ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, February 3, 1996 TAG: 9602030014
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
COLUMN: In Religion
SOURCE: KENNETH SINGLETARY
SERVICES
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church on Shadow Lake Road in Blacksburg on Sunday will be host to Gordon Woolard, who will deliver the second installment in a new series, "What's Wrong with Me, and Can it Be Fixed?" Sunday's talk is on "I'm a Fear-Driven Person."
Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m., and worship is at 10:45 a.m.
For further information, please call 953-1018.
Christiansburg's will celebrate Mass at 5 p.m. today at Our Saviour Lutheran Church on Cambria Street. The readings will be Isaiah 58:7-10; 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; and Matthew 5:13-16.
For further information, please call 382-8028.
A listening session for area clergy sponsored by the Montgomery County Human Relations Council has been rescheduled for Tuesday from 12:45 to 2 p.m. at Anchy's Restaurant in Blacksburg.
For further information, please call 552-3394.
St. Jude Catholic Church will be host to Jacques Miller, a Stone Mountain zendo, Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. in its World Religion Series. The topic is Zen Buddhism. The church is on Tyler Road, a half-mile outside of the Radford city limits.
For further information, please call 639-5341.
"Reaching Out to All Peoples" will be Rudi Gelsey's topic Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the New River Valley on Gladewood Drive in Blacksburg.
Virginia Tech Professor Rachel Holloway will lead a discussion on "Mere Rhetoric: Rhetoric, Civil Discourse, and American Identity" during a round table at 9 a.m.
For further information, please call 552-2717.
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the New River Valley on Gladewood Drive will conduct Dances of Universal Peace Feb. 17 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Participants will dance the sacred phrases of the world's religions.
For further information, please call Paula Markham at 961-3974.
The Metaphysical Chapel on the corner of Church and Lee Streets in Blacksburg will be host to Chris Faulconer at 7 p.m. Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. Estill Putney and John Dumais will conduct the third workshop on the "Celestine Prophecy" for a $5 donation.
On Thursday, Chris Faulconer will conduct the second in a series on storytelling, with an installment on stories about heroines.
For further information, please call 951-4848 or 953-5041.
Good Shepherd Church of the Brethren on Heather Drive in Blacksburg's Hethwood Community will be host to Dale Brown Feb. 18 at 10 and 11 a.m.
Brown is a well-known writer in Anabaptist and pietist circles. A retired professor, Brown has served the Church of the Brethren as moderator of its annual conference and member of its General Board.
For further information, please call 951-8937.
Radford Church of God in Christ's youth department will have a sweetheart dinner Feb. 10 in the church's fellowship hall. A $10 donation per person is requested.
For further information, please call 639-5948.
Ash Wednesday services are scheduled for Feb. 21 at 5 p.m. at the Heth Center ballroom on the Radford University campus, and at 7 p.m. at St. Jude Catholic Church on Tyler Road.
For further information, please call 639-5341.
March 1 is the 109 World Day of Prayer. Local celebrations will occur at Luther Memorial Lutheran Church on the corner of Prices Fork and Toms Creek Roads in Blacksburg at 10 a.m.
Women around the world will participate in observances, including the program, "God Calls Us to Respond," written by Christian women in Haiti. Area men and women are invited.
For further information, please call 552-6529 or 951-0550.
Our Saviour Lutheran Church on Cambria Street in Christiansburg conducts an informal evening worship Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
The 45-minute service is for people who work on weekends, community newcomers, and people looking for a midweek worship opportunity.
For further information, please call 382-2223.
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Glade Road in Blacksburg will have a "Meditation East and West" session every Tuesday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
The meditation consists of silence, conscious breathing, attunement to the elements, cleansing energy, and chanting.
For further information, please call the Rev. Rudi Gelsey at 953-5546.
JOYFUL NOISES
Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. is the 71st consecutive month of gospel music at the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union Building in Fairlawn. Performing will be Ed Hypes and the Highland Gospel Singers, with special guests Echoes From Calvary and the Bolt Brothers.
Fairlawn Presbyterian Church at the corner of Pulaski Avenue and Peppers Ferry Boulevard will be host to the Emory & Henry College Concert Choir Feb. 11 at 7:45 p.m.
For further information, please call 639-2653.
Kenny and James Farley will perform at Riner Grace Brethren Church Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. The church is on Virginia 8, three miles south of Auburn High School.
For further information, please call 382-4654.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Floyd United Methodist Church on Main Street in Floyd will have a candlelight dinner with live music Feb. 10 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Advance tickets are $5.50. Tickets at the door are $6.
For further information, please call 745-4170 or 745-4121.
Radford Church of God in Christ on Russell Avenue is conducting academic enrichment tutoring programs on Monday and Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m., open to grades one through 12. Computer skills will be taught from sixth- through ninth- graders on Mondays from 8 to 9 p.m.
For further information, please call 639-5948.
Radford Church of God in Christ is sponsoring victorious living seminars on Tuesday nights through Feb. 27.
The topics, in order, will be: effective prayer, getting out of debt, and starting a small business.
For further information, please call 639-5948.
Straight Street is host for open gym nights every Saturday night in February and March from 6 to 10 p.m. at Auburn High School in Riner. Admission is $1, and food and drinks will be available.
David Moore, a marriage and family therapist and former pastor, will lead a series of biblically based classes on "Marriage and Adolescent Parenting" on Sundays in February. The free classes will meet at 9:45 a.m. at Blacksburg Christian Church on Watson Avenue Feb. 4, 11, 18 and 25. Sunday School classes for children will be available.
For further information, please call 552-4619.
A lunch-hour Bible study has begun at First United Methodist Church in Pulaski.
The Rev. Norman Wilhoit, pastor, will lead the group in Kirchner Chapel. The study will be from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m.
It will continue through May 22.
At Trinity Lutheran Church in Pulaski a study of the book of Revelation has begun and will continue through February.
Sessions begin at 7 p.m. and are taught by the Rev. Terrie Sternberg, pastor. The class is open to the community.
For further information, please call 980-3624.
Christian Community Outreach in Radford has a food outreach on the fourth Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union Hall in Fairlawn.
Food boxes will be available on a first-come, first-served basis to people who meet USDA income criteria.
For further information, please call 639-5686.
In Religion is a regular Saturday feature of the New River Current. Please send news of your church or religious organization, along with photos, to Kenneth Singletary, New River Current, The Roanoke Times, P.O. Box 540, Christiansburg, Va. 24073. Fax: 381-1656. E-mail: Currentbev.net. Clear, sharp photographs accompanying news items are welcome. Items must be received by noon Wednesday for use in that week's column.
Check tiver Valley TV, or call before you go: Inclement weather may force cancellation or postponement of some activities listed in today's New River Current.
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