Immanuel Baptist Church’s Sunday school is set for 9:30 a.m. and its worship service is set for 11 a.m.
On Saturday, Sept. 13, the Men of Immanuel Baptist Church, Saluda, will offer their “Chicken Wing and Fish Fry” from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Dinners are $15 each. “Come out and enjoy the fine cuisine by Divine Dining Catering,” a church spokesman urged.
On Sunday, Sept. 14, at 11 a.m., Immanuel Baptist Church will celebrate “Golden Nuggets Day.” The Rev. Stanley Gresham, Grafton Baptist Church, Hartfield, will deliver The Preached Word. Music will be provided by The Men’s Chorus. All are invited to worship with them.
The Rev. Dr. John C. Wright Jr. is Immanuel’s pastor.
Christ Church Parish (Episcopal) will celebrate the chartering of the Daughters of the King “Betty Evans Chapter” on Sunday, Sept. 14, at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday service.
This milestone event will mark the official formation of the chapter, honoring the legacy and contributions of Betty Evans to the parish community. Parishioners and guests are invited to attend the service and join in fellowship as the new chapter is recognized and its 11 new members are commissioned. The ceremony will include special prayers, presentations, and a reception following the service to celebrate this significant occasion.
Daughters of the King is an order whose members take lifelong vows to follow a Rule of Life, including a Rule of Prayer and a Rule of Service. They pray for their clergy and the world and help strengthen the parish’s spiritual life.
The Order, founded initially in New York City in 1885 as an Anglican lay religious order for women, now embraces members from the Anglican, Episcopal, Lutheran and Roman Catholic churches. Moreover, now there is an international component to the order with chapters in Augsburg, Germany, Rome, Italy and Mostoles, Spain. The Order has more than 30,000 members worldwide with 5,000 international members and approximately 25,000 members in the United States.
A modified Greek Cross with FHS (For His Sake) inscribed on it represents the Order’s Symbol and their motto is,
“For His Sake ….
I am but one, but I am one.
I cannot do everything, but I can do something.
What I can do, I ought to do.
What I ought to do, by the grace of God, I will do.
Lord, what will you have me do?”
All are welcome to join them for the celebration and the reception following the service where we will also help celebrate the 97th birthday of Betty Evans.
Saluda Baptist Church (SBC), 960 General Puller Highway, will host its monthly Movie Nite event on Friday, Sept. 26, at 6:30 p.m. The featured movie, which folks attending can see for free, will be announced later.
There will also be plenty of free pizza, popcorn and drinks available.
“Come and join us!” a spokesman for the event urged.
For information, call 804-758-3102.
All campers, community members and vacationers are invited to attend the community Sunday worship service at Bethpage Camp-Resort at 9 a.m. Bethpage is located at 4685 Old Virginia St., just west of Urbanna. The non-denominational Christian service is offered in the campground’s amphitheater.
The Rev. Eddie Heath, minister of Urbanna Baptist Church, will be the speaker for the Sunday, Sept. 14, worship service, which begins at 9 a.m. in the amphitheater. Charles “Bunny” Dunlevy will provide the music. The congregation will be encouraged to join together in singing. Dress is casual.
This is the 44th year that Urbanna Baptist Church and Bethpage have cooperatively hosted the annual summer services from Easter until the end of September. Many churches throughout the county join together; hear various ministers speak; and have fellowship and join in music.
For information, you may contact Bob Fitch at 804-291-6434 or John Smith at 804-832-7561.
Marlie Avant, a member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Rappahannock (UUFR), will lead the Sept. 21 service at the White Stone church, with a talk called, “Gravity, Grit and Grace: The Art of Aging Consciously.”
A Cobbs Creek resident with her husband Roy, Avant is being considered by UUFR’s membership to become its interim lay pastor. The congregation is expected to vote on her candidacy later this fall.
“We will explore how aging can be a vibrant, intentional journey — where the body may change, but the mind remains youthful and resilient,” Avant said of her upcoming talk. “Through stories and practical wisdom, we will discover how conscious aging lets us meet life’s gravity with grit and grace.
“This talk will challenge assumptions about decline, share strategies for mental vitality and invite you to reimagine aging as a time of growth, connection and creative possibility. Join us to learn how thoughtful awareness, purposeful choices and self-compassion can help you cultivate an ageless mind and a joyful spirit through every stage of life.”
The public is welcome to join UUFR’s members and friends to hear Avant’s presentation. The service starts at 10:30 a.m. at 366 James Wharf Road, White Stone.
If Avant becomes UUFR’s interim minister, UUFR’s Board of Stewards will continue its search for a permanent minister. UUFR’s previous minister of five years, the Rev. Susan Moseley, left in March 2024 to join her husband, the Rev. Jim Moseley, for their retirement in Brevard, N.C.
“Many of you have heard Marlie speak and know of her deep commitment to spiritual work and community engagement,” noted Janet Hemming, president of the UUFR board. “After reviewing her resume and speaking with her, the Interim Lay Minister Committee believes Marlie would be an excellent candidate for the interim position.
“Her Sept. 21 service is a wonderful chance for everyone to experience Marlie’s voice and vision,” a church spokesman said.
For information, call 804-450-1031.
Zion Hill Baptist Church, 10256 Indian Road, Gloucester, will have an in-person worship service on Sunday, Sept. 14, at 11 a.m. Pastor Eugene Comithier II will preach and the Youth Choir will sing. In-person Sunday school will be offered at 9:45 a.m.
Zoar Baptist Church in Deltaville announces that another summer of its Beach Worship at Stingray Point came to a close on Aug. 31.
Zoar’s adult Bible study classes, children’s church and morning worship services returned on Sept. 7.
On Sunday, Sept. 21, at 10:30 a.m., Zoar will offer a “Singspiration” — the entire service dedicated to praise and worship through music. All are welcome to join the choir, JAM Children’s Choir, soloists and instrumentalists as they make a joyful noise to the Lord.
For information, email vaughanme@verizon.net.
Congregants at Lower United Methodist Church (LUMC), 120 Lower Church Road, Hartfield, invite everyone to join them this Sunday in their historic sanctuary for worship at 10:30 a.m. They will offer communion this Sunday – all are welcome to the table.
Adult Sunday school is offered in the LUMC Fellowship Hall at 9:30 a.m., preceded by Coffee Fellowship at 9:15 a.m. Stop by LUMC Fellowship Hall Wednesdays between 7:30 and 9 a.m. for free handcrafted coffeehouse drinks.
All are welcome to join them for a time of group prayer, every Wednesday at 4 p.m.
Register now for art classes now open to the community.
For information, visit lowerumc.org.
While its pastor, Father Johnny Mintah-Mensah “Koo,” is in Ghana, Catholic Church of the Visitation in Topping will have visiting priests celebrating Mass with them. Father Tom Miller will be at Church of the Visitation on Sept. 14 and 21. “We look forward to having (him) for Mass and ask all to kindly welcome (him),” a church spokesman said.
The annual “One Community Under God” worship experience will take place on Sunday, Oct. 5, at the Urbanna firehouse (the Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department station) at 11 a.m. Ten churches in Middlesex County will be hosting this event for everyone to gather as a unified community to worship together.
The One Community Under God worship event includes song, scripture, prayer and sharing the word of God. A fellowship meal will be offered following the service for all to enjoy.
Individuals and families with or without children are encouraged to attend. County citizens and visitors are all welcome! Dress is casual.
For information you may contact Dawn Moore at 804-332-2621 or Chriscia White at 757-719-7771.
Make-A-Way and Deliverance Full Gospel Baptist Church in Urbanna will celebrate the 26th anniversary of pastors Apostle Dr. Thomas J. Ransom and Dr. Prophet Edna Ransom on Sunday, Sept. 14, at 3 p.m.
The Rev. Alvenus Williams Jr. will present the Spoken Word at the 10 a.m. service. There is a second service at 3 p.m. The worship leader will be Cynthia Fisher. Pastor Vincent Pryor of New Mount Zion Baptist Church of Gloucester will present the Spoken Word, along with his choir and the Mount Zion Church family.
The Vessels of Praise Dancers of Zion Popular will also render dance selections.
All are welcome as we celebrate the Good Shepherds of Make-A-Way and Deliverance Full Gospel Baptist Church.
The Pastor’s Aide Committee includes Evangelist Virginia Ward, 804-694-7996; Deacon Garland Carter, 804-695-6547; and Evangelist Oriton Robinson, 804-246-7654.
New Hope Fellowship, a church in Hartfield, Compassion International and the 95Network will no longer conduct a Healthy Church Conference on Thursday, Sept. 18. It has been canceled.
Please contact Pastor Edloe at leonard.edloe@gmail.com for information.
Make-A-Way Church, 100 Flats Road, Urbanna, is now starting its Sunday morning program with a 9 a.m. Sunday school gathering. Its worship service is at 10 a.m.
All are welcome to fellowship with them.
Apostle Dr. Jesse and Prophetess Edna Ransom are the pastors.
For information, email ransomedna7@gmail.com.
Want to come to church? You are always welcome at Church of Latter-day Saints, 51 Devils Bottom Road, Kilmarnock.
Reach out to the church’s missionaries at ComeUntoChrist.org/Jesus.
Come and find a community for you. For information, visit https://local.churchofjesuschrist.org/en/us/va/kilmarnock/51-devils-bottom-road or call 804-435-2408.
Have a blessed one!
Christ Church Parish (Episcopal) offers two services every Sunday — at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Its congregants welcome everyone to attend and find out more about this vibrant community of worshipers.
Visit its website at christchurchmiddlesex.com or watch the Sunday service online on Facebook.
Christ Church Parish (Episcopal) is at 56 Christchurch Lane in Christchurch.
For information, call 804-758-2006.
“Seasons of Tapestry” is a weekly women’s prayer seminar taught by Bonnie Shannonhouse open to Christian women of all denominations. It meets at noon every Thursday via Zoom. To sign up or get the Zoom link, go to the Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic States website at https://dmas-acc.org/. The sessions will also be recorded and available on the website for viewing at your convenience.
Bonnie Shannonhouse learned the art of prayer from the Rev. Mother Virginia of All Saints Benedictine Convent. Together, they taught prayer for the Diocese of Maryland until Mother’s full retirement.
Bonnie began Tapestry in 1997 with the first Day of Prayer at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. She taught women to pray in seminars from shore to shore and abroad for more than 10 years.
She was named by Christianity Today as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Christian Women in America in 1996. Bonnie’s book, “The Lost Coin: Hours of the Cross,” June 2020, encourages the practice of praying three times a day. Her other publications, “The Pie of Prayer: The Historical Christian Parts of Prayer,” are journals covering the seven parts of prayer as articulated by the early church fathers through all the seasons of the church calendar.
Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89437366421?pwd=VwAFaxhvE8a8SILWKyT18IPlSUb21U.1.
Deltaville’s Zoar Baptist Church’s Ladies Bible Study resumed with a study of Ruth and Esther on Mondays at 10:30 a.m. All women in Middlesex County are invited to participate and enjoy this special time of worship and fellowship. Call Emily Bailey at 804-824-1453 or the church office at 804-776-9502 for information.
Men’s “Urbanna Second Half” Bible and book study, prayer and fellowship is offered 8-9:45 a.m. on Mondays at the Urbanna Baptist Church Fellowship Hall.
For information call Bob Fitch at 804-291-6434.
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