Saturday, April 11, at 4 p.m., the ordination service of Deacon-Elect William Taylor and the consecration of Deaconess-Elect Barbara Taylor, will be conducted at Immanuel Baptist Church, Saluda. Pastor Jerome C. Spann Sr. of Blakely Baptist Church, Blakely, Pa., will deliver the ordination sermon.
Music will be by George Robinson and the Robins.
The Rev. Dr. John C. Wright Jr. is Immanuel’s pastor.
For information, call 804-758-4550.
Zion Branch Baptist Church of Saluda will have a chicken and pig feet dinner on Saturday, April 18, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The dinner location is the American Legion Post 241 meeting hall located at 76 Urbanna Road in Cooks Corner.
Pre-orders are accepted and must be made in advance and as soon as possible. You may place orders by calling Sharon Ackes at 757-903-1991 or Amos Ackes at 804-815-9255.
Zion Hill Baptist Church, 10256 Indian Road, Gloucester, will have in-person worship service on Sunday, April 12, 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 offered on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. via conference call. The conference call number is 978-990-5000 and the access code is 667896.
For information, email mrt8wa@aol.com.
Community members and Bethpage Camp-Resort campers are invited to come share the 9 a.m. Sunday, April 12, worship service at Bethpage’s amphitheater. Dress is casual. In case of inclement weather, the service will be conducted at Bethpage’s rally center.
Dr. Andrea Robinson of Zion Baptist Church, Cardinal, will speak this Sunday. Robinson is a graduate of Grace Bible College and Theological Seminary. She also has a doctoral degree in Christian Counseling. She has been a 21-year employee of Middlesex County Public Schools and also serves as the secretary of Urbanna Baptist Church. Dr. Robinson is the facilitator of the Grief Share program in Urbanna.
Music will be provided by Charles “Bunny” Dunlevy, a member of Urbanna United Methodist Church.
Feel free to contact Bob Fitch at 804-291-6434 or John Smith at 804-832-7561. This is the 45th spring-summer that Urbanna Baptist Church and Bethpage Camp-Resort have hosted a worship service.
Bethpage is located at 4685 Old Virginia St., just outside Urbanna.
Escobrook Baptist Church, 2430 Elsom Mascot Road (Highway 610), Shacklefords, will celebrate its 91st usher anniversary at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 19. The special guest will be Anthony Jones from Richmond.
For information, email brooks2511@verizon.net.
Christ Church Parish (Episcopal) at 56 Christchurch Lane in Christchurch welcomes everyone to attend services at 8 and 10:30 a.m. each Sunday. There is a coffee hour after each service. A nursery is provided during the 10:30 a.m. service.
On the second Sunday of each month, children pre-kindergarten through grade five are welcome to attend a Sunday school class (“Godly Play”) during the 10:30 a.m. service. They then join their parents for worship in the Church.
For information, email pammcclelland46@gmail.com.
Upcoming events at Saluda’s Immanuel Baptist Church include:
- Saturday, April 11, at 4 p.m. is the ordination service of Deacon-Elect William Taylor and the consecration of Deaconess-Elect Barbara Taylor. Pastor Jerome C. Spann Sr. of Blakely Baptist Church, Blakely, Pa., will deliver the ordination sermon. Music will be by George Robinson and the Robins. Light refreshments will be served following the service.
- Sunday, April 19, Pastor John C. Wright Jr. and First Lady Yinoris Wright will celebrate their eighth anniversary. The morning service will be at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Archie Comfort Jr., pastor of New Faith Fellowship, Richmond. Lunch will be served following the morning service. The 3 p.m. service will include the Rev. Darnell Comfort, pastor of Branch Fork Baptist Church, Spotsylvania. Pastor Comfort will be accompanied by his choir, ushers and congregation.
For information, call 804-758-4550.
Christ Church Parish (Episcopal) at 56 Christchurch Lane in Christchurch invites the community to come together on Friday, April 10, to celebrate spring at the “Swing into Spring” dinner/dance. Join them in the fellowship hall (6 to 10 p.m.) for a wonderful dinner, beverages, dancing, and socializing with old and new friends. Reservations are required before April 6. Call Tom Clarke (804-461-8366) if you wish to attend.
Participants are celebrating the start of Kilmarnock United Methodist Church’s Laundry Day Ministry.
Church members go to Speed Wash, 110 Irvington Road, Kilmarnock, three days each month to greet, talk with customers, help bring their laundry into the facility and pay for all laundry costs during the nine hours each month that they are present, reported Whitney Lang.
Thanks to the generous contributions of church members and later due to the receipt of a grant, the ministry has expanded from once each month to three times a month, impacting more than 231 people during the first year, said Lang.
The ministry has grown to include water and snacks, individual packets of detergent and coloring books and crayons for children who accompany their parents. The owner of the laundromat has been a part of this mission from its inception and has made these “laundry missionaries” welcome.
To support this mission, call 804-435-1797.
All Saints Anglican Catholic Church, at 48 New St. in Saluda, is a welcome refuge for many people of different faiths coming together for worship, praise, beautiful music, joyous fellowship and the enduring love of Jesus Christ. They practice a traditional liturgy from the Book of Common Prayer with sound theological and biblical teaching.
Share with us the Holy Communion service on Sundays at 11:15 a.m., which follows a 10 a.m. adult Bible study. Fellowship after the service is a wonderful coffee hour with friends.
On Wednesdays, they hold a noon lunch hour 30-minute Holy Communion service, which also includes prayers for the nation. You may bring a bag lunch and meet with friends after the service in the parish hall.
For information, call Father Jeff Johnson at 757-374-6724, email Frjeff.johnson@gmail.com or visit www.AllSaintsSaluda.com.
Forest Chapel United Methodist Church (FCUMC) at 330 Forest Chapel Road, Saluda, invites those looking for a friendly country church to join them on Sunday. The church service begins at 8:45 a.m. with Pastor John Dey bringing the gospel message.
The service is followed with a fellowship time with refreshments, coffee and heartfelt connections.
If you are looking for a small church with a big heart, come and join them — they would love to have you.
For information, email ecbeads@yahoo.com.
A weekly Bible study will be offered at the Middlesex County Public Library’s Urbanna branch. All denominations are welcome. It will meet Mondays 10:15-11:15 a.m.
For information, call 804-815-1170.
Catholic Church of the Visitation (COV) in Topping recurring events include:
- 8:30 a.m. Sundays — New Worship Area Rosary (Cindy Jessee).
- 9:30-10:30 a.m. first Thursday of the month — Adoration (Cindy Jessee).
- 9:30 a.m. second Monday of the month — Visitation Singers (Carol McCormack).
- 5:15 p.m. third Wednesday of the month — Knights of Columbus meeting (Al Langer).
- 1 p.m. second and fourth Monday of the month — Shawl Ministry (Sandi Delagrange).
- 9 a.m. first Friday of the month (other weeks 9:45 a.m. Thursdays) — COV Gals (Louise Petralia/Eileen O’Brien).
- TBA second Thursday of the month — Liturgy Meeting (Noelle Harvey).
For information, email office@COVTopping.org.
Make-A-Way Church, 100 Flats Road, Urbanna, is now starting its Sunday morning program with a 9 a.m. 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!
“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.
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.
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.
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.
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