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Zoar now offering beachside services

Zoar Baptist Church officially begins its summer beach services on Sunday, May 24, Memorial Day weekend. Weeks prior, Zoar congregants were using their beach property at Deltaville’s Stingray Point to offer drive-in church services. Last week was the first...

Greater Grace has in-car worship

The pastors and leaders of Greater Grace Baptist  Church cordially  invite you to their Sunday drive-through worship service. It is set for 11 a.m. Sunday, May 24, in the church’s  parking lot. Due to the Centers for Disease Control’s cornovavirus...

Church of Visitation cancels golf classic 

After consideration of issues with the COVID-19 virus and concern for the safety of participants, Catholic Church of The Visitation has announced cancellation of the Fr. John Boddie Memorial Golf Classic scheduled for June 26. The church is grateful for...

Middlesex Co. churches hosting “Hands” food distribution events

With the help of so many of its neighbors and friends, Hands Across Middlesex has continued to provide distributions to all its existing clients and to serve an ever-increasing number of new clients. As more and more neighbors come...

“Honor your father and mother”

If we are going to build communities that honor Jesus within our culture, then believers have to instruct children to honor parents. The next step is to appropriately discipline any failure to show respect. One important way to teach...

Some Catholic churches re-opening at half capacity

by Bishop Michael Burbidge -  From updates provided by state officials, we are preparing to enter Phase 1 of reintegrating back to normal operations. While this is not full reintegration of our normal lives, it is a step forward, as...

Urbanna Baptist Church WMU members make masks to slow spread of COVID-19

by Tom Chillemi -  Nellie Fields of Saluda has sewn all of her life. She used to make clothes for herself and her children. “Back in those days you had to do it,” she said. Her words ring true these days....

Christchurch School is inviting community to hang prayer flags

Christchurch School faculty and their families have strung prayer flags over the school’s white fence along General Puller Highway in Middlesex County. The flags are meant to serve as a colorful expression of love and concern for all affected...

It’s heroic nowadays to just show up to work at nursing home or market

An extremely unscientific poll of my three 20-something children reveals that they know little or nothing about the 1981 Oscar winning movie “Chariots of Fire.” My guess is that most Americans younger than 40 would say the same. For...

Philippi Christian Church offers pair of scholarships

Philippi Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Deltaville offers two sources of funds for annual scholarships to Middlesex County students based on need and achievement.       The Mildred Barnes Scholarship is available to students in high school or...

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