Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, November 3, 1994 TAG: 9412230086
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: E3 EDITION: METRO
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"Go See and Act as Sisters" is the theme. An offering will be taken for blankets and other needs. Registration is at 10 a.m.
ROANOKE AREA MINISTRIES, an interfaith service ministry that staffs a day shelter in inner city Roanoke and supplies other emergency needs, received $14,000 at a recent benefit party. The Rev. Julie Hollingsworth,director, said RAM's clothing closet at Central Church of the Brethren needs warm jackets, sweaters and socks for men. Items may be taken to the church at 416 Church Ave. S.W. Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 310 N. Jefferson St., will be the site of a service uniting all Baptist women Monday at 10 a.m. in an annual program promoted by the Baptist World Alliance. The service will be followed by luncheons in the Vinton and Hollins areas.
A second service for those who work during the day will be held at 7 p.m. at Garden City Baptist Church, 3536 Garden City Blvd. S.E.
THE CATHOLIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY will sponsor its annual Mass to honor the living and the dead on Friday. The mass will be held at St. Elias Catholic Church, 4730 Cove Road N.W. at 10 a.m.
THE VIRGINIANS GOSPEL QUARTET will perform Saturday at 7 p.m. at Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church, 3009 Mount Pleasant Blvd.
THE REV. JIM MYER, who served as national Church of the Brethren moderator in 1985, will preach for revival services Nov. 13-16 at Ninth Street Church of the Brethren, 1103 Ninth St. S.E. Services begin each night at 7:15. Special music will be presented at each service. The guest evangelist also will conduct a Bible study Monday through Wednesday from 2 to 3 p.m.
BELMONT CHRISTIAN CHURCH, a Disciples of Christ congregation at 1101 Jamison Ave. S.E., is lighting its stained-glass windows and has newly landscaped its property to enhance the beauty of the neighborhood.
HEALTH CARE DECISIONS will be the theme of a Lay Ministry Conference scheduled Nov. 12 from 9 a.m. to noon at St. John's Episcopal Church in downtown Roanoke. Featured speakers for the free event will be Bishop Heath Light, Dr. David A. Scott, Dr. Stephen S. Kennedy and the Rev. Jacqueline S. Gravatt.
Scott is a professor of ethics at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria; Light is bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia; Kennedy is a cancer specialist; and Gravatt is director of chaplains at a Norfolk hospital.
Reservations are requested; call 343-9341.
Send information to Frances Stebbins, Neighbors, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke, Va. 24010-2491 by noon Thursday.
by CNB