Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 29, 1994 TAG: 9411100016
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: W15 EDITION: METRO
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The program, which is limited to 125, is sponsored by a group of retired Roanoke Valley clergy. The program highlights the Mental Health Association and Children's' Sabbath. To register for the the free program, call George Bowers at 774-1069.
LIFE CHAIN, a silent rally for those who oppose abortion, is scheduled for the fifth year Sunday from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Williamson Road and Orange Avenue. Participants will line up in a cross shape and will display signs proclaiming their position. Call 772-8719 for more information.
GLAD TIDINGS ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH, 7244 Deer Branch Road, will participate Sunday in the 39th annual Revivaltime Prayer Meeting starting at 7:30 p.m. The program will be broadcast by satellite from Seoul, Korea. Dan Betzer will be the speaker, using a message he first delivered in Phoenix, Ariz. The service will include prayers for Roanoke Valley and national concerns.
THE CHANCEL ORCHESTRA of First Baptist Church in downtown Roanoke will present a candlelight concert Sunday at 6 p.m. at Williams Memorial Baptist Church, 2105 Carroll Ave. N.W. Charles Krause is the director. Art works also will be displayed.
BARRY LEVENTHAL, a Messianic Jew, will present a series of messages Sunday through Wednesday at Faith Alliance Church, 7505 Barrens Road, Hollins. He will speak Sunday at 11 a.m. and each night at 7 on aspects of the Christian home. A nursery will be provided. Call 366-1864 for more information.
THE IMPERIALS, a Nashville male quartet which has performed for 30 years, will present a concert Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Valley Christian Center, 4265 Cloverdale Road. The program is free but an offering will be taken. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.
THE NOEL C. TAYLOR COMMUNITY CHOIR will observe its 20th anniversary of founding with a program Oct. 8 at 6 p.m. and the following day at 4 p.m.at High Street Baptist Church, 2302 Florida Ave. N.W.
The choir, which is named for High Street's pastor who also is a former mayor of Roanoke, first performed at Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in September 1974 with Kirdell Minor of Washington, D.C. as its first director.
Arthur W. Deane Jr. is the current director. Sarah P. Holland was the first president of the choir and its organizer. The choral group has performed throughout the Roanoke Valley and in other Virginia cities as well as in Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and the city of Washington.
The 35 members come from nine congregations and represent the Baptist, Church of Christ and Apostolic denominations.
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT has added the Rev. John Childress, a member of the congregation, to its staff. He will serve as director of administration and assistant to the Rev. Quigg Lawrence, rector.
The Evangelical Episcopal parish, currently worshiping at North Cross School, expects to begin construction of a building at Merriman and Cartwright Roads Southwest in the spring.
PETER PASZTOR , a Hungarian student at Roanoke College, will speak tonight at 7 at Salem Presbyterian Church after a potluck meal at 6:30.
He is occupying a house owned by the church while studying on a Fulbright grant. Pasztor is the son of a Hungarian pastor and is a publisher, translator and writer.
Those attending the meal are requested to bring a dish of food.
OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP CATHOLIC CHURCH in Salem has added Ed Harris to its staff as part-time director of youth ministry. A member of the congregation, Harris will teach religion classes and coordinate programs for teens.
SUSAN GRETTLER has become Catholic campus minister at Roanoke College. She moved to Salem in July after working with Holy Cross Catholic Church in Fairview, Pa. At the college, Grettler will organize liturgical events for students of her faith and serve as an adviser on spiritual issues.
FAITH ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH, 125 West Fourth St. in Salem, has scheduled revival services Sunday through Wednesday nights at 7. A native of Southwest Virginia, the Rev. Max C. Linkous, will be the guest evangelist. He has served as a pastor for more than 35 years. Call 389-6734 for more information.
by CNB