Press "Enter" to skip to content

Church News

Special services set by local churches (8/20/2025) - Antioch Baptist The Rev. Julia Forrest will preach at 11 a.m. Sunday at Antioch Baptist Church, Susan. A special church meeting will be held from 6-7 p.m. Friday. Zoom Bible…
mathews clean water for everyone kingston 4th clean water site (8/20/2025) - Clean Water for Everyone and Kingston Parish Episcopal Church have worked together to establish a fourth site in Mathews where anyone can access clean, fresh water, free of charge. This…
church bethany Eliana Fountain Fountain named Youth Ministries Director at Bethany UMC (8/20/2025) - Eliana (“Ellie”) Fountain is the new Director of Children’s and Youth Ministries at Bethany United Methodist Church, Gloucester Point. The Gloucester High School graduate is a member of Emmanuel UMC…
Special services and events announced by local churches (8/13/2025) - Antioch Baptist Antioch Baptist Church, Susan, will have Homecoming celebrations this weekend. A Gospel concert will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday with singers from Gloucester, Mathews and Tappahannock. There…
church mathews baptist VBS Mathews Baptist VBS (8/13/2025) - Mathews Baptist Church, Hudgins, continues its Vacation Bible School this week. Among those taking part in the fun are, from left, Claire Kramer, Abby Givens, Emma Wiant, Kayliana Glenn, Caroline…
church of the living word Baptism in the York (8/13/2025) - Church of the Living Word, Hayes, held a baptism service in the York River at Gloucester Point Beach, on Sunday, Aug. 3. Pictured from left are Assistant Pastor Melvin Epps,…
church mathews chapel Acolytes at Mathews Chapel (8/13/2025) - Acolytes at the Sunday service in Mathews Chapel United Methodist Church, Cobbs Creek, on Sunday were, from left, Roanin Leigh (10) and Phoenix Leigh (9), both of Mechanicsville.
Youth night to be held on Aug. 20 at Grace Covenant (8/6/2025) - Churches throughout the region have been meeting over the summer to find ways to encourage the middle and high school youth of the community to become more involved in their…
Church services, special events announced (8/6/2025) - Antioch Baptist, Susan The Rev. Julia Forrest will speak at 11 a.m. Sunday in Antioch Baptist Church, Susan. The service will also be on Facebook Live at weareantioch1869. Zoom Bible…
Churches announce special services, events (7/30/2025) - Antioch Baptist, Susan The Rev. Rev. Julia Forrest will speak at 11 a.m. Sunday in Antioch Baptist Church, Susan. The service will also be on Facebook Live at weareantioch1869. Zoom…
gloucester or church lemonade stand Anthem LemonAide (7/30/2025) - Shepherdsville Baptist Church manned an Anthem LemonAide stand on July 19 in front of the Gloucester Food Lion, raising over $500, putting the squeeze on childhood cancer and supporting the…
gloucester rural housing and st therese Church volunteers (7/30/2025) - Lily Linsmeyer, Kyle Hudson, and Wyatt Linsmeyer, youth members of St. Therese Roman Catholic Church in Gloucester, from right, volunteered recently to help deliver food from the Bread for Life…
Churches announce special events, services (7/23/2025) - Antioch Baptist, Susan The Rev. Sean Cummings of Friendship Baptist Church, Newport News, will speak at 11 a.m. Sunday in Antioch Baptist Church, Susan. The service will also be on…
church library appreciation breakfast Appreciation breakfast (7/23/2025) - Tommie Thompson and members of her Bible study group provided breakfast for staff at Gloucester County Public Library during its recent monthly staff meeting. Shown, seated from left, are breakfast…
Locust Grove Church to hold ‘On the Case’ VBS Aug. 4-8 (7/23/2025) - Locust Grove Church will hold its “On the Case” Vacation Bible School the evenings of Aug. 4-8 at the church in Dutton. From 6-7:45 each night, with dinner provided, children…
church mathews chapel New members (7/23/2025) - Mathews Chapel United Methodist Church, Cobbs Creek, welcomed new members Jeannie and Dan Corey of Mathews on Sunday. Pictured, from left, are Worship Team members John Russell and Willis Ann…
Services, special events set by local churches (7/16/2025) - Antioch Baptist, Susan The Rev. Julia Forrest will speak at 11 a.m. Sunday in Antioch Baptist Church, Susan. The service will also be on Facebook Live at weareantioch1869. Zoom Bible…
church bethel baptist rgb Bethel Baptist to celebrate 158th anniversary Sunday (7/16/2025) - Gloucester County’s second oldest African American congregation will celebrate 158 years of serving the Lord this week. The historic Bethel Baptist Church, established in 1867, will hold its anniversary worship…
church zion poplars 159th anniversary (7/16/2025) - Zion Poplars Baptist Church, Gloucester, will celebrate its 159th anniversary with special services on Sunday.
Services and events set by local churches (7/9/2025) - Abingdon Episcopal Abingdon Episcopal Church, White Marsh, will hold Sunday service at 9:30 a.m. during July and August.Episcopalians Celebrating Outside (ECO) will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at the…
church mission trip Q24 Ministry (7/9/2025) - Q24 Ministry, a local nonprofit religious organization, recently took a trip to Avery, N.C., to help with cleanup work after last year’s Hurricane Helene. Team members Amy Coates, Joy Drummond,…
church abingdon Meals on Wheels for July 4 (7/9/2025) - On the July 4 holiday, volunteers gathered at Abingdon Episcopal Church in White Marsh on Friday to assemble and deliver meals to 80 homebound residents of Gloucester. Parishioners donated food…
church ware junior choir 1959 Who knows? (7/9/2025) - This photo is made from a negative with “Ware Junior Choir 1959” written on the exterior. So far we have not been able to find the photo used in the…
church of the living word Foreman new pastor at Church of the Living Word (7/2/2025) - Pastor Tiffany M. Foreman is the new pastor at Church of the Living Word in Hayes, effective Sunday, July 6. She is a dedicated servant of God from Hampton, born…
church peniel closing doors 1 Peniel Church closes after 105 years as pastor retires (7/2/2025) - Thirty-eight years after he began his ministry at Peniel Evangelical Friends Church in Onemo, Pastor Tom Steel has retired, and with his retirement this past Sunday, the doors of the…

Subscribe to Receive Weekly Updates and Announcements