INSIDE: Section B LocalLife www.rrecord.com April 26, 2012 Rappahannock Record Kilmarnock, VA T he Rappahannock Foun- dation for the Arts will close its On Stage 2011–12 concert season with Grammy award-winner David Holt and The Lightning Bolts at 7:30 p.m. May 5 at the Lan- caster Middle School Theater in Kilmarnock. The On Stage series has been sponsored by Bay Trust and Bank of Lancaster and this con- cert is sponsored by Holiday Inn Express, said RFA vice presi- dent Julie Geier. Tickets may be purchased at rappahannock- foundation.org, or 435-0292. Every young man dreams of a life of adventure. In 1968, David Holt found his life’s journey in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, explained Geier. With a passion to become an old-time banjo player, he trav- eled to remote mountain com- munities like Kingdom Come, Ky., and Sodom Laurel, N.C., searching for the best tradi- tional musicians. Holt found hundreds of old-time mountaineers with a wealth of folk music, stories and wisdom. There was banjo- ist Wade Mainer, ballad singer Dellie Norton, singing coal miner Nimrod Workman, and 122-year-old washboard player Susie Brunson, continued Geier. Holt learned to play banjos and many unusual instruments like More than 120 volunteers have positioned thousands of items throughout YMCA Camp Kekoka for quick sale during the 24th annual Grace Church yard sale on May 5. The camp is at the end of Boys Camp Road a half-mile south of Kilmarnock. In only four hours, from 8 a.m. to noon, Grace plans to sell over $50,000 in merchan- dise for return to the Northern Neck community through vari- ous organizations, said chairman Bill Spicuzza. “Not one penny goes to the church,” said Spicuzza. “Our outreach committee carefully reviews grant requests from many organizations, and all funds are distributed within three weeks. Last year there were more than a dozen requests totaling over $80,000 and we were able to sup- port almost one-half of the total requested. This year’s requests have already exceeded 2011.” “Our goal is to exceed last year’s record sales, and we have been fortunate to receive qual- ity donations from throughout the community,” added outreach committee chairman Brownie Watkins. the mouth bow, the bottleneck slide guitar and even the paper bag. For over three decades, his pas- sion for traditional music and cul- ture has fueled a successful per- forming and recording career. He has earned four Grammy Awards and performed and recorded with many of his mentors including Doc Watson, Grandpa Jones, Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, Roy Acuff and Chet Atkins. Holt is well-known for his tele- vision and radio series. He is host of public television’s “Folkways,” a North Carolina program that takes the viewer through the Southern Mountains visiting traditional craftsmen and musicians. He also hosts the PBS series “Great Scenic Railway Journeys.” Today Holt tours the coun- try performing solo, with Doc Watson and with his band The Lightning Bolts—Laura Boosinger, Josh Goforth, Jeff Hersk and Byron Hedgepeth. The On Stage 2012–13 season will open September 30 with a performance by Cantus and continues with presenta- tions by the Capitol Steps, Quartetto Gelato, the Virginia Symphony Jazz Ensemble and Steep Canyon Rangers. Ticket information may be found at rappahannockfounda- tion.org. In this boaters’ paradise called The Neck, there is another kind of “sale-ing regatta” that happens each spring. A “state of the art” char- ity yard sale captained by Grace Episcopal Church in Kilmarnock is a mission activity of Christian stewardship and “Love thy Neighbor.” The yard sale is a “department store” of affordable wares from the pretty to the practical. This tidal wave of charity benefits many community organiza- tions. Even after providing a fun family day, complete with lunch on the grill and socializing with neighbors, the church workers meticu- lously honor any donations still remaining. Layers of effort are made to maximize each gift contributed. Sev- eral ministry groups gather the “gleanings” for additional fundraisers and resources. During cleanup, the excess bits are hauled to recycling centers. Every measure is taken to honor both the donations and God’s cre- ation. The entire operation is a thing of beauty. Hoist the flag of appreciation for the Good Ship Grace Church and a boat-load of fun at their yard sale-ing regatta for charity the first Sat- urday of May. AREA EVENTS Pianist Ruskin Cooper will per- form the Beethoven Piano Con- certo No. 3 with the Northern Neck Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Sat- urday, April 28, at the Lancaster Middle School Theater in Kilmar- nock. The full orchestra also will present the Overture No. 3, the “Leonore,” and Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major. Tickets are $20. Students will be admitted free. Tickets may be pur- chased at 438-5225, or nnorches- tra.org/tickets. Chesapeake Academy will hold its 35th annual auction at 6 p.m. May 5 on the Rowe Campus in Irvington. Patrons will have an opportunity to bid on a variety of items through silent and live auc- tions. There will be a raffle to win a boat, food, drink and entertain- ment. Tickets are $100. To pur- chase tickets, call Chesapeake Academy at 438-5575. The Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern Foundation will host a Kentucky Derby Infield Party from 3 to 7 p.m. May 5 at Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern in Heathsville. Enjoy bluegrass, an open bar featuring mint juleps, food and an auction. The fee is $35. To pur- chase tickets, call 580-3377. An indoor yard sale to ben- efit Irvington Baptist Church summer youth mission programs will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 5 in the church fellowship hall at 53 King Carter Drive in Irvington. The Friends of the Library at Rappahannock Community Col- lege will hold their annual meet- ing at 5:30 p.m. May 4 at Belle Mount Vinyard in Warsaw. This will include a wine and cheese reception with author Brad Parks who will have his third Carter Ross mystery availiable. The fee is $20 per person at the door. The Bena music series will con- tinue with Tokyo Rosenthal at 8 p.m. May 5 at Bena Country Store at 8835 Guinea Road in Hayes. Tickets are $15 for adults, $7.50 for ages 13 to 18 and college stu- dents with ID. To reserve seats, call 757-404-3416, or email tick- [email protected]. Future shows include The Steel Wheels on May 26, Stephen Ben- nett on July 7, Will Kimbrough on September 8, Angela Easterling on September 22, Shane Cooley on November 17 and The Honey Dewdrops on December 1. Northern Neck Connection is calling all nonprofits, churches, schools and government agencies to participate in a Community Resource Forum at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, at the Lancaster Community Library in Kilmar- nock. Bring ideas for how Northern Neck Connection can be more effective in building capacity among nonprofits and support- ing the community. Also bring a brown bag lunch. Drinks and des- sert will be provided. The United Methodist Women of Emmanuel United Method- ist Church in Morattico will host a spaghetti dinner at the church from 5 to 7 p.m. May 4. The menu will include spaghetti with meatballs, tossed salad, Ital- ian bread and desserts. Carry- outs will be available. Donations accepted. White Stone United Methodist Church will sponsor a yard sale/ bake sale from 8 a.m. to noon May 5 in the church parking lot. Fees will be $20 for a 12-by-12- foot space. Tables are $5 each. Spaces must be reserved and paid for by May 1. Reservation forms may be obtained from WSUMC or the White Stone Methodist Thrift Shop. The Northern Neck chapters of the Virginia Master Naturalists (VMN) and the Virginia Native Plant Society (VNPS) are local hosts for the fourth annual Vir- ginia Invasive Plant Removal Day May 5 in Lancaster County. “Able-bodied volunteers are needed to help with the removal of nonnative plants that are displac- ing our native flora and degrad- ing our natural ecosystems,” said VNPS publicity chairman Judy Lang. Eradication activities will focus on the invasive tree of heaven beginning at 10 a.m. May 5 at Belle Isle State Park. Paul Bill- ings of the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation will lead the project. Helpers will be served lunch at noon, courtesy of the VMN. Invasive English ivy will be removed from 1 to 3 p.m. at Chil- ton Woods State Forest on Field Trail Road. Virginia Department of Forestry technician Mike Aher- ron will lead the project. Volunteers are urged to join the effort for the morning, the after- noon, or both events. For directions, call Earline Walker at 529-9362. The Woman’s Club of White Stone will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 2, at the club- house. Judy LeHardy will share her sailing experiences. Judy and her husband, Ward, sailed around the world in their 39-foot cutter, Cormorant, from 1991 until 1996, according to Ginger Philbrick. The inspiration for the voyage began when Ward was a 7-year- old and his father was killed in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. At that young age he dreamed to someday go to the South Pacific by sailboat. They are both from Navy families and had learned to sail in their teens…Judy in Norfolk and Barnegat Bay, N.J., and Ward in Coronado, Calif. They married in 1956 and spent the next 32 years in the Army set- ting up 28 different households along the way. They settled in Fredericksburg in 1988 upon Ward’s retirement, and three years later began this five-year adventure. During their voyage, the LeHardys crossed three oceans and many seas, faced storms, forged many new friendships, and anchored in fascinating places. Their total route covered 33,000 miles and 66 countries or major island groups. They wrote a book, Once Around, and produced a DVD about their trip, which some have called a “spiritual adven- ture.” In 1998, they moved to Kil- marnock where Judy is active in the Rappahannock Music Study Club and the Visitation Min- istry at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church. The LeHardys have four mar- ried children and 10 grandchil- dren. The Reedville Fishermen’s Museum will host “Remembering Reedville–A Salute to the Women” at 7 p.m. May 7 at Festival Halle in Reedville. The presentation marks the final installment in the 2012 Spring Lecture Series. A $5 dona- tion is requested. Last year we heard from the men, now the women of Reedville will share their side, said educa- tion committee chairman Betty Mountjoy. “Join us for intimate conver- sations with the women of Fair- port, Fleeton and Reedville,” said Mountjoy. “They talk about their mothers, grandmothers, education, raising a family, church, shopping, dating and what happened when the men were away fishing.” This documentary highlights the special bond and independent womanhood that they share and the joys and hardships of living in the Northern Neck, she said. Prior to the lecture, American Legion No. 117 will serve fried chicken dinners from 5 to 7 p.m. The Menokin Music Festival Pick Nick from 3 to 7 p.m. May 12 is a family affair. Always a festival favorite, the moonbounce and giant slide will be inflated and ready for action, said Menokin Foundation assistant direc- tor Leslie Rennolds. Parents need only keep track of shoes, since these rides will be supervised by the operators. In keeping with the tradition of Menokin’s colonial heritage, there will be children’s games from this period, said Rennolds. In the game of Graces, opponents send gaily beribboned hoops whirling towards each other to be caught on the tips of slender wands in this exciting and elegant outdoor game. The game of Graces was considered proper and beneficial exercise for young ladies in the early 1800s, and it was proper as well for boys to join in the game as a “lark.” Judging by children’s books and store advertisements, the game of Graces remained as popu- lar throughout the 18th and 19th centuries as it is today. Toys of the cup & ball family had already been favorite childhood amusements for many centuries by the time of settlements in the North American colonies, and they have remained popular throughout Ameri- can history. In simple cup and ball toys, the ball is tossed and caught in a cup on the end of a stick. The magical Jacob’s Ladder mysterious movement toy has fascinated generations of American children for years, Described in Scientific American (1889) as a “simple toy – very illusive in action,” the Jacobs Ladder still confounds folks with its seemingly inexplicable motion. “Don’t forget to pack your picnic basket,” said Rennolds. There will be wine, beer, soft drinks and water available for purchase. (No BYOB.) Well-behaved dogs on leashes are welcome, she added. The gates will open at 2 p.m. and the music starts at 3 p.m. at 4037 Menokin Road near Warsaw. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the gate, and are available for purchase at Union First Market Bank branches, at menokinmusic.com, or [email protected]. Over 2,000 shoppers are expected again this year. They come from all over Virginia, and from nearby Maryland, West Vir- ginia and North Carolina. YMCA Camp Kekoka offers ample free parking and handi- cap spaces as well as restroom facilities, and a first aid station manned by the Kilmarnock-Lan- caster County Volunteer Rescue Squad. The Lancaster County Sher- iff’s Department, Kilmarnock and White Stone police depart- ments provide traffic control and security. Gates will open at 7:30 a.m. A special auction will begin at 10:30 a.m. On Stage concert season closes with ‘mountain music’ Organizers expect May 5 yard sale to break records Yard Sale-ing Grace! by David and Grace Leach Volunteers needed for invasive plant projects June LeHardy to recall sailing tales for the Woman’s Club Saluting the women of Reedville Menokin Festival a family affair
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Section B LocalLife www.rrecord.com April 26, 2012
Rappahannock Record Kilmarnock, VA
The Rappahannock Foun-dation for the Arts will close its On Stage
2011–12 concert season with Grammy award-winner David Holt and The Lightning Bolts at 7:30 p.m. May 5 at the Lan-caster Middle School Theater in Kilmarnock.
The On Stage series has been sponsored by Bay Trust and Bank of Lancaster and this con-cert is sponsored by Holiday Inn Express, said RFA vice presi-dent Julie Geier. Tickets may be purchased at rappahannock-foundation.org, or 435-0292.
Every young man dreams of a life of adventure. In 1968, David Holt found his life’s journey in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, explained Geier. With a passion to become an old-time banjo player, he trav-eled to remote mountain com-munities like Kingdom Come, Ky., and Sodom Laurel, N.C., searching for the best tradi-tional musicians.
Holt found hundreds of old-time mountaineers with a wealth of folk music, stories and wisdom. There was banjo-ist Wade Mainer, ballad singer Dellie Norton, singing coal miner Nimrod Workman, and 122-year-old washboard player Susie Brunson, continued Geier. Holt learned to play banjos and many unusual instruments like
More than 120 volunteers have positioned thousands of items throughout YMCA Camp Kekoka for quick sale during the 24th annual Grace Church yard sale on May 5.
The camp is at the end of Boys Camp Road a half-mile south of Kilmarnock.
In only four hours, from 8 a.m. to noon, Grace plans to sell over $50,000 in merchan-dise for return to the Northern Neck community through vari-ous organizations, said chairman Bill Spicuzza.
“Not one penny goes to the church,” said Spicuzza. “Our outreach committee carefully reviews grant requests from many organizations, and all funds are distributed within three weeks. Last year there were more than a dozen requests totaling over $80,000 and we were able to sup-port almost one-half of the total requested. This year’s requests have already exceeded 2011.”
“Our goal is to exceed last year’s record sales, and we have been fortunate to receive qual-ity donations from throughout the community,” added outreach committee chairman Brownie Watkins.
the mouth bow, the bottleneck slide guitar and even the paper bag.
For over three decades, his pas-sion for traditional music and cul-ture has fueled a successful per-forming and recording career. He has earned four Grammy Awards and performed and recorded with many of his mentors including Doc Watson, Grandpa Jones, Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, Roy Acuff and Chet Atkins.
Holt is well-known for his tele-vision and radio series. He is host of public television’s “Folkways,” a North Carolina program that takes the viewer through the Southern Mountains visiting traditional craftsmen and musicians. He also
hosts the PBS series “Great Scenic Railway Journeys.”
Today Holt tours the coun-try performing solo, with Doc Watson and with his band The Lightning Bolts—Laura Boosinger, Josh Goforth, Jeff Hersk and Byron Hedgepeth.
The On Stage 2012–13 season will open September 30 with a performance by Cantus and continues with presenta-tions by the Capitol Steps, Quartetto Gelato, the Virginia Symphony Jazz Ensemble and Steep Canyon Rangers.
Ticket information may be found at rappahannockfounda-tion.org.
In this boaters’ paradise called The Neck, there is another kind of “sale-ing regatta” that happens each spring. A “state of the art” char-ity yard sale captained by Grace Episcopal Church in Kilmarnock is a mission activity of Christian stewardship and “Love thy Neighbor.” The yard sale is a “department store” of affordable wares from the pretty to the practical.
This tidal wave of charity benefits many community organiza-tions. Even after providing a fun family day, complete with lunch on the grill and socializing with neighbors, the church workers meticu-lously honor any donations still remaining.
Layers of effort are made to maximize each gift contributed. Sev-eral ministry groups gather the “gleanings” for additional fundraisers and resources.
During cleanup, the excess bits are hauled to recycling centers. Every measure is taken to honor both the donations and God’s cre-ation. The entire operation is a thing of beauty.
Hoist the flag of appreciation for the Good Ship Grace Church and a boat-load of fun at their yard sale-ing regatta for charity the first Sat-urday of May.
AREA EVENTS
Pianist Ruskin Cooper will per-form the Beethoven Piano Con-certo No. 3 with the Northern Neck Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Sat-urday, April 28, at the Lancaster Middle School Theater in Kilmar-nock. The full orchestra also will present the Overture No. 3, the “Leonore,” and Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major.
Tickets are $20. Students will be admitted free. Tickets may be pur-chased at 438-5225, or nnorches-tra.org/tickets.
Chesapeake Academy will hold its 35th annual auction at 6 p.m. May 5 on the Rowe Campus in Irvington. Patrons will have an opportunity to bid on a variety of items through silent and live auc-tions.
There will be a raffle to win a boat, food, drink and entertain-ment. Tickets are $100. To pur-chase tickets, call Chesapeake Academy at 438-5575.
The Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern Foundation will host a Kentucky Derby Infield Party from 3 to 7 p.m. May 5 at Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern in Heathsville.
Enjoy bluegrass, an open bar featuring mint juleps, food and an auction. The fee is $35. To pur-chase tickets, call 580-3377.
An indoor yard sale to ben-efit Irvington Baptist Church summer youth mission programs will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 5 in the church fellowship hall at 53 King Carter Drive in Irvington.
The Friends of the Library at Rappahannock Community Col-lege will hold their annual meet-ing at 5:30 p.m. May 4 at Belle Mount Vinyard in Warsaw.
This will include a wine and cheese reception with author Brad Parks who will have his third Carter Ross mystery availiable. The fee is $20 per person at the door.
The Bena music series will con-tinue with Tokyo Rosenthal at 8 p.m. May 5 at Bena Country Store at 8835 Guinea Road in Hayes. Tickets are $15 for adults, $7.50 for ages 13 to 18 and college stu-dents with ID. To reserve seats, call 757-404-3416, or email [email protected].
Future shows include The Steel Wheels on May 26, Stephen Ben-nett on July 7, Will Kimbrough on September 8, Angela Easterling on September 22, Shane Cooley on November 17 and The Honey Dewdrops on December 1.
Northern Neck Connection is calling all nonprofits, churches, schools and government agencies to participate in a Community Resource Forum at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, at the Lancaster Community Library in Kilmar-nock.
Bring ideas for how Northern Neck Connection can be more effective in building capacity among nonprofits and support-ing the community. Also bring a brown bag lunch. Drinks and des-sert will be provided.
The United Methodist Women of Emmanuel United Method-ist Church in Morattico will host a spaghetti dinner at the church from 5 to 7 p.m. May 4.
The menu will include spaghetti with meatballs, tossed salad, Ital-ian bread and desserts. Carry-outs will be available. Donations accepted.
White Stone United Methodist Church will sponsor a yard sale/bake sale from 8 a.m. to noon May 5 in the church parking lot. Fees will be $20 for a 12-by-12-foot space. Tables are $5 each. Spaces must be reserved and paid for by May 1.
Reservation forms may be obtained from WSUMC or the White Stone Methodist Thrift Shop.
The Northern Neck chapters of the Virginia Master Naturalists (VMN) and the Virginia Native Plant Society (VNPS) are local hosts for the fourth annual Vir-ginia Invasive Plant Removal Day May 5 in Lancaster County.
“Able-bodied volunteers are needed to help with the removal of nonnative plants that are displac-ing our native flora and degrad-ing our natural ecosystems,” said VNPS publicity chairman Judy Lang.
Eradication activities will focus on the invasive tree of heaven beginning at 10 a.m. May 5 at Belle Isle State Park. Paul Bill-ings of the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation will lead the project.
Helpers will be served lunch at noon, courtesy of the VMN.
Invasive English ivy will be removed from 1 to 3 p.m. at Chil-ton Woods State Forest on Field Trail Road. Virginia Department of Forestry technician Mike Aher-ron will lead the project.
Volunteers are urged to join the effort for the morning, the after-noon, or both events.
For directions, call Earline Walker at 529-9362.
The Woman’s Club of White Stone will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 2, at the club-house. Judy LeHardy will share her sailing experiences.
Judy and her husband, Ward, sailed around the world in their 39-foot cutter, Cormorant, from 1991 until 1996, according to Ginger Philbrick.
The inspiration for the voyage began when Ward was a 7-year-old and his father was killed in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. At that young age he dreamed to someday go to the South Pacific by sailboat.
They are both from Navy families and had learned to sail in their teens…Judy in Norfolk and Barnegat Bay, N.J., and Ward in Coronado, Calif. They married in 1956 and spent the next 32 years in the Army set-ting up 28 different households along the way. They settled in Fredericksburg in 1988 upon Ward’s retirement, and three years later began this f ive-year adventure.
During their voyage, the LeHardys crossed three oceans and many seas, faced storms, forged many new friendships, and anchored in fascinating places. Their total route covered 33,000 miles and 66 countries or major island groups.
They wrote a book, Once Around, and produced a DVD about their trip, which some have called a “spiritual adven-ture.”
In 1998, they moved to Kil-marnock where Judy is active in the Rappahannock Music Study Club and the Visitation Min-istry at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church.
The LeHardys have four mar-ried children and 10 grandchil-dren.
The Reedville Fishermen’s Museum will host “Remembering Reedville–A Salute to the Women” at 7 p.m. May 7 at Festival Halle in Reedville. The presentation marks the final installment in the 2012 Spring Lecture Series. A $5 dona-tion is requested.
Last year we heard from the men, now the women of Reedville will share their side, said educa-tion committee chairman Betty Mountjoy.
“Join us for intimate conver-sations with the women of Fair-port, Fleeton and Reedville,” said Mountjoy. “They talk about their mothers, grandmothers, education, raising a family, church, shopping, dating and what happened when the men were away fishing.”
This documentary highlights the special bond and independent womanhood that they share and the joys and hardships of living in the Northern Neck, she said.
Prior to the lecture, American Legion No. 117 will serve fried chicken dinners from 5 to 7 p.m.
The Menokin Music Festival Pick Nick from 3 to 7 p.m. May 12 is a family affair.
Always a festival favorite, the moonbounce and giant slide will be inflated and ready for action, said Menokin Foundation assistant direc-tor Leslie Rennolds. Parents need only keep track of shoes, since these rides will be supervised by the operators.
In keeping with the tradition of Menokin’s colonial heritage, there will be children’s games from this period, said Rennolds. In the game of Graces, opponents send gaily beribboned hoops whirling towards each other to be caught on the tips of slender wands in this exciting and elegant outdoor game. The game of Graces was considered proper and beneficial exercise for young ladies in the early 1800s, and it was proper as well for boys to join in the game as a “lark.” Judging by children’s books and store advertisements, the game of Graces remained as popu-lar throughout the 18th and 19th centuries as it is today.
Toys of the cup & ball family had already been favorite childhood amusements for many centuries by the time of settlements in the North American colonies, and they have remained popular throughout Ameri-can history. In simple cup and ball toys, the ball is tossed and caught in a cup on the end of a stick.
The magical Jacob’s Ladder mysterious movement toy has fascinated generations of American children for years, Described in Scientific American (1889) as a “simple toy – very illusive in action,” the Jacobs Ladder still confounds folks with its seemingly inexplicable motion.
“Don’t forget to pack your picnic basket,” said Rennolds.There will be wine, beer, soft drinks and water available for purchase.
(No BYOB.) Well-behaved dogs on leashes are welcome, she added.The gates will open at 2 p.m. and the music starts at 3 p.m. at 4037
Menokin Road near Warsaw. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the gate, and are available for
purchase at Union First Market Bank branches, at menokinmusic.com, or [email protected].
Over 2,000 shoppers are expected again this year. They come from all over Virginia, and from nearby Maryland, West Vir-ginia and North Carolina.
YMCA Camp Kekoka offers ample free parking and handi-cap spaces as well as restroom facilities, and a first aid station manned by the Kilmarnock-Lan-
caster County Volunteer Rescue Squad.
The Lancaster County Sher-iff ’s Department, Kilmarnock and White Stone police depart-ments provide traffic control and security.
Gates will open at 7:30 a.m. A special auction will begin at 10:30 a.m.
On Stage concert seasoncloses with ‘mountain music’
Organizers expect May 5yard sale to break records
Yard Sale-ing Grace!by David and Grace Leach
Volunteersneeded for invasive plant projects
June LeHardy to recall sailingtales for the Woman’s Club
Salutingthe women of Reedville
Menokin Festival a family affair
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Church, Kilmarnock.AA, 8 p.m., St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Kilmarnock.
, noon, Bay Center for Spiritual Development, 31 Noblett Lane, Kilmarnock. 588-9224.
, 8 p.m., St. John’s Church, Warsaw. 588-9224.
, 7:30 p.m., Rappahannock Church of Christ, 9514 Richmond Road, Warsaw. 529-6671.
, 7 p.m., Lively firehouse.Yard Sale, noon-4 p.m., Northumberland school board building, Lottsburg. To benefit the Northumberland County Animal Shelter.
, Christ Church, Weems. Sponsored by Foundation for Historic Christ Church. Lectures, presentations, tours. Tickets and registration required; visit christchurch1735.org, or call office manager Trish Geeson at 438-6855.
9 p.m., Coles Point Tavern, 850 Salisbury Park Road, Coles Point. 472-3856.
, 5 p.m., Westmoreland County courthouse lawn, Montross. To honor Virginia State Trooper Adam Bowen. Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and signed by the Governor will be presented to the family. Public invited.
28 Saturday AA, 8 p.m., Irvington Baptist Church.AA, 8 p.m., Heathsville United Methodist Church.AA, 8 p.m., Henderson United Methodist Church.
, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern. 580-3377.Yard Sale, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Northumberland school board building, Lottsburg. To benefit the Northumberland County Animal Shelter.
, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Northumberland County Animal Shelter.
, 9 a.m.-noon, YMCA Camp Kekoka. Items may be
dropped off for annual Grace Church yard sale.
, 10 a.m.-noon, Belle Isle State Park with the Northern Neck Master Gardeners. $50 per barrel. Pre-registration and payment required, 580-5694.
, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Fairfields United Methodist Church, Burgess. North Carolina-style pork barbecue by the platter, sandwich and pound. Home-baked goods. To expedite take-out orders, 453-2631.
, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., St. James Anglican Church Glebe off Route 17 in Gloucester, behind Ken Houtz Chevrolet.
, Christ Church, Weems. Sponsored by Foundation for Historic Christ Church. Lectures, presentations, tours. Tickets and registration required; visit christchurch1735.org, or call office manager Trish Geeson at 438-6855.
, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Kilmarnock Baptist Church parking lot. Sponsored by youth groups of White Stone United Methodist Church and Kilmarnock Baptist Church.
8 a.m., Beaverdam Park, Gloucester Court House. Sponosred by Northern Neck Audubon Society. For directions, call walk guide Frank Schaff, 462-0084.
, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., American Red Cross River Counties Chapter office, 39 William B. Graham Court, Kilmarnock. Sign up, redcross.org.
, 1 p.m., Belle Isle State Park. $5 per person. Equipment and guide furnished. Reservations suggested. 462-5030.
, 8 p.m., Belle Isle State Park. Discussion and star-gazing through telescope. $3 parking fee. 462-5030.
, 7:30 p.m. Lancaster Middle School Theater, Kilmarnock. Beethoven 3 X 3 with guest artist piano soloist Ruskin Cooper. $20 adults/free students. 438-5225.
, 6 p.m., Deltaville Maritime Museum/Holly Point Nature Park, 287 Jackson Creek Road, Deltaville. Groovin’ in the Park. $10.
, 7 p.m., Freeshade Community Center, Syringa. Bands include Ryder Twins, Rappahannock Crossing and Honeywind Bluegrass band.
29 SundayAA, 7:30 p.m., White Stone United Methdodist Church.AA, 5:30 p.m., Henderson United Methodist Church.
, 2-5 p.m., Stan’s Skateland, Montross. Sponsored by Crazy for a Cure Relay for Life Team/Union First Market Bank/Kilmarnock. To benefit American Cancer society. $10 adults/$5 children. Prizes, raffles.
, 6:30 p.m., Richmond County Elementary School, Warsaw. Sponsored by Cobham Park Baptist Church.
30 MondayAA, noon, Palmer Hall.
8 p.m., Fairfields Baptist Church.
, 10 a.m., Lancaster Woman’s Club. Crafting, sharing skills, preparing for annual sale. Bring bag lunch. New and prospective members. 435-0088.
, 7 p.m., Kilmarnock Baptist Church. 413-7011.
, 5:30 p.m., St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Kilmarnock.
, 9 a.m., Woman’s Club of Northumberland County, Clubhouse, Lottsburg. Free bridge lessons and practice
play followed by full table play at 11:30 a.m. $8. 529-7029.
8 a.m. Rappahannock General Hospital, Kilmarnock. Register at 435-8280.
May1 TuesdayElection DayAA, 7 and 8 p.m., Palmer Hall.
, 6 p.m., Boys and Girls Club, Kilmarnock. 588-9224.
, 8 p.m., Kilmarnock United Methodist Church. 588-9224.
1 p.m., Women’s Club of Lancaster.
, 7:15 p.m., Campbell Memorial Presbyterian Church, Weems. 462-7125.
, 7 p.m., St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 435 East Church Street, Kilmarnock.
, 11 a.m., Rappahannock General Hospital Rahab Outpatient Center, 43 Harris Road, Kilmarnock. $40 per month, or $10 per session. 435-8501.Yard Sale, 9 a.m.-noon., Northumberland school board building, Lottsburg. To benefit the Northumberland County Animal Shelter.
(NARFE), 11:30 a.m., Luna Restaurant, Callao. Sen. Ryan McDougle to speak. $20 Reservations required, 472-3051, or [email protected]. .
,10 a.m.,Transportation building, Hughlett’s Tavern/Rice’s Hotel, Heathsville. Progrm: Cathedral Window how to. Visitors welcome.
, Studio Gallery, 19 North Main Street, Kilmarnock. New exhibit opens featuring the work of Rappahannock Art League members Elise Ritter and Barbara Brady. Show continues through May 28.
, 7 p.m. Northumberland High and Middle school bands at Northumberland High School Auditorium, Claraville. Free. 580-1747.
, 7-9 p.m., The Bay Center, 31 Noblett Lane, Kilmarnock. cooktench@gmail,cim.
2 WednesdayAA, 8 p.m., Trinity Church.
, 7:30 a.m., Lee’s Restaurant, Kilmarnock.
, 7:30 a.m., St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Kilmarnock.
for Kilmarnock, Irvington and White Stone, 12:30 p.m., Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury.
2 p.m., St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Kilmarnock. 453-6517.
2 p.m., Henderson United Methodist Church near Callao.
of Hummel Field at 6 p.m. for a dinner meeting at The Pilot House at Topping. 758-5500.
, 7 p.m. at the town office.
6 p.m., Good Luck Cellars, 1025 Good Luck Road, Kilmarnock. Lancaster Community Library benefit featuring award-winning author Adriana Trigiani. $30. Sold Out. To get on waiting list, call 435-1729.
, 5:30 p.m. Indian Creek Yacht and Country Club. College Of William and Mary Lower Northern Neck Alumni Chapter. University Libraries dean Carrie Cooper will present “The Earl Gregg Swem Library: Library Services in 2012.” Reservations, 438-5739, or [email protected].
The Bank of Lancaster Golden Advantage Club Brown Bag Luncheon Lec-ture series will continue at noon Friday, April 27, at the northside branch in Kilmarnock.
Bay Trust Company president Frank Burke will present “Why You Need a Will.” He will talk about Virginia Estate laws and why everyone needs this important f inancial plan-ning document.
The third and final lec-ture in this series will be held May 25, on “Craft-ing Shadowbox Displays” by Theresa Ransone. She will demonstrate and show examples of shadowboxes containing 3-D memo-rabilia, Armed Forces medals, collections and more.
All events are free and open to the community as well as Golden Advan-tage members. Reserva-tions are requested; con-tact Ransone at 435-4118, or [email protected].
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The Morattico Waterfront Museum Salts and Sagas event will be held from noon to 4 p.m. May 12. Free family activities will be held on the museum grounds at 6584 Morattico Road to celebrate the history of the riverside fishing village.
Longtime oyster shucker A.B. Levere and crab-picker Pa Williams will demonstrate their skills. Activi-ties will linclude chantey singers, story-tellers, interactive oral histories and fancywork (nautical macrame).
Grilled hot dogs, chips and a soda will be available for $3.
Planners have designed Salts and Sagas to welcome new and old visi-tors to the museum and kick off two exhibits opening the 2012 season, said Mary Byrd Martin.
In the “Old Houses of Morattico”
room, Phase 2 of the exhibit is now on display with video and audio enhancement, said Martin. Included in the “Old Houses” exhibit are pho-tographs and information on Morat-tico Plantation, an early Ball family home and the two residences which succeeded it on the same property. The village of Morattico stands on what was originally part of the Mor-attico Plantation land.
A to-scale diorama of the RCV Seafood plant crafted by Captain George W. Shelton also will be on display, she said. A major seafood processing enterprise on the East-ern Seaboard, RCV for many years shaped the identity of Morattico and provided employment to 100s of pick-ers, shuckers, watermen, and others. Weston Conley, Milton Conrad and
George Shelton will tell tales and explain the processes involved.
Frank Saunders will share sto-ries of growing up in the village and the community function of the gen-eral store where the museum is now housed.
Marty Glenn Taylor will talk about her book, The River Me. Taylor’s book features vignettes of her child-hood in Morattico and subsequent experiences on her return as an adult.
Musicians Don Kenefick and Ann Hetrick will perform chanteys and music related to the water and water-men at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. in the pavil-ion. Visitors also will munch on crab dip prepared by local cooks and take home recipe cards. Capt’n Tom’s Sea-food will have a truck on the premises with crabmeat for sale.
From May 1 through the 28, the Rappahannock Art League Studio Gallery in Kilmarnock will host “Everyday Miracles,” an exhibit of paintings by Elise Ritter of Urbanna and Bar-bara Brady of Heathsville.
The exhibit will showcase the distinctly different paint-ing styles of both artists as they capture images that cel-ebrate life’s everyday won-ders, especially those of the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula, said Brady.
The artists were inspired to use the everyday miracles theme after reading a quote by author Thich Nhat Hanh, “Every day we are engaged in a miracle that we don’t even recognize—a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black curious eyes of a child,” she said.
Ritter was drawn to the sea and dreamed of being an artist ever since she lived at Fort Monroe, for a brief time during childhood.
“I love the medium of
watercolor because of the way the colors blend and move together on the paper, creating transparent lumi-nosity—like stained glass,” said Ritter.
She belongs to the select Potomac Valley Watercolor Society and is one of 35 exhibitors at the new North-ern Virginia Arts Center in Arlington. She also was juried into the 2012 Virginia
Watercolor Society annual exhibition currently being held in Hampton.
An impressionist oil painter, Brady discovered her passion for art at age six.
“I used my mother’s nail polish to paint flowers in my father’s law books,” said Brady. “When my parents discovered what I did, they immediately bought me a
Jean Koon of Morattico will present a basket-mak-ing class from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 12 at Belle Isle State Park. Participants will make a natural coiled basket from locally gathered marsh grass with an oyster shell base.
The fee is $55, pay-able to Jean Koon. A $25 deposit and reservations are required. Call 462-5030. Bring lunch, a small pair of needle-nose pliers and scis-sors for cutting thread.
The community is invited to participate in the 42nd annual Blessing of the Fleet May 6. A boat parade will begin at 3:30 p.m. and pro-ceed up Cockrell’s Creek to the ceremony site on Men-haden Road in Reedville. The service will begin at 4 p.m.
The keynote speaker is Del. Margaret Ransone. The Northumberland High School Symphonic Band will be featured. The cere-mony will honor watermen, pray for a fruitful bounty and bless the commercial and recreational fleet.
The Knights of Columbus Council 11210 will host its fourth annual Italian Feast at 5:30 p.m. May 19 at the Church of the Visitation in Topping. The menu will include salad, bread, pasta, homemade Italian meatballs, sausage, desserts, a choice of beverages and red and white wine.
The fee will be $14 per person, $4 for children ages 6 to 11, and free for younger children. Reservations are requested by May 12. Takeouts will be available by pre-order. Call 725-1656, or 776-0078.
Riverside Walter Reed Hospice will conduct a memorial service at 2 p.m. June 3 at the Ware River Yacht Club. RSVP to 693-1111 by May 19.
The Kilmarnock-Lancaster County Volunteer Rescue Squad will hold its third annual open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 12 at the squad house at 61 Harris Road in Kilmarnock. A free lunch will be available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Activities will include CPR/First Aid training; blood pressure, pulse, glucose and cholesterol checks; vision and hearing screenings; poison control awareness; ambulance tours; EMS recruitment; child fingerprinting; tug-of-war contest; face painting; and a jump house. Demonstrations will include Kilmarnock Volunteer Fire Department, Life Evac 3 helicopter, Vir-ginia State Police Attack K-9 unit and Jaws of Life vehicle extrication.
The Working Waterman’s Weekend/Season Opener from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Satu-ray, April 28, at Deltatville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park will have a host of Chesapeake Bay work-boats on display.
The pier will be filled with classic work craft of all types and several captains will par-ticipate. The museum and park are on Mill Creek at 287 Jackson Creek Road in Del-taville.
The Menokin Music Fes-tival Pick Nick, combining entertainment and a picnic atmosphere, will be held May 12 at 4037 Menokin Road near Warsaw. Gates open at 2 p.m. The music starts at 3 p.m.
Bands include The Blades of Bluegrass, the Willow Creek Band, Amer-icana and the Donnie LaF-leur Band. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the gate. Tickets are avail-able at Union First Market Bank branches, menokin-music.com, or [email protected].
Men throughout the area are invited to attend a dinner meeting with the North-ern Neck Christian Men’s Group at 6:30 p.m. May 8 at Carmel United Method-ist Church in Kinsale. Guest speaker District 4 Sen. Ryan McDougle will address the 2012 General Assembly.
Men may invite one or more ladies. Reservations are required; call program chairman William Sydnor, 472-4363, or James Heston, 272-3933.
Students in Northumber-land High School’s Practi-cal Assessment Exploration System (PAES) program operate a greenhouse at NHS in Claraville.
Hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The Northumberland County Woman’s Club will meet at 12:30 p.m. May 8 at the clubhouse in Lottsburg. Beverage and desserts pro-vided.
Reedville Fishermen’s Museum director Katrina Lawrimore will speak on the history of watermen.
‘paint-by-numbers’ set.”She studied the principles
of art in high school and continued her studies at the University of Maryland, earning a bachelor’s with a concentration in fine arts.
She says she is inspired by the beautiful and abun-dant land and seascapes that grace Virginia. Brady also is a member of the Yellow Barn Studio in Bethesda, Md., and her work has been included in numerous RAL exhibits and many private collec-tions.
The public is invited to the exhibit’s First Friday Opening Reception from 5 to 7 p.m. May 4 at the Studio Gallery at 19 North Main Street in Kilmarnock. Both artists also will be at the gallery from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and at the Studio Gallery over the entire Memorial Day weekend, including May 27 and 28.
The Preakness Party, the Rappahannock Community College Educational Foun-dation’s annual gala event, will be held May 19 at Gas-cony Farms in Northumber-land County. Admission is $50 per person. For reserva-tions, call 333-6707.
The event showcases local chefs and wines in addition to the Preakness Stakes. Entertainment will be pro-vided by Strings & Things. There will be silent and live auctions.
Reeve Lindbergh, the daughter of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, will speak at 2 p.m. May 20 at Rappa-hannock Westminster-Can-terbury near Irvington. The fee is $30, which includes an autographed copy of Against Wind and Tide. She will attend a cocktail party at the home of Carol and Frank Burke at 5:30 p.m.The fee is $50, which includes a signed and personalized book, cocktails and hors’d oeuvres.
Lindbergh’s visit is spon-sored by Bank of Lancaster Golden Advantage Club and Bay Trust Company to ben-efit Bay Center for Spiritual Development. By reserva-tion, [email protected], or call Carol Burke at 436-3191.
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The Rappahannock General Hospital Volun-teer Auxiliary is accepting donations of Christmas items for the 2012 Second Hand Santa Fundraising Sale. Items could include artif icial Christmas trees, lights, ornaments, wreaths, inside or outside decora-tions, Christmas knick-knacks, candles, wrapping paper, bows or ribbon.
Donation items can be delivered to the volunteer office at the front of the hospital, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, or call 435-8546.
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Up and coming national artist Lelia Broussard will be the featured performer at the third annual YMCA Kekoka Music Festival June 1 and 2 at Camp Kekoka off Boys Camp Road near Kilmarnock.
“We are excited that Lelia Broussard will be performing her original songs on the Riverfront Stage,” said branch direc-tor Cassie Leichty. “Lelia is amassing an ever-grow-ing devoted fan base as she continues to write, record and independently release her own albums.”
Over the course of her
career, Broussard has col-laborated with A-List producers including Rob Fusari (Lady Gaga, Whit-ney Houston, and Des-tiny’s Child), Espionage
(Beyonce, Train, and Chris Brown) and Dave Trum-fio (Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Built To Spill).
Virginia artists Down-beat Project, Mercy Creek, James Justin & Co., Micah Foxx and Julie Clark also will perform throughout the Friday evening and all-day Saturday family festi-val.
Seafood, barbecue and grilled fare, as well as microbrewery beer and wine will be available, said Leichty. Tent camping and rustic cabin rentals are available on site and excel-lent anchorages are just off
The Richmond County panel on foster care will conduct an informational session from 4 to 5:30 p.m. May 22 at Rappahan-nock Community College in Warsaw. Mentoring will be the topic.
To encourage more effective use of resources and outcomes for chil-dren, the panel sponsors informational programs to educate agency per-sonnel, service providers, volunteers and citizens on ways the community can cooperate to decrease use of foster care and support better outcomes for chil-dren.
The Lancaster Commu-nity Library Book Group will meet at 2:30 p.m. May 21 at the library in Kilmarnock. The group will discuss Unbroken, a compelling account of survival and resilience during World War II by a bombardier named Louie Zamperini.
The book group is open to anyone who enjoys reading and discussing books. Copies of the book are provided by Lancaster Community Library.
Sen. Ryan McDougle and Del. Margaret Ransone will address Northumberland Association of Progressive Stewardship at 6:30 p.m. May 23 at the Northumber-land High School Audito-rium in Claraville.
The topic is “Continua-tion of the Bay Cleanup in a Down Economy—Staying the Course.” After the dis-cussion of about 20 min-utes each, there will be time for audience questions and answers.. There also will be time for informal conversa-tions (and photo ops) with the speakers over refresh-ments.
The Northern Neck Brain Injury Support Group meets from 10:30 a.m. to noon on second Tuesdays at 111 Commerce Parkway in Warsaw.
The support group is open to adults living with brain injury, their family mem-bers, and other concerned people in the lives of those living with a brain injury. For directions, contact Martha Hall at 819-9238, or [email protected].
The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is seeking ladies in the area interested in joing the organization. They qualify by having an ancestor who was in the Confederacy. The UDC has a long his-tory in Virginia of work-ing to preserve Southern history and monuments. Call registrar Katherine Stout at 333-6422.
The Virginia Quilt Museum at 301 South Main Street in Harrisonburg will exhibit quilts made and collected by Hazel Carter of Vienna from May 22 to August 18. This is the first exhibit to feature her quilts, although her name is famil-iar to quilters across the country.
The exhibit will feature five antique quilts, the oldest circa 1835, and 12 minia-ture quilts from Carter’s col-lection as well as 29 quilts and wall hangings made by Carter. Call 540-433-3818 for directions.
The Gloucester Histori-cal Society will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at the Abingdon Parish House at 4645 George Washington Memorial Highway in White Marsh.
Benjamin E. Borden Jr. will present a program on “The History of Borden Lumber and Cooperage dating back to 1870.” A slide presentation of the “Sawmill” will be pre-sented by Beth Bristow.
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shore on Indian Creek.The festival offers a soul-
satisfying day of musi-cal fun in the sun and a healthy summertime mix of waterfront activities such as swimming, kayaking, fish-ing and crabbing, she said.
All festival proceeds help fund scholarships for kids to attend Camp Kekoka, added Leichty.
Advance tickets are $25; kids under age 12 are free. Tickets may be purchased at Metropolitan YMCA branches, kekokamusic-festival.org, [email protected], or 435-3616.
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The community is invited to attend the double session, internet safety program, “Internet Safety 101: Empowering Parents,” presented by Northumberland County Sheriff Chuck Wilkins from 7 to 9 p.m. May 15 and 17, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church at 1717 Hampton Hall Road near Callao.
Participants complet-ing the two sessions will receive the DVD “Com-puter Cop” for home use, said pastor Mike Ram-ming. There is no charge for this event and no advance registration is needed.
“Internet Safety 101” is a multi-media, educa-tional program for par-ents, grandparents, guard-ians and educators, cover-ing current and emerging online threats, he said.
This program will edu-cate and equip individu-als with safety basics for themselves and their fam-ilies that can be applied across all internet-enabled devices.
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All Saints Anglican Mis-sion recently announced the ordination of The Rev. Jeffrey Scott Johnson to the Holy Order of Priests in the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 28, at 48 New Street in Saluda.
The Right Rev. Donald Francis Lerow, Episcopal Visitor to the Dioceses of the Mid-Atlantic States,
Giovanni Davenport, a youth at Queen Esther Bap-tist Church, recently had the opportunity to visit France. This is the report she shared with her church:
“Two weeks ago, I visited a country called France in the continent of Europe. I went on an airplane and it took eight hours.
“Some of the places that I visited were The Louvre, Notre Dame, Le Mont Saint Michel, the Arch de Ver-sailles, the beach, the Petite Arch de Triumph and the Eiffel Tower. I had to wait for three hours, but it was worth it.
“At the Louvre, I saw the Mona Lisa portrait. There was a lot of art to see. At Versailles, there were lots of pretty gardens. Versailles was a castle that many kings and queens lived in. I had so much fun in France and I hope I can go again.”
Giovanni is a sixth-grader at Lancaster Middle School. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Davenport and the granddaughter of the Rev. Rowena Davenport, all of Lancaster.
will perform the ordina-tion.
Rev. Johnson is the dea-con-in-charge (minister) at All Saints Anglican Church, reported Robert Todd. He was ordained as a deacon in May 2011, after three-and-a-half years of study in the Bishop Scott School of Theology. Having an under-graduate degree from the University of Texas, he also
holds two master’s degrees.Deacon Johnson also
served 25 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a colonel in 2005. During his military career, he served as an intelligence officer and military diplomat. He had a variety of assignments, including reconnaissance missions in former East Germany and diplomatic assignments in Moscow and Brussels.
He and his family lived in Germany, Russia, Bel-gium and Japan along with assignments in California, Texas and Virginia, said Todd.
A highlight of his career was serving as the direc-tor of intelligence at the Combined Air Operations Center, Al Udeid Air Base, responsible for Air Force Intelligence in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Opera-tion Enduring Freedon in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2003-2004.
Deacon Johnson is mar-ried to the former Leslie Allene Magers of Boerne, Texas. She is a registered nurse who has been a full-time homemaker for the last 22 years. They have three children, Daniel, Caitlin, and Megan.
“Our church is a com-munity finding comfort and nourishment in coming together in a traditional worship of God,” said the Rev. Johnson.
Worship services are at 11 a.m. Sundays at All Saints Anglican Mission.
Fairfields United Meth-odist Church and Afton United Methodist Church will have a joint worship service at 10 a.m. Sunday, April 28, at Afton UMC.
A memorial ceremony for Virginia State Trooper Adam Bowen will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, April 27, on the Westmoreland County courthouse lawn in Mon-tross.
Official copies of resolu-tions adopted by the Gen-eral Assembly and signed by Gov. Bob McDonnell will be presented to the Bowen family at that time. The public is invited.
The Sharon Baptist Church Men’s Choir will celebrate its ninth anni-versary at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 28.
Area choirs will render the music for the occasion.
The Calvary Baptist Church Family will install their new pastor, the Rev. Travis Copeland, at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 28. The Rev. Dr. Ronnie R. Boone and the Missouri Baptist Church Family are special guests. The public is invited.
Gospel singer Ivan Parker will present a concert at 6:30 p.m. April 29 at Richmond County Elementary School in Warsaw.
The event, sponsored by Cobham Park Baptist Church, will feature the former Gold City Quartet lead singer in an evening of praise and worship. An offering will be taken.
CHURCH NOTES
There will be no church services Sunday, April 29, at the Church of New Vision. On Thursdays at 7 p.m., New Vision will hold Bible study. Starting May 6, Sunday worship service will start at 10 a.m.
Macedonia Baptist Church will hold its wom-en’s day program at 11 a.m. Sunday, April 29. Colors will be shades of pink and cream.
Deacon Johnson ordination is slated Saturday in Saluda
Queen Esther Baptist youth visits France
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C A L L A O — R i t a Blundon, 92, of Callao died April 19, 2012.
She was a member of Henderson United Method-ist Church. She was a retired secretary at Washington National Cathedral.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Blundon.
A memorial service was held April 24 at Jones-Ash Funeral Home in Rainswood. Burial will be private at a later date.
Memorial donations may be made to the Hospice of Virginia, 50 North Laura Street, Suite 1800, Jackson-ville, FL 32202.
HEATHSVILLE—Flo-rance Smith Bray, 87, of Heathsville, died Friday, April 20, 2012. She was the widow of Wilson Bray and a retired deputy treasurer of Northumberland County.
Survivors are her two sons, Michael L. Bray and wife Nancy, and Kevin H. Bray of Heathsville; two daughters, Beverly B. O’Bier and husband Wayne of Lottsburg, and Barbara B. Spittle and husband David of Mechanicsville; a sister, LaVerne Jump of Owenton, Ky.; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sunday, April 22, at Corinth Chapel at 1753 Newmans Neck Road in Heathsville. Interment followed in the Corinth Cemetery. The Rev. Lee Farmer officiated.
Pallbearers were David Bray, Brian Oleson, Rick Oleson, Steven Spittle, Chris Uerz, Russ Sprouse and Rodney Bray.
Memorial contribu-tions may be made to the Northumberland County Library, or to the Mid-County Rescue Squad.
Online condolences may be made at welchfuneral-home.va.com.
H E A T H S V I L L E — Augustus Maine Carter of Heathsville died April 12, 2012.
He was born September 21, 1916, to the late Lil-lian (Presley) and David F. Carter.
He was educated in Mary-land schools and later relo-cated to the Northern Neck.
Mr. Carter was a member of First Baptist Church in Heathsville.
He worked as a fisher-man with Zapata Haynie for most of his adult life. After retiring, he started Carter Landscaping.
He was predeceased by his first wife, Evange-line Toulson; second wife, Ethel Dates; and his third wife, Clelia Tracy; chil-dren, Augustus, Jr., Arthur and Vivian; grandchildren, Sherill and Evangeline; and sisters, Ethel, Julia, Louise and Agnes.
He is survived by children Thomas and Alease, both of Washington, D.C.; grand-children, Tyrone, Augus-tus III and Monterry, all of Heathsville; Moneet of Wal-dorf, Md.; Troy and Kim of Lottsburg; Korey of Chester; April of Fredericksburg; and Thomas Jr. of Lancaster; 14 great-grandchildren; eight great- great-grandchildren; and stepchildren, Dixie, Liston, Wayne and Darlene, all of Maryland.
A funeral was held April 15 at First Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery.
KILMARNOCK—Israel Cockrell III of Kilmarnock died April 8.
He was born July 14, 1946, to the late Israel Cock-rell II and Louise Landon Cockrell.
He was educated in Northumberland County schools.
He was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church in Heathsville.
He was employed as a fisherman in Moss Point, Miss., for many years, Smith Seafood in Reedville for more than 20 years and in landscaping with Tracy Shoaf.
He was predeceased by his parents; sisters, Priscilla, Shirley and Marcell Cock-rell; brother, Raymond; and grandson, Marcus.
He is survived by his children, Eayolanda Baker, LaKeisa and Latonya Cockrell, Dale Bromley and Stacey Kelley; sisters, Barbara K. Smith, Sandra Bryant and Zondra Lee; brother, Dallas Cockrell; grandchildren, Sherry, Octavius, Tomasia, Dean-dre, Jermaha, Khanija, Deshanti, Laila, Shannon and Lavontae.
A service of remem-brance was held April 14 at Macedonia Baptist Church. Interment was private.
REEDVILLE—Helen F. Corley, 90, of Reedville died April 20, 2012.
She was a secretary for the Department of Army for 41 years.
She was predeceased by her husband, Walter L. Corley.
She is survived by her daughters, Susan L. Thomp-son of Reedville and Debo-rah A. Corley-Forde of Fairfax; and grandchildren, Daniel P. Thompson, and Ally H. Forde.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, April 27, at Faulkner Family Funeral Home in Burgess.
Memorial donations may be made to Riverside Tappa-hannock Hospice, 618 Hos-pital Road, Tappahannock, VA 22560.
WARSAW—James Rich-ard Landon of Warsaw died April 13, 2012.
He was born March 1, 1929, to the late Bessie Landon and Isaac Richard-son of Warsaw.
He attended Piney Grove School of Farmers Fork.
He worked at the sawmill
LOTTSBURG—Betty Baker Lewis, 82, of Lotts-burg died Friday, April 13, 2012.
She was preceded in death by the father of her children, Paul Lester Lewis. She was a member of Melrose United Methodist Church, the former owner of Kinsale Market, and an office assis-tant for Northumberland County Elementary School.
Surviving are four sons, Lester Taylor Lewis of Lottsburg, Paul Van Lewis (Betsy) of Wicomico Church, Clay B. Lewis (Linda) of Kinsale and John Lee Lewis (Lori) of Lottsburg and a daughter, Lisa L. Hudnall (Joe) of Kilmarnock; a sister, Ann B. Hitt of Arlington. Also surviving are six grandchil-dren, Amanda Lewis Bean (Kevin), Morgan Lewis, Justin Lewis, Joel Hudnall, Jacob Hudnall and Melissa Sydnor; five great-grand-children; two nieces, a nephew and one first cousin, June Cleek.
A funeral service was held at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 16, at the Welch Funeral Home, Marks Chapel at 10300 Richmond Road in Warsaw with burial in Mel-rose UMC Church Cem-etery.
The Rev. Daniel Hardin Ficklin and Tom Ficklin officiated. Pallbearers were her sons and grandsons.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Nor-thumberland Animal Shel-ter or the American Heart Association.
Online condolences may be made at welchfuneral-homeva.com.
for Ben Packett and also did bricklaying construction for Hammond & Hammond.
He was preceded in death by sisters Martha L. Kelly and Lillian R. Carey.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia Mae Landon; children, Tyrone Landon, Patricia Taylor and Wayne Landon, all of Warsaw; grandchild, Teisha Landon; and sister, Helen Richard-son of Baltimore, Md.
A funeral was held April 21 at the Clarksville Baptist Church in Warsaw. Inter-ment was in the church cem-etery.
WHITE STONE—Ron-nie Leroy Morris Sr. of White Stone died April 20, 2012.
He was born August 7, 1953, to the late Elsie Mae and Romie Morris.
He was educated in Lan-caster County schools.
He was a fisherman and landscaper.
He is survived by his son, Ronnie Jr.; grand-children, Zha’Carrius and Zha’Aunna, all of Lancaster County; sisters, Gloria, Laquita and Sophia; broth-ers, Wardell, Romie Jr. and Wilfred.
A funeral was held April 22 at Berry O. Waddy Funeral Home. Interment was in Willie Chapel Baptist Church.
IRVINGTON—Dr. Wil-liam Henry Muller Jr. died in Irvington at the age of 92 on April 19, 2012.
He was born on August 19, 1919, to Octavia Bethea Muller and William Henry Muller and grew up in Dillon, S.C.
He was graduated from The McCallie School and received a bachelor’s from The Citadel and an MD from Duke University, after which he completed a surgical residency and served as an instructor of surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
He joined the faculty at The University of California at Los Angeles as one of its first faculty members to start the new medical school in 1940 and became associate professor of surgery in l952.
In l954, he was appointed Stephen H. Watts professor and chairman of the Depart-ment of Surgery at the Uni-versity of Virginia School of Medicine, a position he held for 27 years. Appointed vice president for health affairs and director of the Medical Center in 1976, he served simultaneously in both posi-tions for five-and-a-half years and retired from the university in 1990. During this period he initiated the development of the Health Services Foundation and also chaired the committee to build the new University Hospital, which was dedi-cated in l989.
Dr. Muller entered the U.S. Army as a captain and served in Berlin, Germany. He returned to Pratt General Hospital in Miami and was separated from the Army in 1946 at which time he returned to Dillon because his father was severely ill. While there Dr. Muller entered the practice of sur-gery performing a large number of procedures, but he was asked to return to Johns Hopkins to complete his residency in both general and cardiovascular surgery. It was after this that he was invited to accept a position at the new medical school being built at the University of California at Los Angeles which he did until becom-ing chairman of the surgery department at the University of Virginia.
There Dr. Muller initi-ated programs in cardiovas-cular, plastic and oncologic surgery. He was the first to replace a diseased aortic valve with a prosthetic one, and he developed the pul-monary artery banding pro-cedure for infants and chil-dren with certain types of congenital heart disease. He also developed an operation to partially correct trans-posed pulmonary veins and performed the first correc-
tive procedure for dissecting aneurysm of the aorta using the pump oxygenator.
Rather than accepting plans for an addition to the University Hospital, he began to plan for a new hos-pital. He chaired a planning committee and the hospital was completed in 1988 and dedicated in 1989.
He was a member of a number of scholarly and professional organizations. He served as chairman of the board of regents for the American College of Sur-geons and was elected its president in l979. He served as president of a number of surgical organizations including the American Sur-gical Association, the Soci-ety of University Surgeons, and the Society for Vascu-lar Surgery and the South-ern Surgical Association of which he was made an hon-orary member.
He was vice president of the International Cardiovas-cular Society, the James IV Association of Surgeons and vice chairman of the Ameri-can Board of Surgery. In addition, he was a founder of the Association for Aca-demic Surgery.
He served as a member of the National Research Council executive com-mittee; he was chairman of the surgery study section, a member of the otolaryngol-ogy study section, and the academic surgery training committee of the National Institutes of Health. He was also a member of the research committee of the American Heart Association and chairman of the Virginia committee, and he served as vice chairman of the resi-dency training committee in surgery.
In addition, he served for 13 years as an active member of the board of trustees and its executive committee of Duke University. Former res-idents of Dr. Muller formed the Muller Surgical Society in 1968 and it continues to meet biannually in Charlot-tesville and elsewhere.
Dr. Muller was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the United States, and one of five in California by the Junior Chamber of Com-merce in 1952. He received the Outstanding Achieve-ment Award from McCallie School, the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Duke University, the Research Award and the Thomas Jef-ferson Award as well as the Walter Reed Achievement Award from the University of Virginia, the Rudolph Matas Award from Tulane and the Pittsburg Surgi-cal Society Award. He was made a member of the Soci-ety of Scholars of the Johns Hopkins University, and awarded honorary degrees from The Citadel and The Medical University of South Carolina.
Dr. Muller was a member of the Raven Society of the University of Virginia and a member of the editorial boards of a number of pro-fessional journals as well as editor of the Transactions of the American Surgical Asso-ciation. He lectured widely in this country and abroad, served numerous visiting professorships and was the author of more than 160 scientific papers, book chap-ters, and books. Dr. Muller was devoted to the practice of surgery for more than 40 years.
He served as a deacon
of the Westminster Presby-terian Church for several years and was a member of the congregation of the St. Paul’s Church of Ivy.
He was devoted to his family and is survived by his wife of 66 years, Hildwin Headley Muller, formerly of Baltimore and three children and their spouses, William H. Muller III of Wicomico Church, Marietta Muller Gwathmey and her husband, Frank Winston Gwathmey, of Wilmington, N.C., and John Lewis Muller, and his wife, Katherine Foster Muller, of Irvington.
He also is survived by nine grandchildren and their spouses, Clare Gwathmey Dorn and Scott, Frank Win-ston Gwathmey Jr. and Kelly, William Richard Gwathmey and Sarah Holt, Rebecca Ann Muller, Mark William Muller, Matthew Thomas Muller, Sarah Muller Turn-bull and Edward, John Lewis Muller Jr., and Wil-liam Dixon Muller, and four great-grandchildren, Wil-liam Edward Dorn, Alexan-dra Clare Dorn, Catherine Calder Gwathmey and Kath-erine Claybrook Turnbull.
A memorial service was held April 23 in the Uni-versity of Virginia Chapel in Charlottesville. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the University of Virginia Medical School Foundation c/o William H. Muller, Jr. Scholarship Fund, P. O. Box 800776, Charlot-tesville, VA 22908.
Arrangements by Marks-Bristow Funeral Home, Tappahannock.
R I C H M O N D — Ke i t h Allen Robinson of Rich-mond, formerly of Ophelia, died April 7, 2012.
He was born to the late Barbara Robinson and Vernon Shields on Febru-ary 4, 1959, in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Robinson moved to Ophelia in December1975. He attended and gradu-ated with honors from Nor-thumberland High School in 1977. While a student at NHS, he entered a contest to design the school’s new crest. His design was selected and remains the school crest today.
He earned a bachelor’s from Tuskegee Institute in 1981 and returned to Wash-ington, where he worked at the Smithsonian Institute and joined Cannan Baptist Church.
He later moved to Rich-mond, worked at Profes-sional Service Industries, and then opened Prion Con-struction Services.
He was a member of the Metropolitan Busi-ness League and Minority Contractors Association. Mr. Robinson received an award for the rehabilitation of homes in a city block of Richmond by the Southside Community Development and Housing Corp.
He is survived by his wife, Sophia; children, Kallen and Summer Robinson and Jes-sica and Shirai; a grandchild, Skylah; and his grandfather, Alexander Blackwell.
A funeral was held April 14 at Shiloh Baptist Church in Reedville. Interment was in the church cemetery.
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Martin Luther (1483–1546) was born in Eisleben, Germany, then part of the
Holy Roman Empire. Like many people of old and today, he was baptized into his par-ent’s religious preference.
Luther’s dad had high hopes for his family. Though he had other children, he was deter-mined to see Martin, his eldest, exceed. So, it was off to Latin schools which focused on grammar, rhetoric and logic. Luther com-pared his education to “purgatory and hell.”
At the age of 19, when he entered uni-versity, he described it as a “beerhouse and whorehouse, [with] days of rote learning and often wearying spiritual exercises.” None-theless, he received his master’s degree in 1505.
Early on in his education, when returning to university from home, he was on horse-back during a thunderstorm when a lightning bolt struck nearby (like the Apostle Paul). He later told his father that he was terrified of death and divine judgment and cried out for help, “vowing to become a monk!”
He viewed his cry for help as a sacred vow. Leav-ing law school, he sold his books, and entered an Augustin-ian Friary (Order of Saint Augustine, still an international Catholic religious commu-nity of men and women).
Eventually becoming a monk, priest, and professor, Luther is accused of spawning the Protestant Reformation while, in fact, he came late on the scene as much of the alleged corruption of the organized church was already under attack from within.
Luther is best known as the renegade priest who nailed his complaints about the Church upon the door of the cathedral in Witten-berg (so called 95 Theses: The disputation protests against clerical abuses, especially the sale of indulgences). He distrusted any number of attributes that Church had hung ‘round its own shoulders.
As to methods, modes, of baptism Luther said, “God has ordained just such external sign and ceremony for the Sacrament by which we are first received into the Chris-tian Church… we are sunk under the water, which passes over us… [to] signify the power and operation of Baptism.”
Luther’s prime message was that salvation was not earned by good deeds, rather comes to us as a gift of God’s grace through our personal faith in Jesus, who redeems us from our sin. Such ran contrary to the authority of the Church.
Luther espoused that the Bible alone was sufficient to find God’s plan for believers. Indeed the Bible, even that translated by him, was the Divine Word of God saying: “The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.” He held so strongly thus that he translated the Word of God from Latin into contemporary German vernacular opening the way for scholars to later develop the red-letter, Authorized King James Version, so
popular still.It was a custom that parents could “sell”
unmarried daughters into orders without the young women agreeing. Luther and a colleague began a commercial freedom venture. When he was 41, Luther married 26-year-old Katharina von Bora (one of 12 nuns whom he had helped escape from a convent in 1523, 489 years ago this month). He had arranged for ladies seeking freedom to be smuggled out in herring barrels. “Sud-denly,” he wrote that “the Lord has plunged me into marriage.”
Not only a reformer, not only a minister of the Gospel, Luther was a prolific hymn writer, authoring hymns such as Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress Is Our God) based upon Psalm 46. It is Luther’s only hymn in our Irvington Baptist Hymnal, dedicated to the late Captain Anderson L. Gaskins (1909-1992, a local waterman) in 1993.
Luther felt that music and art could unite clergy and church-folk, men, women and
children. He was a proponent of sing-ing German hymns in connection with worship, school, and home, as well as in the public arena.
I have heard and sung his A Mighty Fortress in cathedrals
noble, rural churches sweet, on beaches grand and mountains high, always feeling as if the song was written for just that singular occasion.
Luther’s hymns inspired composers ancient and modern to write sacred music. J. S. Bach included several Luther teachings in a number of his compositions.
Luther, on his love of music: “Beautiful music is the art of the prophets
that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.”
“Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.”
“Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.”
Luther believed secular education owed its authority to God in Christ as portrayed in the Bible, writing: “I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scrip-tures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.”
The late Ellen B. Estell (1919-2010) in her 80s and 90s used to thrill everyone in our Wednesday evening prayer times with pow-erful Christian hymns that she had learned in public school back in the England of her youth. At the age of 89 she sang such as a duet with Shirley Lindberg in our 11 a.m. worship.
When was the last time our children, our grandchildren came home from school sing-ing hymns?
Reflectionsby Rev. John Farmer
Sharon Baptist Church in Weems recently hosted “Take the Shackles Off Your Feet So You Can Dance!”
The praise dance event drew attention to the Tray-von Martin killing in Florida and the Jasmine Smith kill-ing in Lancaster County.
Lancaster County NAACP president Lloyd Hill called for the need for justice for teens Martin and Smith.
Wearing a hoodie doesn’t make any teen or any man or woman a bad person, said Hill.
“Too many young black men are shot down in the prime of their life,” he said in reference to Martin, the teen recently killed while walking in a Florida gated community.
“We have to get rid of the silence,” he said about Smith, the teen killed in 2010 at a Nuttsville party attended by 100 people.
“We can no longer stand and see our people shot down and then claim that we don’t see anything,” he told the youthful praise danc-ers, their friends and loved ones.
HAGUE—Frank Taylor Smith Sr. of Hague died April 5, 2012.
He was born May 15, 1945, the son of the late Frank Edward Smith and Lavina Fauntleroy Smith.
He was a member of New Jerusalem Baptist Church in Kinsale.
He attend Mudbridge Elementary School and the Potomac School of Hague.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army and spent four years in Fairbanks, Ala.
He was employed in the construction business.
He is predeceased by a brother, Grover Edward Smith; and a daughter, Patrice Ashton.
He is survived by a son, Frank Taylor Smith III; a daughter, Tyesha Turner, both of Hague; sisters, Martha D. Smith of Mon-tross and Margaret O. Smith of Bowling Green; brothers, William “Chico” Smith of Coles Point, Lloyd S. Smith of Petersburg, Graham L. Smith of Glen Allen and Clifton W. Smith of Orange County; grandchildren, Patricia Smith of Flat Iron, Sasha Yerby of Richmond and Me’Kayla Smith of Hague.
A funeral service was held April 13 at New Jerusalem Baptist Church. Interment was in the church cemetery.
WHITE STONE—Elaine Tiggle of White Stone died
KILMARNOCK—Tim-othy Maurice White Sr. of Kilmarnock died April 18, 2012.
He was born March 20, 1951, to Inez Williams White and James Arthur White.
Mr. White graduated from Brookvale High School and had his own construction business.
He was a member of the Church of Deliverance.
He is survived by his wife, Veronica; his chil-dren, Crystal, Timothy Jr., Daniel, Christopher and Kimberly; granddaughter, Blake Athena Roznowski; mother, Inez Williams White of Lancaster; sisters, Barbara Johnson, Anna Coleman and Jan Harvey, all of Lancaster, and
R E E DV I L L E — L o n a Mae Williams, 89, of Reedville died Tuesday, April 17, 2012.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry C. Williams Jr.; daughters, Alice Mae Clozza, Dorothy Virginia Williams and Mabel Lou Campion; son, Paul Ever-ett Williams; and grand-son, John W. Campion.
Surviving are her sons, Harry F. Williams of Reedville and Carl B. Wil-liams and wife Julie of Reston; a daughter, Julia Anne Ramsden of West-land, Mich: 10 grandchil-dren; and 21 great-grand-children.
Graveside services were held Monday, April 23, at Campbell Memorial Presbyterian Church in Weems.
Memorials may be made to the Fairfields Volunteer Fire Department, P. O. Box 656, Burgess, VA 22432.
Currie Funeral Home LLC handled the arrange-ments.
Pamela Whitehead of Suit-land, Md.; brothers, James A. White III of Lexington, Ky.,William Calvin White and Jevoril Laws, both of Lancaster, and Sean White of Heathsville.
A funeral was held April 21 at Church of Deliver-ance. Interment was in the church cemetery.
April 4, 2012.She was born August 1,
1923, to Cora Ruby Taylor, who later married Ottie James Polk.
She attended A. T. Wright School and was a member of Mount Vernon Bap-tist Church, both in White Stone.
She is survived by her children, Betty, Oneal, Shirley, Cora and Maxine; brothers, Calvin, Sammy and Nordell; eight grand-children; and seven great-grandchildren.
A funeral was held April 9 at Mount Vernon Baptist Church. Interment was in the church cemetery.
The Men’s Chorus of Mt. Olive Baptist Church will celebrate its 62nd anniver-sary at 5 p.m. May 5.
The Wicomico United Methodist Church clothes closet at Jessie Ball duPont Memorial Highway and Browns Store Road in Wicomico Church will be open from 10 a.m. to noon May 5.
Anyone can get gently used clothing at no cost for the family in many different sizes.
Mila and Wicomico United Methodist churches will gather at Wicomico Church for a Fifth Sunday celebration at 11 a.m. April 29. Special music will be presented by Whitney Moss Perez from Westmoreland County.
The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association will present an AED machine to Mila UMC.
Lunch will follow the worship service.Fairport Baptist Church
will host friends and family day May 6. The community is invited to praise and wor-ship at 11 a.m. and a meal afterwards.
The Mass Choir of Mul-berry Baptist Church will host a Gospel Gala at 5 p.m. April 29 at the church at 1156 Mulberry Road in Farnham.
The guest speaker will be the Rev. Rodney Waller of the First African Baptist Church of Richmond, along with his Chancellor Choir and congregation.
Zion Church at Lottsburg Men’s Fellowship Ministry will sponsor a “100 Men in Black” worship service at 11 a.m. April 29.
The Women of Grace will meet May 7 at Grace Espicopal Church at 303 South Main Street in Kilmar-nock. Following coffee at 10 a.m., Aaron Ward of Wilton Cottage Gardens in Hartfield will conduct a presentation on making exquisite pots for porch, pool or patio using new and unusual plants.
He also will have plants for purchase. The public is invited. Bring a sandwich for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Chips, cookies and beverage will be provided.
The Church of New Vision will host a spring revival at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, through Friday, May 4. Pastor Peyton Waller of Mount Vernon Baptist will be the guest minister nightly. Area choirs will render the music.
The Johnstown Christian School Tour Choir and Hand-bell Choir will be in concert at 6 p.m. May 2 at Kilmarnock Baptist Church in Kilmar-nock. “Live Authentic Faith” will feature hymn arrange-ments, contemporary pieces, accompanied and a cappella selections.
The choirs are comprised of 37 high school students who will share choral and hand-bell music such as “Be Thou My Vision,” “If My People Will Pray,” “There is Power in the Blood,” “You Reign” and Speak O Lord.
Urbanna Baptist Church recently announced a non-denominational fellowship gathering of women from 7 to 9:30 p.m. May 4 and 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 5. There will be simulcast featuring the ministry of Priscilla Shirer and worship leader Tony Evans.
Doors will open one hour prior to the event. Refresh-ments will be provided. The registration deadline is April 30. The fee is $5 payable to Urbanna Baptist Church, P.O. Box 416, Urbanna, VA 23175.
Queen Esther Baptist Church will celebrate its annual wom-en’s day at 4 p.m. May 6.
Co-Pastr Rev. Cynthia Rio-land of Macedonia Baptist Church in Heathsville and her women’s chorus and church family will be the special guests. Repast will be served.
CHURCH NOTES
Praise dancers rally for justice
Luther is best known as the renegade priest who nailed his complaints about the Church upon the door of the cathedral in Wittenberg.
