Harmony Grove Baptist Church (HGBC) will welcome Santa and friends to a free breakfast of pancakes, sausage with a beverage on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. HGBC is located at 7722 General Puller Highway in Harmony Village (near Topping).
In order to get an accurate number of attendees, please call 804-758-5154, or email secretaryharmonygrove@ breezeline.net Tuesdays through Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Please come and enjoy a free breakfast, community fellowship and some holiday fun to support the children in the Middlesex County area. A photo opportunity with Santa will be available during the breakfast.
Harmony Grove Baptist Church is again serving as a collection point for Middlesex County Toys For Tots this Christmas season, so if possible, please donate new, unwrapped toys to the drive for our children. The collection box is located in the HGBC Fellowship Hall. All toys are then sent to the Middlesex Social Services for distribution locally. The collection deadline is Dec. 12.
Through the first week of December, they will also take up a monetary collection for the teenage boys and girls of Middlesex County. So often, teens are overlooked during this season of giving or it’s difficult to provide what teens like so monetary gifts for teens are needed. Please write your check to Harmony Grove Baptist Church and mark your contribution with “Teens Only.”
“Let’s make sure our children and teens can have a truly blessed Christmas,” a Harmony Grove spokesman said.
Christ Church Parish (Episcopal) Advent dinners are on Wednesdays, Dec. 10 and 17, at 5:30 p.m. in the Christ Church Fellowship Hall. These informal gatherings are open to all.
This year, Christ Church Parish will decorate a tree for the Urbanna Festival of Trees on Dec. 6, adding to the town’s festive display.
For information, email pammcclelland46@gmail.com.
Congregants at Lower United Methodist Church (LUMC) at 120 Lower Church Road, Hartfield, invite everyone to join them this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. for their traditional worship service in their historic sanctuary when they will observe the second Sunday of Advent.
Adult Sunday school is offered Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. in the LUMC Fellowship Hall, preceded by Coffee Fellowship beginning at 9:15 a.m. LUMC’s women’s choral ensemble, Wellspring, meets Monday at 6 p.m.; and at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, their handbell choir, Embellish, will practice.
The community is invited to stop by LUMC Fellowship Hall Wednesdays from 7:30 to 9 a.m. for free coffeehouse drinks.
The LUMC United Women in Faith will meet Wednesday, Dec. 10 for their Christmas Luncheon meeting. All are invited to a time of group prayer every Wednesday at 4 p.m.
For information, visit, lowerumc.org.
Zion Hill Baptist Church, 10256 Indian Road, Gloucester, will have in-person worship service on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 11 a.m. The Rev. Irene Goins of St. Paul Baptist Church, Jamaica, will preach and the Senior 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 (access code 667896).
The magic of Christmas music opens the 2025 season with concerts by the Chesapeake Chorale.
“Christmas Memories” will be presented at St. Clare Walker Middle School, 6814 General Puller Highway, Locust Hill, on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 3 p.m.
The chorale is a community group whose members live in several area counties; all funds from concert ticket sales are donated to school music programs in those counties.
Tickets are $10, and can be purchased from Country Cottage in White Stone, from Pearl Boutique and Chesapeake Bank in Kilmarnock, and at the door.
