Church

Clarksbury UMC recognizes grads

Clarksbury United Methodist Church in Hardyville is very proud to acknowledge its graduates and announce the names of its scholarship recipients for this year.  Its Middlesex High School graduates for 2020 include Valedictorian Sydney Funk, Salutatorian Sierra Funk, Alex Crittenden,...

Lebanon Baptist readies to reopen

On Sunday, Aug. 2, Lebanon Baptist Church in Saluda will reopen its doors for services inside its building. The building has been professionally sanitized and all preventive measures will be in place as required by Centers for Disease Control...

Lower United Methodist Church preschoolers celebrate graduation with special parade

Lower United Methodist Church Buoys and Gulls Preschool celebrated its students’ graduation on July 8. The fun included a special graduation parade for the 14 boys and girls who were graduating from the Hartfield preschool. In a normal year,...

Love requires you keep heart open, but face veiled

Last Sunday our church opened for worship for the first time in four months. It was a day to celebrate. But it was also a little weird. I couldn’t get used to the masks veiling the faces of our...

Recent events show that world is broken

God’s kingdom appears upside down in comparison to the way the world often works. When Jesus walked the earth, there was oppression, injustice, hypocrisy, abuse, and every type of evil that still plagues the world today. In these past...

UBC Sunday worship to be at Bethpage

Urbanna Baptist Church announced this week it will discontinue its 11 a.m. Sunday service in the church Fellowship Hall until after Labor Day. Instead it encourages all members and guests to the attend the 9 a.m. service each Sunday...

What is the story guiding you on your journey through life?

Virginians are now in phase three of the governor’s plan to reopen the commonwealth. My denomination is now in “stage two” of the bishop’s plan to reopen our congregations. Some use the language of “journey” to describe these days....

Urbanna Baptist now offers a second worship site

Urbanna Baptist Church is offering its members and people of the community a choice between two types of worship services for Sunday, July 12. Non-campers and campers are invited to share in a non-denominational service at Bethpage Campground at 9...

Greater Grace announces new times for its services

Greater Grace Baptist Church offers its “Hour of Power” drive-in worship service 9-10 a.m. every Sunday in the parking lot of Lebanon Baptist Church at 11821 Tidewater Trail in Saluda. It also offers its “Hour of Empowerment” call-in service...

Urbanna Baptist Church resumes in-person worship

Congregants coming together to praise God at 11 a.m.; will follow physical distancing guidelines, use masks Urbanna Baptist Church invites its members and folks in the community to join together for an in-person worship service at 121 Watling St....

More News