Alumni Assoc. Lunch and Meeting

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Lodging

The Sky's the Limit

Gospel Rally '08

Roanoke Bible College's

60th Gospel Rally and Homecoming

April 3 & 4, 2008

Blanton Center - North Poindexter Street - Elizabeth City, NC

Pre-Rally Events on Thursday:

The Sky’s the Limit - 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Towne South Church of Christ (directions on back)

Alumni/Flames Basketball Game, Chesson Gym, 1:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 3, 7:20 p.m.

Congregational Singing—David L. Herring ’06, Concord, NC

Invocation—Mordecai M. Anderson ’03, Winterville, NC

Welcome--Alumni President Vincent C. Rodkey ’02, Selbyville, DE

Special Music

Congregational Singing

A Challenge to Preach—Phillip K. Sutton ’95, Harrisonburg, VA

Offering Prayer—Kirk Dice, Suffolk, VA

Special Music—The Back Creek Band, Bath, NC

Message—Cam Huxford, Savannah, GA

Benediction—Thomas H. Biggs ’63, Edenton, NC

Closing Song

Coffee Connection, Friday, April 4, 8:30 – 9:15 a.m.

Complimentary continental breakfast in the riverfront lobby of Pearl A. Presley Hall. Open to all.

Childcare available starting at 8:45 a.m. No reservation needed.

Friday, April 4, 9:30 a.m.

All-Roanoke Chorus (all who ever attended)

*"Wonderful Grace of Jesus"--Directed by S. Elizabeth BonDurant '62, Elizabeth City, NC

Congregational Singing—Bradley J. ’94 and Kristine (Sissy) Phillips Giffin ’94,
Elizabeth City, NC

Invocation—Davon L. Huss ’93, Mount Airy, NC

Message— Creighton C. Beatty ’79, Graham, NC

A Challenge to Preach—Gregory A. Dill ’71, Wytheville, VA

Offering Prayer

Congregational Song

Special Music—50th Year Reunion Chorus of The Master’s Twelve

Through the 60 Years in Pictures—Helen Scott ’07, Dallas, TX

Song and Announcements

Honoring the Classes of '58, ’68, ’78, ’88, and ’98

Recognizing those who began with them

in the fall of '54, '64, '74, '84, '94 or the spring of '55, '65, '75, '85, '95

*Alma Mater--Directed by Beth BonDurant

Benediction—Aaron N. Cross ’03, Suffolk, VA

*Songs printed in program booklet

12:15--Alumni Lunch/Meeting, Towne South Church of Christ (directions below)

For alumni and their immediate families

Friday, April 4, 3:00 p.m.

Congregational Singing—Brad and Sissy Giffin

Invocation—Paul E. Woolard ’93, Portsmouth, VA

Presentation of Foreign Missionary Alumni

Special Music—Brad and Sissy Giffin

Message—Tara Woolard, Louisville, KY

Closing Song

Benediction—W. Keith Wood ’93, Kokomo, IN

4:15 p.m.—Estate Planning Seminar, Heritage Hall, Room 213

4:15 p.m. – Looking for the Tomb of Jesus, Heritage Hall, Room 217

4:15 p.m.—Fifty Years and Counting – Home of Bill & Trish Griffin

A special reception for those from the classes of 1950 - 1958

Friday, April 4, 7:20 p.m.

Congregational Singing—David Herring

Invocation—Roger K. Marvel ’73, Chesapeake, VA

Special Music—Jonathan C. Langley ‘67, Belhaven, NC

Congregational Singing

A Challenge to Preach—Darrell L. Hairston ’91, Elizabeth City, NC

Offering Prayer—Bob Beltz, Belhaven, NC

Special Music—Gregory A. ’71 and Barbara B. Dill ’71, Wytheville, VA

Message—Cam Huxford, Savannah, GA

Song and Announcements

Final Word—President D. Clay Perkins

Benediction—Melvin D. Styons ’53, Hertford, NC

9:15 p.m – Fireworks over the Pasquotank River

[Saturday Morning—RBC Foundation Breakfast (by invitation only)]

Directions to Towne South Church of Christ

From the Blanton Center:

Turn left out of the Blanton Center parking lot onto Poindexter Street.

Turn right at first stoplight onto Elizabeth Street (US 158).

Turn left at second stoplight onto Road Street.

Follow Road Street through town, across Ehringhaus Street until it appears you will drive straight into Hollywood Cemetery. At that point, Road Street curves to the left, but you will turn right onto Peartree Road.

Continue on Peartree through the stoplight at Halstead Blvd.

Go 1.9 miles past that stoplight. Towne South's building is a beige Butler building on the left.

From U. S. Highway 17 Old Bypass/Business:

Turn onto Halstead Blvd. at the light (BP and Citgo stations are on the corners). You will be turning right if you are coming from the south; left, if from the north.

Go through 5 more stoplights.

Turn right at the 6th light onto Peartree Road.

Go 1.9 miles. Towne South's building is a beige Butler building on the left.

(If you are traveling the 17 Bypass around Elizabeth City, take the Halstead Blvd. exit. Turn right at the 7th light onto Peartree Road.)

Sessions for All Ages q Interpreting for the Deaf

The BIG EVENT – Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Grades K-12)

(Children participating in the Big Event need towel, bathing suit, and gym clothes)