All area churches remain closed during the caronavirus emergency, but a number of churches are trying to meet the needs of their congregations through online methods.
Members of the Lexington City Schools Chess Club and the Rockbridge County High School chess club spent the weekend of March 7-8 in Alexandria participating in the Virginia State Scholastic Chess Championships and performed very well again this year.
With all of the public school classes canceled for at least two weeks, parents have been working with their children to keep their education going while at home. When we asked on Facebook for parents to send us photos of what some of the first week at home looked like, we received lots of photos. What you see here are just a few of those. If you would like to add your child’s photo to our Facebook posting, please do. Who knows? You just might see his or her photo in the paper as well.
Members of Natural Bridge Baptist Church were invited to Daleville Baptist Church on Sunday, March 15, to attend the ordination service for Mason Jordan who has been called as pastor of Natural Bridge Baptist Church. The Rev. Wes Belcher gave the welcome and also led the charge to our church. Gary Kingry and Don Cockes represented the SBCV.
Justin Phillips of Richmond, son of former resident Chip Phillips and grandson of the late Chuck and Marge Phillips, was recently awarded the rank of Eagle Scout for the Boy Scouts of America. A member of Troop 772, he is a high school junior at Deep Run High School in Richmond and has been involved in scouting for over nine years.
