Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 2, 1995 TAG: 9503030045
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S9 EDITION: METRO
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Choirs of First Presbyterian, South Roanoke United Methodist, Raleigh Court United Methodist, Central Church of the Brethren and Salem Presbyterian will perform the work under the direction of Joseph H. Kennedy with Robert Chapman the organist. The program is free.
MICHAEL BROWN, music director at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, will present Hymns for Him, a gospel concert, April 8 at 7 p.m. It will be held in the North Cross School auditorium. Brown has just released his first recording.
An offering will be taken.
LAURA LEE and JAY STEWART, missionaries to Kenya for more than 30 years, have returned to the Roanoke Valley for retirement. The Stewarts served with the Southern Baptist Convention.
THE JUNIATA COLLEGE CHOIR, a student group from Pennsylvania, will perform Sunday at 7 p.m. at Central Church of the Brethren, 416 Church Ave. S.W. An offering will be taken.
ROANOKE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, 2015 Grandin Road S.W., is sponsoring a 10-week Welcoming Congregation workshop series with sessions each Wednesday night at 7 through May 3. Using a series of videos, participants will discuss topics including "Gender Socialization," "Homophobia," "AIDS," "A Parent and a Lesbian Daughter."
The series is part of a continuing effort of the church to break down prejudice against people seen as different. Call 342-8888 for more information.
PRICE MEMORIAL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH, 506 15th St. N.W., will sponsor a special service Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Guest leaders will be the Rev. J.R. Hughes and the Mass Choir of Bent Mountain Baptist Church.
ST. ELIZABETH'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 2339 Grandin Road S.W., will begin a Eucharist on Saturday night at 7:30. A folk hymn group, made up of members from several Episcopal parishes will provide music. The Rev. Harmon Smith of St. Paul's Church in Salem and the Rev. James Drinard Smith of the host church will lead the worship. The alternative style service will be offered each first Saturday evening, especially for those who prefer evening worship.
CAVE SPRING AREA CHURCHES representing four denominations will begin a series of Lenten luncheons and meditations on March 22. They will be held at Colonial Avenue Baptist Church, 4165 Colonial S.W. A $2.50 meal will be available from 12:10 to 1:30 p.m. A meditation message will be delivered from 12:30 to 12:50 p.m.
The schedule of speakers is as follows: March 22, the Rev. Mark Graham of St. John Lutheran; March 29, the Rev. Branan Thompson of the host church; April 5, the Rev. Dr. Michael Nevling of Colonial Presbyterian Church; and April 12, the Rev. R. Quigg Lawrence of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit.
SLAVA BORISOV, a former Soviet general who converted to the Christian faith after 35 years as a decorated military leader, will speak March 9 at 7 p.m. at Northside Christian Church, 5110 Florist Road N.W.
Commander of military operations in the recent Afghan war, Borisov now works to supply Bibles to Russian military personnel and is an adviser to President Boris Yeltsin.
Special music and testimony also will be presented by Joani Tabor, nationally traveled gospel singer, and Dwight Good. Call 362-2319 for more information.
GRACE CHURCH evangelical Christian congregation at 2731 Edgewood St. S.W., has scheduled its annual Spring Bible Conference for March 10-12. Guest leader will be the Rev. Dr. Haddon Robinson, a professor of preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary near Boston.
He will speak on Friday and Saturday nights at 7 and on Sunday at 9:45 and 10:45 a.m., and at 6 p.m. Robinson is a former president of Denver Seminary and an editor of the evangelical magazine Christianity Today. Call 982-0105 for more information.
THE WHY OF CANCER, the last of a series postponed because of weather, is scheduled Sunday at 10 a.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in downtown Salem. It will be led by Gerald McDermott, Ph.D. of the Roanoke College religion faculty and co-author of the book, "Living With Cancer."
Send information to Frances Stebbins, Neighbors, P.O. Box 2491. Roanoke, 24010-2491 by noon Thursday.
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by CNB