You are invited to Sunday worship at Bethpage Camp-Resort near Urbanna. All campers and community folks are invited to join for worship this Sunday, June 5, at Bethpage Camp-Resort. The service will be offered in the Bethpage amphitheater at 9 a.m. If the weather does not allow outdoor worship, the service will be moved to the Bethpage rally center.
A Middlesex County-based praise and worship band, Jubal, will provide music.
The Rev. Bruce Johnson, pastor of Urbanna United Methodist Church, will share God’s Word.
For information, email John Smith at jfsmith4@verizon.net.
Harmony Grove Baptist Church will present a contemporary service at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 10. There will be praise and worship.
The church is located at 7722 General Puller Highway, at the intersection of Routes 3 and 33.
All are welcome to attend and bring a friend.
For information, email thekennons@va.metrocast.net.
The Women’s Missionary Union (WMU) of Urbanna Baptist Church (UBC) will host a household items sale to benefit mission outreach from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, June 4, on the grounds of the UBC Mission House at 131 Watling St. in Urbanna. (It is next door to UBC.) “Don’t hesitate to come early!” said a WMU rep.
There will be a large variety of items, including housewares, yard goods and clothing. All items are in good repair. Donations will be accepted and 100% will be used to support Operation Christmas Child and HOPE for Appalachia.
For information, call Diane Luttrell at 804-758-5568.
A bluegrass gospel music concert fundraiser for New Hope Memorial Baptist Church in Shacklefords is coming up. It features Mechanicsville-based Solid Rock and is intended to help with rebuilding New Hope, which was destroyed in a fire. The concert is set for 2 p.m. Sunday, June 12, at Saluda Baptist Church.
All donations collected that day will go toward this cause. If you would like to donate and cannot attend the concert, you may send a check to New Hope Memorial Baptist Church, 17623 New Hope Road, Shacklefords, VA 23156. Designate “building fund” on the memo line of check.
“Come join us for an afternoon of gospel music and fellowship!” said a spokesman for the event.
For information, visit lar8lc@aol.com.
You can get your motorcycle or car blessed during a special blessing event set for 10 a.m. Saturday, June 11 at Make-A-Way and Deliverance Full Gospel Church at 100 Flats Road in Urbanna. The church’s Men’s Ministry is coordinating the event. Come on out and enjoy yourselves and be a blessing to the Lord.
On Sunday, June 12, the church’s Men’s Ministry will host its Men’s Day event. The morning preacher at 11 a.m. will be Apostle Dr. Jesse Ransom and the afternoon preacher at 3 p.m. will be Pastor Jonathan Mercer from St. Johns Baptist Church in Tappahannock.
All are invited to attend.
For information, email truestar89@earthlink.net.
More than 12 million people are believed to have fled their homes in Ukraine since the conflict with Russia began, according to the United Nations. The Ukrainians need help and Middlesex County residents can do their part.
Please attend the special benefit concert set for 4 p.m. Sunday, June 5, in the sanctuary of Urbanna United Methodist Church at 221 Marston Ave. in Urbanna. The concert will feature music by the Christian band Jubal, George Robinson, his Gospel Robins and Beth Justice.
Urbanna United Methodist Church (UUMC) at 221 Marston Ave. (at Cross Street) now has outdoor Sunday worship beginning at 11 a.m.
“We will meet in the church prayer garden or under the large shade tree, depending on the heat,” the Rev. Bruce Johnson, UUMC pastor, told the Sentinel. “In the event of rain we will move back indoors. All are welcome to join us.”
For information, call 804-758-5308.
Members of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Church of the Rappahannock will offer special drum circles 3-5 p.m. on the third Sunday of each month through October at Kilmarnock Town Centre Park. All are welcome — be sure to bring your percussion instruments. Drums will be provided to share.
For information, call Belinda at 804-577-7974.
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