Deacon Recognition Day (12/13/2023) - Antioch Baptist Church, Susan, recognized its deacons on Sunday with poinsettias. Pictured from left are Gloria Carter accepting for Deacon John Jackson, Lorraine Forrest accepting for Deacons Helen Forrest and… …
A candle for Peace (12/13/2023) - The Brooks family recently lit the candle for Peace at Singleton United Methodist Church, Schley. Young Emmett Brooks’s hand reaches up to light the candle. Other family members shown during… …
Making Christmas bright (12/13/2023) - Every Christmas, the parishioners of the Church of Francis de Sales, Mathews, donates gifts for senior citizens at the Mathews Senior Center. Shown above, from left, are Parish Outreach Committee… …Services and other activities announced by local churches (12/6/2023) - Services and other activities in churches this week include the following: Antioch Baptist The Rev. Sean B. Cummings of Friendship Baptist Church, Newport News, will be guest preacher at 11… …
Family Fun Night (12/6/2023) - Beulah Church of New Point hosted Family Fun Night on Friday with Saint Paul Comfort Church. Children pictured with Santa include, seated from left, Aria Helbig, Joseph Helbig, Emmett Newsome,… …Bethlehem UMC to present Christmas program on Dec. 17 (12/6/2023) - Bethlehem United Methodist Church, Bena, will present its annual Christmas program, “Carols at Bethlehem 2023,” at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 17. The program will include seasonal music and readings… …
Edloe explores history, future of Rural Black Church in new book (12/6/2023) - A new book, “Restoring the Glory: Breathing New Life into the Rural Black Church,” explores the rich history, profound legacy, and uncertain future of this vital institution. It was written… …
Down East Boys (12/6/2023) - The Down East Boys will be in concert at 7 p.m. Friday in Beech Grove Baptist Church, Hayes. Members of the quartet are, from left, Ricky Carden, Cayden Howell, Alex… …
Singleton angels (12/6/2023) - Singleton United Methodist Church, Schley, is celebrating the 21st year of the annual illumination of angels, now at 115. The children helped Lester Sterling, at left, illuminate one angel in… …First Sunday of Advent (12/6/2023) - Charlotte, Tristan and Caleb McGlohn, from left, participated in lighting the first candle of Advent during the Sunday service at Singleton United Methodist Church, Schley. The candle is called the… …
Thanksgiving bounty (11/29/2023) - CHARLIE KOENIG / GAZETTE-JOURNAL These local churches welcomed the public to bountiful feasts on Thanksgiving Day. Upper left, Living Waters Church, Dutton, served everyone a menu of turkey, ham, stuffing,… …
Baptism (11/29/2023) - The Church of the Living Word held a baptism service at Gloucester Point Beach in the York River on Sunday, Nov. 19. Pictured from left are Pastor-Select McKinley Miller, Lennox… …
Loaves and Britches Ministry (11/29/2023) - On Nov. 14, the Loaves and Britches Ministry at Bellamy United Methodist Church, Gloucester, provided frozen turkeys and pies along with boxes of non-perishable food to area residents for Thanksgiving.… …Plentiful harvest reported at Soles (11/21/2023) - 110 YEARS AGOThursday, Nov. 20, 1913from the Mathews Journal If there is a favored spot in dear old Mathews, it must be the country around Soles, for our barns are… …
Services and other activities announced by local churches (11/21/2023) - Services and other activities in churches this week include the following: Antioch Baptist The Rev. Sean B. Cummings of Friendship Baptist Church, Newport News, will be the guest preacher at… …
Homecoming service held for Indian Road Chapel (11/21/2023) - The Indian Road Chapel celebrated its homecoming service at New Mount Zion Baptist Church on Saturday, Nov. 11. Trustee Ernest Spencer of Zion Hill Baptist Church served as worship leader.… …
Honoring vets (11/21/2023) - A specially made cake adorned with the emblems of the Armed Services branches was served at a Nov. 12 recognition luncheon at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Gloucester, for the veterans… …
St. Therese twins with Haitian community (11/21/2023) - The Church of St. Therese, Main Street, Gloucester, has twinned with a community in Haiti to provide financial support to Saint Joseph of Losabeilles Elementary School. “This is a totally… …
Family Fun Night (11/21/2023) - Beulah and St. Paul United Methodist churches in Mathews host Family Fun Night the second Friday of every month. All are welcome. This month, the group made pinecone turkeys in… …
Tree trunk at Abingdon transformed into St. Francis (11/21/2023) - While Abingdon Episcopal Church lost a tree, it gained something else—a unique carved statue of St. Francis. The project began when the White Marsh church lost a large water oak… …
Recognition (11/21/2023) - Members of Saint Paul United Methodist Church, Susan, dressed in pink on Sunday, Oct. 28, in honor and support of breast cancer and all cancer patients. The Rev. Dede Parrish,… …Holiday Calendar: Church (11/21/2023) - Thursday, Nov. 23 Breakfast Singleton United Methodist Church, Ware Neck, will hold a Thanksgiving breakfast at 8 a.m. today. Services St James On-the-Glebe Anglican Church, Gloucester, will hold a traditional… …
Praises & Pie (11/21/2023) - Newington Baptist Church, Gloucester, has a busy holiday schedule this season, including its Praises & Pie and church decorating night, which will take place this year on Sunday at 6… …
Grace Covenant to hold cantata Dec. 10 (11/21/2023) - Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Main Street, Gloucester, will present its Christmas cantata, “A New & Glorious Morn,” on Dec. 10 at 4 p.m. The composer is Lloyd Larsen, a musician… …
Singleton angels (11/21/2023) - Angel cutouts will once again adorn the property at Singleton United Methodist Church in Ware Neck. …