The Urbanna Baptist Church Women’s Missionary Union is hosting a yard sale Friday and Saturday, June 6 and 7, at the church and the adjacent Missions House, 121 Watling St., Urbanna.
A variety of items contributed by church members and others are available from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days. In addition, the deacons of the church are offering free hot dogs and chips beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Stop by to see what you’ve been missing. Everyone is welcome. For more information, call 804-758-2720.
New Hope Fellowship and Gloucester House will be conducting a health forum, “The Signs and Stages of Alzheimer’s and Caregiving: How It Affects Your Life,” on Saturday, June 21, at 11 a.m. The church is located at 11906 General Puller Highway in Hartfield.
Lunch will be served to those who register by June 13. To register, call the church at 804-776-7600 or email newhope2010@gmail.com.
Hermitage Baptist Church’s ages 3 through 17 vacation Bible school (VBS) is set for 6:30-8:30 p.m. nightly Sunday-Friday, June 22-27. Register before June 15 and receive a free VBS T-shirt. The church is located at 94 Ware’s Bridge Road in Church View. For information, call 804-758-2636.
The Men’s Fellowship of Make-A-Way and Deliverance Full Gospel Church, Urbanna, will have a prayer breakfast on Saturday, June 7, at 10 a.m. The Rev. Stanley Gresham will bring the Spoken Word. All are welcome.
For information, call Deacon Garland Carter at 804-695-6547.
Make-A-Way and De-
liverance Full Gospel Church, Urbanna, will have Men’s Day Sunday, June 8, at 3 p.m. Pastor Jonathan Mercer will present the Spoken Word along with his choir and church family of St. John Baptist Church.
For information, call Deacon Garland Carter at 804-695-6547.
Congregants at Lower United Methodist Church (LUMC) at 120 Lower Church Road in Hartfield invite everyone to join them this Sunday. Worship in their historic sanctuary is at 10:30 a.m.
Attend their Coffee Fellowship at 9:15 a.m. and Adult Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., both in the LUMC Fellowship Hall.
All are welcome to join them for a time of group prayer, every Wednesday at 4 p.m.
The community is invited to join LUMC for a free concert and hymn sing provided by former LUMC Organist Benjamin Garner. The time and date will be announced later.
For information, visit lowerumc.org.
Jamaica-based Union Shiloh Baptist Church Ushers Ministry anniversary celebration is set for 3 p.m. Sunday, June 8. The Angel View Baptist Church (New Kent County) Male Chorus will provide music.
Everyone is invited to share in fellowship with them.
For information, call 804-426-4352.
Union Shiloh Baptist Church congregants will celebrate the Jamaica church’s 156th anniversary on Sunday, June 15. The morning worship service will begin at 11 a.m. The message will be given by their pastor, Dr. Randolph Scott Sr.
A meal will be provided after the service and all are welcome to attend.
Deaconess Bernadette A. Robinson is the church clerk.
For information, call 804-418-0588.
Zion Hill Baptist Church, 10256 Indian Road, Gloucester, will have in-person worship service on Sunday, June 8, 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.
Bible study will be in recess for the summer.
The Women’s Ministry thanks all vendors, volunteers, D.A.R.E., and all who supported the Spring Fair last Saturday.
The theme this year of Harmony Grove Baptist Church’s (HGBC) annual vacation Bible school (VBS) is “True North, Trusting Jesus in a Wild World.” HGBC will host the program 5:30-8 p.m. June 8-12. Each evening’s fun will include a light dinner, games, crafts and music for children ages 4-12.
HGBC is located at 7722 General Puller Highway (Route 33) and the intersection with Greys Point Road (Route 3) in Harmony Village, near Topping. For information, call 804-758-5154 or visit vbspro.events/p/fa3724.
On Day One, the lesson will be “When We Wonder, We Can Trust Jesus.” Day Two, the lesson will be “When We Feel Alone, We Can Trust Jesus,” Day Three, the lesson will be “When We Feel Powerless, We Can Trust Jesus,” Day Four will feature “When We Need Hope, We Can Trust Jesus,” and the final day will feature “When We Need Help, We Can Trust Jesus.”
In keeping with this year’s theme, children are encouraged to dress up in the costume of their favorite outdoor/woods animal while attending VBS. The decorations for this year’s event are camp/outdoors/northern lights.
All children in Middlesex County ages 4-12 are welcome.
Immanuel Baptist Church, 317 Town Bridge Road, Saluda, will be the site of a commencement ceremony. It is set for 10 a.m. Saturday, June 7.
For information, call 804-758-4550.
All campers, community members and vacationers are invited to attend the Sunday, June 8, community worship service at Bethpage Camp-Resort at 9 a.m. The Rev. Paul Pleasants of Calvary Baptist Church in Saluda will be the speaker.
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 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.
Have you lost a spouse and are seeking support and coping skills during your time of grief and loss? An Urbanna Baptist Church (UBC) program to address this consists of a video presentation, group support, and a devotional and guide.
Program participants will meet 6:30-8 p.m. Mondays through June 23 at UBC Fellowship Hall. There is a $20 fee for registration (this includes a participant’s book). There are scholarships available for registration fees as well.
To register, call the UBC office at 804-758-2720 or email nellubcsecretary22@gmail.com.
The UBC Grief Share Ministry Team includes Nell Robinson, Diane Luttrell, Willard Hammond, Susan Fitch, Jane Folliard and Mavis Mangum.
“Please invite anyone that you feel will be blessed by this event,” an event rep urged.
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 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.
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.
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.
Catholic Church of the Visitation Knights of Columbus (KOC) is a not-for-profit organization with principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism. Donations it receives support Gloucester, Mathews, Northern Neck and Middlesex free health clinics, Virginians with Intellectual Disabilities, Veterans Services Golf Tournament, Families in Need, Hands Across Middlesex and Mathews, and the Father John Boddie Scholarship Fund.
Activities that provide funding include the Pancake Breakfast, Italian Feast, St. Pat’s Dinner, KOVAR Collection and Dave Marchant Golf Tournament.
Its members are active participants in many ministries, which include altar servers, choir members, collection counters, community leaders, eucharistic ministers, parish council members and ushers.
KOC meets at 5:15 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at Church of the Visitation at 8462 General Puller Highway (Route 33) in Topping. Each meeting starts with a rosary session. All are welcome!
For information, call KOC Grand Knight Al Langer at 804-815-1328.
(The deadline for submitting church brief items is 11 a.m. Tuesday for that week’s paper. Items are subject to editing and may be emailed to Editor@SSentinel.com. Please include a contact person’s name and phone number. Due to the volume of items received, the Sentinel cannot always run announcements from out-of-county churches.)
