misbegotten."

A nursery will be staffed. Call 375-2342 for more information.

\ ROANOKE VALLEY SOUTHERN BAPTISTS, who sent many packages of garden seeds to Croatia last season, are expanding the ministry this year. In cooperation with other Virginia Baptists and following the thanks of church leaders in the war-torn Balkan country, they also will send seeds to areas in the African countries of Angola and Mozambique. Seeds are needed by April 15. Call 366-7631 for more information.

\ AWAKENING, a series of pre-Easter spiritual renewal services, will be held March 20-23. The services, sponsored by Roanoke Valley Churches of the Brethren, will be held at Central Church in downtown Roanoke nightly at 7:15. The Rev. Leland Wilson, developer of a new church in Dover, Del., will preach.

\ A DISASTER WAGON, a van equipped to feed victims of floods, storms, fires and other emergencies, is being put into service by the Virginia Men's Department of Southern Baptists. Volunteers who will use the wagon will be trained April 25-26 when the Roanoke Valley Baptist Association meets at Melrose Church.

\ CHURCH WOMEN UNITED will sponsor its 107th World Day of Prayer service Friday at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 3911 Greenland Ave. N.W. The service will start at 10 and has been organized by Christian women of Palestine.

\ RAY BOLTZ, a Christian song writer and performer, will present a concert Friday at First Baptist Church in downtown Roanoke. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. program are $5 and are available at the church office or at several Christian bookstores.

\ WOMEN'S AGLOW evening group has chosen the Winn-Co. Building, 1224 Peters Creek Road N.W. as its new meeting place. The next gathering, at which Catherine Gray will speak, will be Tuesday at 7. Aglow is for women of charismatic Christian preference.

\ FIRST WESLEYAN CHURCH, 3706 Peters Creek Road N.W., has scheduled a performance by the Chamber Choir of Central Wesleyan College on Sunday at 6 p.m. The student choir from Central, S.C., sings and presents Christian testimony. A nursery will be open, and an offering will be taken.

On March 20 the Rev. Dr. Robert W. McIntyre of Indianapolis, Ind., will preach at the 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. services. He is general superintendent emeritus of The Wesleyan Church. McIntyre also will conduct revival services March 21-23 at 7 p.m. Child care will be provided.

\ BONSACK BAPTIST CHURCH, 4845 Cloverdale Road, has free tickets available for an Easter pageant, "A Story to Remember." The pageant will be held at 7 p.m. April 1-3 with a matinee on April 2 at 3 p.m. A nursery will be staffed. Call 977-5701 for more information.

\ THE BARBER-SCOTIA COLLEGE CHOIR will sing March 11 at 8 p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 3911 Greenland Ave. N.W. The 30-voice choral group will present music of several styles and from many periods of history. Call 366-8115 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.