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. …Services announced by local churches (11/15/2023) - Services and other activities in churches this week include the following: Abingdon Episcopal Abingdon Episcopal Church, White Marsh, has a sign-up form available to help with the community Thanksgiving dinner… …
Community Thanksgiving dinner at Abingdon (11/15/2023) - Free dinner on Thanksgiving Day is being served at Abingdon Episcopal Church, Route 17, White Marsh. “Everyone from in and around Gloucester is welcome and encouraged to attend this amazing… …
Harvest dinner (11/15/2023) - Bethel United Methodist Church, Onemo, held a harvest dinner after worship on Sunday, Nov. 5. Cornell and Phyllis Hudgins presented a slideshow of photos from past activities. Looking at the… …Celtic Service Sunday at Kingston (11/15/2023) - A Celtic Service will be held at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Kingston Parish Chapel, Mathews. Strings & Things Quartet will play traditional Celtic music throughout the service. People of all… …
G.I. Baptist offers free Advent book to community (11/15/2023) - Gwynn’s Island Baptist Church has again prepared a free Advent book, Christmas Time, with daily readings from Dec. 1 to Christmas Day. The book will be available on Saturday and… …
The warmth of a fire (11/15/2023) - A bonfire will provide welcome warmth in the cold months ahead. This one lit up a Fall Festival held Oct. 28 at Locust Grove Church in Dutton. …Locust Grove Fall Fest (11/15/2023) - Four generations in the Payne/Bohannon families gathered together Saturday at the Fall Festival and Chili Cook-Off held at Locust Grove Church in Dutton. Shown, from left, are Krysta Bohannon, her… …
Health Fair (11/8/2023) - Shepherdsville Baptist Church, Gloucester, held its “Getting Healthier One Step at a Time” health fair Saturday. The fair began with a prayer by Deacon Dianne Carter de Mayo, where she… …