COMMUNITY NEWS

Published 2:45 pm Wednesday, January 22, 2020

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The Church and Community Events calendar is published each Wednesday. Items must be submitted by 4:30 p.m. on Monday for that Wednesday’s calendar. Email events to communitycalendar@TheCharlotteGazette.com. 

FEBRUARY 1

AREA 3 MEN’S QUARTERLY MEETING, 10 a.m. of the Baptist General Convention of Virginia at the Cherrystone Missionary Baptist Association Center located at 5551 Tom Fork Road, Ringgold. Men from the churches in the Bluestone Harmony Association, The Banister Missionary Baptist Association, The Cherrystone Missionary Baptist Association and The Sunnyside Missionary Baptist Association are encouraged to attend.

FEBRUARY 8

INTERFAITH DEVOTIONAL, 7 p.m. for followers of all Faiths and none at 771 Greenfield Road, Charlotte Courthouse. Prayers, music, socializing and refreshments.

FEBRUARY 9

BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION, 3 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church in Keysville. A one-act play will be presented. Guest singers will be singing gospel songs. Dinner after the service. Public is welcome.

FEBRUARY 12

DARK-FIRED TOBACCO & PIEDMONT BURLEY MEETING, 10 a.m. at Midway Baptist Church, Phenix. This meeting will serve as grower training to satisfy the requirements set forth in the U.S. Tobacco GAP program and credit will be issued to individuals who attend the meeting in its entirety. For more information, contact Joanne Jones at (434) 542-5884.

FEBRUARY 15

RAINBOW OF RIBBONS PAGEANT, 3:30 p.m., a fundraiser for Barksdale Cancer Foundation at Randolph-Henry High School. For more information call (434) 607-0189 or (434) 735-8699.

FEBRUARY 18

BEEKEEPER’S SCHOOL, 7-9 p.m. at the Prince Edward County Extension Office. A hands-on session is planned for a date to be announced. Presented by Heart of Virginia Beekeepers. For more information or to register contact Mary Jane Morgan at (434) 315-1433 or email wmorgan476@gmail.com.

FEBRUARY 25

BEEKEEPER’S SCHOOL, 7-9 p.m. at the Prince Edward County Extension Office. A hands-on session is planned for a date to be announced. Presented by Heart of Virginia Beekeepers. For more information or to register contact Mary Jane Morgan at (434) 315-1433 or email wmorgan476@gmail.com.

FEBRUARY 29

CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT, 6 p.m. at Red House Volunteer Fire Department. Registration begins at 6 p.m. Winner will receive a monetary prize. There will be a 50/50 drawing and food available for purchase. Hope to see you there.

ONGOING

DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE MEETINGS, 7 p.m. every third Monday of the month at the Drakes Branch Municipal Office, 4800 Drakes Main St., Drakes Branch.