Lower United Methodist Church (LUMC) in Hartfield is set to host a delightful, covered dish dinner on Wednesday, June 21, featuring a special visit from a group of Cambodian missionaries. Congregants and community members are invited to join this unique experience, fostering cultural exchange and fellowship.
The event, which will take place at 5:30 p.m. in LUMC’s fellowship hall, aims to celebrate diversity and inclusivity of the church community, while promoting unity and understanding among its members and the wider community. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet the visiting Cambodian missionaries, learn about their experiences, and gain insights into their culture.
All members of the community are welcome to attend. For more information and to RSVP, please contact the church office at 804-776-6250.
LUMC invites everyone to join them for worship this Sunday when they will recognize high school graduates. Pastor Yosub’s sermon will be “Trusting the Unknown.”
The Martha-Sarah Circle of the United Women in Faith will meet 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 13, in LUMC’s fellowship hall. All are welcome to join them 5-6 p.m. every Wednesday for a time of group prayer.
Men at Make-A-Way and Deliverance Full Gospel Baptist Church, which is located at 100 Flats Road in Urbanna, will host a prayer breakfast on Saturday, June 17, at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Stanley Gresham will preach at the event.
Come out and help lift up Jesus. Also bring your classic car, motorcycle or bicycle.
Lunch will be served and all are invited.
Men at Make-A-Way and Deliverance Full Gospel Baptist Church will host their annual Men’s Day celebration at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 11. The guest pastor delivering The Word will be Apostle Russell Smith from Macedonia Baptist Church in Center Cross, along with his Men’s Choir. All are invited to attend.
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There will be an Urbanna Baptist Church (UBC) Missions-benefit yard sale 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, June 10, at UBC at 121 Watling St. Proceeds will help support Operation Christmas Child and Hope for Appalachia.
Info: 804-512-9421
A patriotic/military-themed Urbanna golf cart parade is set for Friday, June 23. Line-up is set for 4:30 p.m. sharp in the parking lot of Urbanna Baptist Church at 121 Watling St.
If you have room to let a veteran ride in your cart with you, call Maribel at 804-577-1122. To register for the parade, email m.kimble@urbanna.gov.
The carts will parade from the church through Urbanna and arrive at the Urbanna firehouse around 5 p.m. to dedicate a military banner.
Universalist Fellowship of the Rappahannock (UUFR) church will have a UUFR children’s lemonade and baked goods stand in front of the Tri-Star Supermarket in Kilmarnock on Saturday, June 10 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Proceeds will benefit Garfield’s Rescue Inc., a community program to help cats. Garfield’s Rescue has placed nearly 2,000 cats in “fur-ever” homes, among many other ways that they serve cats and the community.
If your child would like to help with this lemonade stand, or with other UUFR children’s service projects in the future, call Belinda Gaskins at 804-577-7974.
Zion Hill Baptist Church at 10256 Indian Road in Gloucester will have an in-person worship service at 10 a.m. Sunday, June 11. Pastor Eugene Comithier II will preach and his Youth Choir will sing.
In-person Sunday school is offered at 8:45 a.m.
Info: mrt8wa@aol.com.
The Very Reverend Gerry Kaggwa, pastor of Catholic Church of the Visitation in Topping, has been reassigned to Blessed Sacrament Parish in Norfolk, effective July 1. “We are truly saddened by Father’s announced departure,” read a notice in the church’s June 4 bulletin. “We were blessed to have had his presence among us these past seven years and will cherish our memories of him and the legacy he left us, a new worship area. Many questions exist; his replacement’s background, a farewell gathering, his last Mass with us, and the introduction of our new pastor. We will answer them as we get them. For the moment, in our sadness, wish Father well as he moves on to a new challenge and pray for him and the well being of our parish.”
“We’re going down to the river, down to the river, down to the river to pray,” said a Zoar Baptist Church rep paraphrasing part of a song created by David Silverberg, Jordan Feliz and Colby Wedgeworth. Zoar Baptist Church began its annual 8 a.m. “beach” worship last month and it will continue through Sept. 3. All in all, there will be more than a dozen opportunities to worship near where the Rappahannock River meets the Chesapeake Bay at Stingray Point.
“Come experience a slice of heaven when the rays of the sun gently break through the pines under a clear blue sky, with white billowy clouds,” reads a Zoar news release. “You may even get to see dolphins breaking the surface of the water or sailboat mainsails catching the wind.”
You are invited to join Zoar Baptist Church congregants at their “beach” worship. Take General Puller Highway (Route 33) east through Deltaville toward Stingray Point and turn onto Speck Avenue where the special outdoor worship area is located. You can tune your FM car radio to 100.7 or, perhaps a better choice, bring your lawn chair and sit under the pines. “Come on down to the river to pray,” a Zoar rep said. “See you there!”
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