Church

Deltaville’s Zoar Baptist Church owns a site on Stingray Point at the end of General Puller Highway (Route 33) where it conducts drive-in services every Sunday at 8:30 a.m., weather permitting. On Christmas Eve, Thursday, Dec. 24, at 3 p.m.,...

An outdoor candlelight Christmas Eve celebration will be offered at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 24 at Lower United Methodist Church in Hartfield at the Nativity display in front of the church. Come and celebrate the birth of the Christ Child...

From time to time we all try to imagine what tomorrow holds, but no matter how well we plan for tomorrow, none of us can be sure what’s going to happen — the future is a mystery because it...

The Rev. Joe McKnight is now serving as pastor of Hermitage Baptist Church. “Pastor Joe” is a veteran pastor of 30 years, pastoring most of this time as a senior pastor on the Eastern Shore of Virginia where he...

Urbanna Baptist Church is hosting a living Nativity display 6-7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 11 and 12. The event will be stationed on and near the sanctuary entrance of the church. It will be a drive-by presentation. Urbanna Baptist Church is...

The color associated with Advent is purple, which in ancient times was the color of royalty because purple dye was costly and rare. The purple color of Advent is a symbol of looking forward to welcoming the coming of...

A Thanksgiving food drive-through giveaway was offered Saturday at the Bethlehem Star Lodge building in Saluda and sponsored by the Andrea R. Robinson Outreach Ministries, Manifesting Miracles Mobile Ministries, “Mr. Finch” of Auto Max in Gloucester, David Cryer and...

Kevin and his brother Buzz were fighting over a slice of pizza. While they were wrestling each other, milk and soda were being spilled all over the house and the family gathering turned into an uproar. At the peak...

The season of Advent, which comes from the Latin word “adventus,” meaning “coming” or “visit,” begins four Sundays before Christmas and ends on Christmas Eve. Advent is the beginning of the church year for Christians. During Advent folks prepare...

This is despite the loss of 250,000-plus lives in U.S. Isaiah 1:18 begins, “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord.” (CEV) One of the first things I teach in my Introduction to Christian Ethics course is that as...