Zion Branch Baptist Church’s homecoming celebration is set for 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27. The guest speaker will be Pastor Kevin Paige of Mount Nebo Baptist Church in Barhamsville.
Zion Branch’s tent revival is set for 7 p.m. nightly Monday-Friday, Aug. 28-Sept. 1. Revivalists for the week include: Monday, Pastor Peyton Waller, New St. John’s Baptist Church, Kilmarnock; Tuesday, the Rev. Dr. Randolph Scott, Shiloh Baptist Church, Jamaica; Wednesday, the Rev. Dr. Vincent Pryor, New Mount Zion Baptist Church, Gloucester; Thursday, the Rev. Dr. Walter Roy, St. Luke Baptist Church, Plum Point; Friday, the Rev. Arthur Roane, Escobrook Baptist Church, King & Queen County.
Bishop Dr. Carlton Johnson is Zion Branch’s senior pastor. Zion Branch is located at 224 Zion Branch Road in Saluda.
For information, email zionbranchsaludava@gmail.com.
Are you in grades six through 12? Do you like to have good clean fun playing water games, eating pizza and being with friends? Then you are invited and welcome to join Open House for Community Youth Group on Wednesday, Sept. 6, in the Zoar Baptist Church Fellowship Hall in Deltaville at 6-8 p.m.
Bring your parents and register for Wednesday Night Youth Group. They meet every Wednesday night through May 2024. The Pizza Party will follow registration, getting information about the group and meet and greet time! Parents are welcome to stay or may leave their teen to be picked up at 8 p.m.
Participants will be challenged to naming their group and come up with a logo by the end of September. The majority of the time they will be outside getting wet. Bring a towel, wear clothing that can get wet and soapy or wear a bathing suit under your clothing.
If you have any questions, call or text Cindi Adkins at 804-339-7274. In case of bad weather, there will be lots of fun indoor games.
Lower United Methodist Church (LUMC) at 120 Lower Church Road in Hartfield will have a time of faith and fellowship with its Coffee and Devotions program set for 9-9:30 a.m. Sunday in LUMC’s fellowship hall. Pastor Yosub’s sermon at the 10:30 a.m. worship service will be “Who Do You Say?”
Everyone is welcome to join LUMC each Wednesday for a time of group prayer beginning at 5 p.m.
For information, visit lowerumc.org.
Gloucester’s Zion Hill Baptist Church’s next in-person Sunday worship service is set for 10 a.m. Aug. 27. Pastor Eugene Comithier II will preach and his Male Chorus will sing. In-person Sunday school is set for 8:45 a.m.
Zion Hill will continue its annual revival today, Thursday, Aug. 24, with prayer and praise beginning at 7 p.m. followed by a worship service at 7:30 p.m. The guests include the Rev. Dr. Tremayne Johnson and his congregation from Zion Baptist Church in Newport News. The theme is, “Go Tell It,” from the Bible’s Mark 5:19.
For information, email mrt8wa@aol.com.
Philippi Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Deltaville has awarded eight deserving students scholarships for the 2023-2024 school year. This includes five first-time recipients and three renewals. The recipients are Josh Leggett of Hartfield; Carter Beam of Saluda; Madison Green of Jamaica; Grace Wynberry of Hartfield; and Lyndsey Hudson, Madeline Hurd, Callisto West and Alyssa Mitchem, all of Deltaville. The scholarships are funded by the church’s Brooks-Brainard Fund and the Mildred Barnes Fund.
“It is a great joy of Philippi Church to be able to help young people enhance their future through education,” a Philippi rep said.
Four adult groups meet to study the Bible book, Jeremiah, at 9:30 a.m. on Sundays through Zoar Baptist Church in Deltaville. Two adult groups meet on the shores of the Rappahannock River and Chesapeake Bay (bring your lawn chair) on Speck Avenue near Stingray Point. Two groups meet at Zoar Baptist Church, 17097 General Puller Highway, Deltaville.
Give Jeremiah a try and meet some new friends. “So will My Word be which goes out of My mouth; It will not return to Me void (useless, without result), Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. God’s word does not return void” (Isaiah 55:11 Amplified Version).
Come to Saluda Baptist Church (SBC) on Sunday for coffee fellowship at 9:45 a.m., Bible study at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. with special music by SBC’s choir.
SBC’s address is 960 General Puller Highway.
For information, email saludabc1@verizon.net
“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!”
For information, email ksnowday@gmail.com.
Located in Topping, Catholic Church of the Visitation’s prayer shawl ministry needs new knitters and crocheters! This loving ministry makes prayer shawls to demonstrate the physical support of the parish for those experiencing illness, grief or other difficulties, and for celebrating new life. Help can be provided for those wanting to learn and participate in this ministry.
Call Lynne Richardson at 571-239-0980 for information.
Catholic Church of the Visitation recycles cans, with profits going to church ministries. Bring your aluminum cans to the bin outside by the yard sale building.
The church is at 8462 General Puller Highway in Topping.
For information, call 804-758-5160
