Special service Sunday at Lapsley’s Run Baptist
Lapsleys Run Baptist Church’s Annual Men’s and Women’s Day will be held on Sunday, March 8, at 11: a.m. The speaker for the service will be Brother Edgar Freeman. Only the morning service will be held, with lunch served afterward, and no afternoon service.
Everyone is invited to attend these and all services at Lapsleys Run Baptist Church, 608 Zion Hill Road, Fincastle.
Community Lenten services in Buchanan
Lenten services are being held in Buchanan. The remaining services are:
March 10, Buchanan Presbyterian Church, 19559 Main Street, noon
March 17, Lithia Baptist Church, 201 Church Hill Road, noon
March 24, Trinity United Methodist Church, 19637 Main Street, noon
Dinner, silent auction at Bonsack UMC
Bonsack United Methodist Church is having its annual Dinner and Auction for Missions on Saturday, March 7, at 4493 Bonsack Road in Roanoke. The evening begins with dinner in the gym at 5 p.m., followed by a silent auction at 6 p.m. to bid on a huge variety of items, including many gift cards. Proceeds from the auction will support vital mission work and neighbors in need in the community. For more information, see the church’s Facebook page at bonsackmethodist.
Pleasant Hill food box distribution March 14
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church will have food boxes available March 14 from 9-10:30 a.m. at the church or at the Eagle Rock Library.
Fincastle Clothes Closet open dates
Fincastle United Methodist’s Clothes Closet will be open on Tuesday, March 10, 10-2; Saturday, March 14, 10-1; and Saturday, March 28, 10-1, in the Family Life Center, 137 S. Church Street. Donations of gently worn, clean clothing and shoes also will be accepted. Call the church office at 540-473-3001 to arrange to bring donations during office hours, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Tuesday-Thursday.
Wednesday Lenten services and lunch
Fincastle United Methodist Church Family Life Center, 137 S. Church Street, is the site on Wednesdays in Lent for 20-minute services beginning at 12:05 p.m. with music and messages of faith and hope from area pastors.
A home-cooked lunch immediately follows each service at 12:30 p.m. The service and meal are designed to give attendees time to return home or to work within one hour. Take-out meals will be available. Parking is available on the street, at the Masonic Lodge, and at the Health Department on the side facing Church Street.
If Botetourt schools are closed for inclement weather, the service is canceled.
The remaining schedule is:
- March 4: Rev. Dr. David Dickerson, Fincastle Presbyterian Church; sub sandwiches, cole slaw, chips, dessert
- March 11: Pastors Tom & Naomi Powers, Daleville Church of the Brethren; chicken salad croissants, vegetable salad, chips, dessert
- March 18: Rev. Willis Logan, St. Mark’s Episcopal Fincastle; potato soup, vegetable-beef soup, grilled cheese sandwiches, Jello salads, dessert
- March 25: Rev. Fr. Xavier Banasula, Church of the Transfiguration, Fincastle; potato bar, chili, green salad, cornbread, dessert
Menus are subject to change. Donations will be accepted – any money received above the cost of the food will go to help fund the mission and ministries of Fincastle United Methodist Church.
Springwood Baptist golf tourney April 18
Springwood Baptist Church’s Feeding Friends Golf Tournament will be held on April 18. This annual golf tournament benefits the Garden of Grace at Wheatland Lutheran Church and the Springwood Baptist Food Pantry.
Sign up with a group of friends to play or become a sponsor by contacting Steve Barger at 540-589-6310 or sbargerretired@gmail.com.
Cloverdale Church of the Brethren Thrift Store
The Thrift Store at Cloverdale Church of the Brethren is having a huge sale on linens, plus offering the last chance to get winter boots for $2. The shop also has lots of children’s clothes, with sizes from 3 months to size 16. Gently used donations are welcome. The store is open Saturdays, 9 to 12.
Easter events at Springwood Baptist
Springwood Baptist Church, 88 Copps Hill Road, Buchanan, invites everyone to upcoming Easter services:
- March 29, Palm Sunday: Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Easter Egg Hunt for kids, 10 a.m.; worship service, 11a.m.; fifth Sunday potluck after worship (bring a couple favorite dishes to share)
- April 3: Good Friday service, 6:30 p.m.
- April 5, Easter Sunday: Sunrise Service, 7 a.m., with breakfast for all afterward; Sunday School, 9:15 a.m. (will meet in the sanctuary); Easter Celebration, 10:30 a.m.
Free Terrific Tuesday dinners at FUMC
Fincastle United Methodist Church offers its free church and community dinners on the last Tuesday of the month, 5:30-7 p.m., in the Family Life Center. Donations are accepted.
