Esther Pennington, 540-291-2629
This coming Sunday will the last Sunday of the 10 a.m. early worship service at High Bridge Presbyterian Church for summer.
Members of High Bridge enjoyed their picnic and the annual service at Cave Mountain Lake last Sunday.
Small Church will be held in the church fellowship hall tomorrow, Thursday, Aug. 28, at 7 p.m. Joe Hawes is leading the Bible study. Light refreshments will be served.
High Bridge will celebrate Rally Day on Sunday, Sept. 7, at 10 a.m. Regular Sunday school classes begin Sept. 14.
The evening circle meets Tuesday, Sept. 2, with Garnett Teas at 6 p.m. Faye Worley will deliver an overview of the new Bible study, and lesson one will be led by Dwinnie Shafer.
The Presbyterian Women’s third quarter mission is the Natural Bridge Elementary School clothes closet. Needed clothing includes underwear, shorts, pants (no jeans), and tennis shoes sized 11-4. Items can be left with Betsy Shepard or dropped off in the narthex.
Beth Horon United Methodist Church would like to thank everyone who supported their annual ice cream supper last Saturday. It was a big success!
Jane Shafer and Cathy Ayers recently visited Chris and Beth Shafer in Statesboro, Ga. On the return home they visited Sandy Watts in Wagnor, S.C. Sandy returned home with them for a 10-day visit before flying home.
High Bridge will celebrate it 255th anniversary this fall on the weekend Sep. 27-28. Please join us for different celebration and history activities each day. That Saturday Tom Camden, retired from Washington and Lee University, will give a program at 2 p.m. on the history of High Bridge and the old community of Springfield. A tent will be set up outside with refreshments to follow. The following day, we will have regular worship with a catered lunch in the tent to follow.
The Natural Bridge Food Pantry will open promptly at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 30, and close at 11 a.m. The High Bridge congregation is collecting canned fruit for the food pantry in August. In addition, we ask that our supporting churches and friends donate peanut butter as our inventory is down to zero.
