RN Hannah Rafidi, OB/GYN Dr. Kevin Walsh, Nurse Manager Lisa Radford, and Bob Canfield-Knights of Columbus. Photo courtesy of Katie Fagan

The Knights of Columbus from several local Catholic churches purchased an OB ultrasound machine and gifted it to Blue Ridge Women’s Center on Saturday, May 11. Priests Kevin Beaton, Rene Castillo, Monsignor Joe Lehman, and Monsignor Thomas Miller, respectively from St. Elias Maronite Catholic Church, St. Gerard Catholic Church, Our Lady of Nazareth Catholic Church, and St. Andrew’s Catholic Church graciously opened their doors for various fundraising events. This second machine will allow Registered Nurses to verify pregnancy dating and display the heartbeat at 8 weeks or further for twice as many women. Medical Director and Lewis-Gale Physicians OB/GYN, Dr. Kevin Walsh, oversees the medical services provided.

– Submitted by Katie Fagan

Coming Soon to the Roanoke Area!

We are excited to announce that we will be launching The Revival Scene Roanoke Community Church as an extended campus of the Lynchburg House of Prayer sometime later this summer! It will be an extension of the LHOP community with the same leadership and vision, just a different campus!

We are looking for a core group of about 30 people to partner with us in serving and launching this new church plant in the Roanoke area. If you have friends who live in the Roanoke area, please pass this on!

There will be an interest meeting on Monday, May 20th, at 7 pm for anyone interested in hearing about our vision. We will be meeting at 3004 Hereford Road in Roanoke. If you are interested in seeing what God has put on our hearts for the city, please come on out!

Check out our brand new facebook page! http://www.facebook.com/TheRevivalSceneRoanokeCommunityChurch

Lynchburg House of Prayer

7701 Timberlake Rd

Lynchburg, VA 24502

Submitted by Charlotte Thornhill 

Our Lady of Nazareth Church is having a Health Fair on Saturday, May 11th from 10am to 2pm

Fellowship Hall

Address: 2505 Electric Road

Free – Open to the Public – All ages welcome

The Health Fair will feature:

Door Prizes – Car Seat Safety – Back Pack adjustments – Healthy Snacks cooked on site

Vendors:

Carilion Clinic… High Risk Diabetes

LGMC… Weights and BMI

Tuck Chiropractic – Dr. Camidge

Miller Motte Technical College - Chair massages by: Massage therapy students

Cosmotology students:makeup/nails

Jefferson College O.T. Dept

Backpack adjustments

Hand massages

Home Health Equipment

Healthy Eating snacks cooked on site by Dieticians

Jefferson Surgical Clinic - Dr R.L.Keeeley

Carilion Clinic Podiatry – Dr. John Clements

Lions Club- Vision Testing

Health & Fitness: Gold’s Gym

Dr. Steve Harris: Plastic Surgery

Dr. Kara Matala: Osteoporosis

Submitted by Maggie Caldarella

Students, faculty and parents at Faith Christian School gathered together at an assembly on Thursday, May 2 to celebrate Project Faith, their annual service day, which was held on April 26.

Project Faith involved 600 volunteers including students, teachers and parents who offered much-needed volunteer hours to eight different organizations in the Roanoke area. This year’s Project Faith served Acts 2 Ministries, Manna Ministries, Blue Ridge Women’s Center, The Salvation Army Main Building, The Turning Point Battered Women’s Shelter, The Red Shield Lodge Men’s Shelter, The Salvation Army Thrift Store, and Feeding America. Representatives from each organization were present at the assembly and thanked the students for their hard work.

Greg Elliott, the Director of Manna Ministries said, “The help that Faith Christian School brought us was not only powerful but it was part of a much bigger picture… you helped us to serve better.” At Feeding America, 4,600 pounds of food were processed in three hours, which according to Robert Rogers, Director of Volunteer Services for Feeding America, “represents 3,670 meals served.” He went on to say, “it’s hard for me to express in words how much we appreciate what you did… You are creating a legacy of caring.” Katie Fagan, Director of Development from Blue Ridge Women’s Center was impressed with the work ethic of the volunteers who came to work at that location, “we peeked out the window a few times and every time we looked, everyone was always busy… You helped our yard be more beautiful with the plantings and mulching that you did,” she said.  Evelyn Jordan, the Executive Director of The Turning Point Battered Women’s Shelter said, “your work brought smiles to our faces.  You reached out your faith to our families.  Mike Moffitt the Program Director of The Red Shield Lodge said, “The most important thing is that you revealed the love of Christ through your work.”

Project Faith is not only an incredible way for the school to give back to the community; it also serves as a fundraiser for Faith Christian School. Every year, the students send out letters to potential donors prior to Project Faith. This year’s goal was to raise $175,000, but the students, faculty and parents certainly surpassed that goal by reaching a whopping $189,907!

Stacey Lilley, the Project Faith Coordinator said, “I’ve been involved with Project Faith for eight years and Chair for six years. For me, I saw how moving it is the first time I volunteered. Part of our motto is to serve. When we can emulate our motto, I think that’s just wonderful.”

On March 17th, Windsor Hall was filled with busy people of all ages – 46 participants, to be exact, helping with four projects identified by our Mission Committee to assist people in our community and our world.

We began with lunch and fellowship and then got to work! The children and youth, with adult supervision, facilitated a food drive at two local Kroger stores, collecting peanut butter, tuna, and cereal, which was then taken to the Rosalind Hills Baptist and St. Francis House food pantries. We estimate the value of the food to be over $800.

We had a group working on making cards for our prayer ministry team here at Windsor Hills, as well as cards to be sent to veterans in a local assisted living facility. Great job, everyone! We also began preparing school kits for Conference and were able to complete more than a dozen, and with extra supplies and cash donations we will make many more. Thank you for your generosity.

We had a team of 5 go to Christ Episcopal Church to assist Family Promise in preparing the 14 cots for the homeless families who would be sleeping there that night. It involved cleaning and disinfecting, and many hands made light work.

Thank you Windsor Hills UMC! We are answering God’s call to reach out to others in our community and the world.

You can view photos of “Change the World Sunday” in a slideshow above, or in a gallery with captions here.

- Submitted by Kris Stutsman

Picture a Life Without Cancer Benefit for Loren Wright

Saturday, May 18th from 8-2

At the Penn Forest Worship Center across from Cave Spring High School on Chaparral Drive

Organized by Lisa Carleno, Stacey Beard and Kellie Mirasola

Happenings:

-Yard Sale (need donations. contact kellie mirasola at kelliemirasola@aim.com  or Lisa Carleno @ lcarleno@yahoo.com

-Baked Goods Sale (need donations, contact kellie mirasola at kelliemirasola@aim.com  or Lisa Carleno at lcarleno@yahoo.com

-Silent Auction (need donations use contacts above)

-Kids zone with Lawn games, petting zoo, face painting and more

-Zumba class and Jane Seymore from Golds Gym will be doing a Brazilian Butt styled class

-Concessions

-Car Wash

-Vendors-Thirty One, Origami Owl, Tastefully Simple, Scentsy, Paracord bracelets and necklaces by John Breedon, and many many more

-Hair Chalking and mini mani’s from the CSHS Cheerleaders

-Cotton Candy and Lemonade Stand

Submitted by Kellie Mirasola

Members of the RHBC Youth Group with their 30-Hour Famine poster. Photo courtesy of Jamie Smith

The Youth of Rosalind Hills Baptist Church will raise money for the hungry and then go hungry themselves by participating in World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine Friday, April 26.

World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine is a worldwide event designed to raise money and awareness for hunger throughout the world. RHBC youth are raising funds with the knowledge that every $30 they raise can help feed and care for a child for a month. The RHBC Youth have set a goal of $500 and are more than halfway there with a week left for donations. Anyone wishing to donate to their efforts can visit www.30hourfamine.org/donate/ and search for Rosalind Hills Baptist Church.

While taking part in the 30 Hour Famine, RHBC youth will participate in a “cardboard city” which involves sleeping in a cardboard box for the night. Additionally, they will take part in a survivor-like game, Tribe, which will require the youth to find food for their group after a scenario of walking for months, leaving their country and eating very little for months.

“Our goal is to give our youth the experience of feeling real hunger, even if just for a day. To help them understand the challenges and needs of others throughout the world,” said John O’Neil, RHBC Minster to Youth.

Funds raised by 30 Hour Famine participants help feed and care for children in communities in need around the globe through World Vision. A portion of the funds raised assist families in need in the United States. Famine funds contribute to World Vision’s response in areas where famine, conflict, and other crises make children vulnerable to hunger and preventable disease. Since 1992, 30 Hour Famine has raised close to $150 million, representing countless lives saved. World Vision works in nearly 100 countries, helping approximately 100 million people every year.

– Submitted by Jamie Smith

RENOVATIONS, PAINTING & SPRING CLEANING AT EIGHT LOCAL CHARITIES: OVER 600 VOLUNTEERS TO PARTICIPATE

On Friday, April 26, students, faculty, staff and parent volunteers from Faith Christian School in Roanoke County will spend more than 2,000 volunteer hours at eight area charities as part of Project Faith, the school’s annual service project and fundraiser.

Volunteers will be working at Feeding America, The Salvation Army Main location & Thrift Store, The Turning Point Battered Women’s Shelter, The Red Shield Lodge Men’s Shelter, Acts 2 Ministry, The Blue Ridge Women’s Center, and Manna Ministries painting, landscaping, cleaning, bagging food, and working on many other much-needed projects. In addition, students will be assembling over 6,000 gleaning bags for Gleaning America’s fall fruit harvest, which will go to help feed the hungry.

“Our partnership with Faith Christian School reinforces the idea” states Robert Rogers, Volunteer Coordinator with Feeding America, “that engaging our youth in volunteerism… ensure that our communities become places where all families thrive and have access to opportunities they need to secure our children’s success.”

Project Faith is the school’s only fundraiser. Contributions are made to support the school’s operating fund which covers expenses not met by tuition. Sam Cox, headmaster, shares, “Project Faith is a way to raise much-needed funds for the school while instilling a love of community service in our children. Each year the students look forward to participating in this important event in the life of our school.”

About Project Faith and Faith Christian School 

Project Faith is the school’s only school-wide fundraising event. In 2012, the school raised more than $197,000 in contributions that went toward operating expenses, teacher salaries, educational materials and financial aid. The goal this year is $175,000.  Project Faith is an annually selected by readers of The Roanoke Times as one of the top Community Events and Best School event of the year.  Faith Christian School is an accredited, independent Christian Classical school serving students in grades K through 12. Visit us on Facebook or at www.faithchristian-school.com.

Submitted by Susan Childs

A Rummage/Bake Sale will be held Saturday, May 4 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1887 Electric Road.

Come and find affordably priced household items and freshly baked goodies. Sale is sponsored by LWML, and proceeds will be used for local and foreign missions. Proceeds are matched by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.

Contact 774-8746 for more information.

– Submitted by Jeanine McPhearson

Colonial Presbyterian Church is holding its 16th Annual Rummage & Bake Sale on Saturday, April 20th, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM in the church’s fellowship hall, 3350 Poplar Drive (off Colonial Ave.) in southwest Roanoke County. Proceeds from the sale will benefit local and foreign missions. The bake sale will include lunch concessions along with the usual home baked sweets. Donations from the community of gently used items for the sale will e accepted at the church beginning Monday, April 15 through Thursday, April 18 between the hours of 9:00 AM and 7:00 PM. All unsold items will be donated to Goodwill at the conclusion of the sale. For more information, please call 774-2706.

Submitted by Chris Gregory