Enter your photo in the Ultimate Fan contest by midnight to win a suite night at a Salem Red Sox game and a chance at a trip to Fenway Park.
A Bake Sale benefiting Cedar Bluff Baptist and its pavilion fund will be held Friday, May 3 from 8 a.m. until all goodies are sold on Main Street in front of the Town Hall in Buchanan.
Cakes, pies, brownies, cookies, breads, biscuits, drinks and more will be sold.
– Submitted by Shannon Link
The Venturing Crew located at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Fincastle is sponsoring a breakfast the day before Mother’s Day for the clients of the Botetourt Food Pantry. Tickets will be dispensed for the next few Saturday’s at the Botetourt Food Pantry. The event is free to the clients and their families.
The Venturing Crew is a co-ed, additional program of The Boy Scouts of America for those in between the ages of 14 and 21. The organization focuses on building team leadership through high adventure activities, as well as helping serve the community. St. Mark’s Episcopal stated, “Our major outreach ministry is providing space and personnel to serve the community through the Botetourt Food Pantry. Area churches, organizations, and schools assist with the distribution.”
Penny Neil, the club sponsor, said the group is seeking donations of food items. “In the first day alone, this past Saturday, we gave out 44 tickets to clients and their families to the breakfast.”
Here are some suggested donations the public or other groups can make to the process of making the breakfast:
Suggested Donations needed for the Breakfast:
1. Sturdy paper plates (need to hold up to syrup)
2. Plastic ware for 300 people
3. 8 Plastic table clothes (Spring Colors)
4. Plastic gloves for kitchen help
5. Take out boxes
6. Cups for Coffee, Juice (Small),
7. Trash bags
8. Pancake mix (add water only)
9. Blueberries (for pancakes)
10. Biscuits (Lots and lots of)
11. Sausage (300 people) Prefer cooked
12. Bacon (300 people) Prefer cooked
13. Sausage gravy (300 people)
14. Butter packets
15. Syrup in Bottles (some with no sugar) (Flavors) (packets)
16. Eggs
17. Fried Apples (Large cans of)
18. Different Juices (Singles or Large Jugs)
19. Milk
20. Coffee
21. Fresh Fruit
22. Door Prizes (for drawings)
The event will be held on Sat. May 11 from 9-12. Call Neil at 529-6537 to make a donation to the event.
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church invites you to join us for worship this Sunday, April 21, at 11:00 am. We will be hosting the Fork Union Military Academy All Boys Choir for the Worship hour– we will also host a church-wide meal & fellowship following the worship service. Pleasant Hill Baptist Church is located at 4930 Country Club Road, in Troutville. Visit us on the web for directions at www.phbcweb.com
–Karen Wade
Pictured: Matthew Lee
St. Philip Lutheran Church will be holding its 40th annual blood drive for the American Red Cross on Monday, May 6th from 12 - 7 pm. The drive is in honor of Matthew Lee, a 5-year-old with the rare bleeding disorder Severe Hemophilia A.
Currently there is treatment to minimize the condition, but no cure has been found. He needs regular blood transfusions. His life has been saved many times by blood donations and his medication is derived from blood products. Thanks to blood donors, Matthew is still alive today!
St. Philip Lutheran Church is located at 8115 Williamson Road NW, Roanoke. For an appointment, please contact the church at 366-7046, Margaret Mitchell at 366-5963, or Ruth Farmer at 977-3930. Refreshments will be served, and all donors are needed. Let’s make it a record-setting blood drive!
- Submitted by Marquita Reinhardt
Relay for Life is May 17 at the Buchanan Carnival grounds.
Fincastle United Methodist Church’s Relay for Life Team, “Peace Like a River,” will hold a yard sale on Saturday, April 27 from 8 a.m. until noon.
The sale will take place in the former Dr. Andrews office parking lot on Roanoke Road in Fincastle across from Mulch and More.
All sales will benefit Relay for Life. Donations of items will be received on Wednesday evenings from 6-7:30 at the Fincastle United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall in the Family Life Center (lower level.) Please pre-price items.
Glad Creek Lutheran Youth Italian night is April 20.
You’re invited to an Italian Themed Dinner hosted by our Youth on Saturday, April 20 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Come enjoy a variety of pasta dishes, salad, and dessert at the “Italian Bistro” while supporting our Youth. Freewill donations will be collected to offset the cost of Youth events. Dine in or carry out.
Glade Creek Lutheran Church is located at 3359 Webster Rd., Blue Ridge, Va.
Submitted by Robin Smith, Parish Secretary
Botetourt County interested parties met on April 9, 2013 and formulated the schedule for annual National Day of Prayer Services. Botetourt County Services–12 Noon at the following locations:
Kroger’s Parking Lot-Daleville
(Sponsored by Pleasant Hill Baptist Church)
Troutville Park
(Sponsored by Troutville Church of the Brethren)
Fincastle Library Parking Lot
(Sponsored by Fincastle United Methodist Church)
Eagle Rock Library
(Sponsored by Galatia Presbyterian Church)
Valley View Baptist Church Parking Lot near Buchanan
(Sponsored by Valley View Baptist Church)
Read Mountain Fire Department
(Sponsored by Orchard Hills Church)
Villa Heights Baptist Church Parking lot
(Sponsored by Villa Heights Baptist Church)
Blue Ridge Post Office
(Sponsored by Colonial Baptist Church)
“Prayer on the Mountain” at Parkway Wesleyan
(Sponsored by Parkway Wesleyan Church)
Each of these events is non-denominational. Please feel free to join us at any of these locations for a time of uniting in prayer for our country and its leaders. If you are unable to attend an event, please remember to pray! Thank you!
–Lee Minnix, coordinator
Help Capernaum at Chick Fil A Valley View tonight 4-6!
Chasity Dawn Graham a chaperone for Capernaum wants to know, “Are You Hungry??? “Eat more Chikin!”
“Come on out to Chick-fil-A at Valley View TONIGHT between 4-8 and support our Capernaum kids! Mention Botetourt YoungLife or Capernaum and 10% of the proceeds will help fund camp for our special kids! Good food for a great cause!”
“I will be there and would love to see some of you!!” And she added, “If you have other plans for dinner already, you can always stop and purchase a gift certificate for another night!! Hope to see some familiar faces!!”
Capernaum, part of YoungLife is held every other Tuesday at Orchard Hills Church on Cloverdale Road for teens with special needs and their mentors. Pictured is a typical fun night with teens and mentors!
The community is invited to attend the April meeting of Sharing God’s Grace at Wheatland Lutheran Church on Tuesday, April 16, beginning at 12 noon, with lunch prepared by the ladies of the church. The program following lunch will be presented by Susan and Weldon Martin. They will share their pictures and information about their recent trip to the Holy Land and surrounding historical sites. Come share good food and fellowship, and learn more about the history and culture of the Holy Land. Call 992-5403 to make a reservation and get directions to the church.
Submitted by Natalie Haley
Mission Fest will be held at St Philips Lutheran Church on Saturday April 13th. There will be a huge yard sale with household, baby, kids items, furniture and more… We will have free Starbucks coffee and free kids activities, including inflatables and live music. We will also be giving free giveaways hourly from local businesses. There will be food for sale and baked goods. A silent auction will be open all day – bidding ends at 300 pm. A live auction begins at 3:00. We have approximately 80 baskets valued from $40 to over $over100. Baby, young boy and girl, coffee and tea, pet lover, scrapbooker, garderner and mother and fathers day baskets are available. We have signed Jimmie Johnson, tickets to richmond, rounds of golf to five courses in roanoke, adventures on the potomac, lakehouse vacations, resort trips, horseback lessons and a flight over roanoke. this is to name just a few – not to include We hope people can come out and bid on these items since all of the proceeds will be going toward building a feeding center and nursery school. It will be a fun day out for a family as well.
I have a rough list of items that will be auctioned off and the flyer.
List Of Auction Items and Baskets
Here is a list of the items that will be auctioned off. Items can be bid on all day and bidding will end at 3:00. Then we will begin our live auction. Some of the sports memorabilia and trips will be live auctioned, along with the sports cards and matchbox cars, etc… A complete list of the items will be available in order at mission fest at st Philip on facebook.
All of these items plus 80 basket made for baby, sports lover, camper (rv overnight stay included), spa baskets, wine and brewery baskets, young boy, young, girl, teen, mothers day, fathers day, scrapbooker, gardening, cooking supplies, baking, and so much more. Thousand s of dollars of merchandise come for a great deal.
1. Les Cheveaux Day Spa – Mini Pedi
2. Salem Red Sox – 12 reserved Seats
3. Virginia Museum of Transportation – One Year Family Membership
4. Roanoke Symphony – 2 Tickets to Appalachian Spring
5. Taubman Museum – Family Membership
6. Blue hills Golf – 4 passes (18 holes)
7. Hanging Rock – 4 passes (18 holes)
8. Ashley plantation – 4 passes (18 holes)
9. Masanutten resort – ski or golf for four Auctioned at 3:00 during the live aution.
10. Roanoke Country club – Golf for four
11. Serv Pro – carpet cleaning
12. Green Ridge Recreation – 3 month membership
13. Thunder Valley – 4 passes to laser tag or go carts
14. Brandon Skate center – free passes (10)
15. 50 dollar gas card – exxon
16. Dominoes – large pizza
17. Little ceasars – large pizzas
18. Pizza Hut Daleville – large pizza
19. Mulch n More – scoop of Mulch
20. Harpers Ferry River Riders – 2 tickets to adventure park
21. Wilderness Adventure – 4 day weekend Auctioned at 3:00 during the live auction.
22. A week on the potomac
23. Fincastle Winery – Summer Concert Series and Basket
24. Viva La Cupcake – Gift Card
25. Walgreens – Gift Card
26. Hollywoods- Gift Card
27. Mac’n bobs – Gift Card
28. Signed and Authenticated Hat from jimmie Johnson with four tickets in Turn 1 for the Richmond Race.
Signed memorabilia will be lived auctioned at 3:00 pm after silent auction ends.
29. Photo of Leonard Hankerson wide receiver for the Redskins – official signed
30. Mens basketball coach at UVA – signed basketball
31. Football signed from Virginia tech
32. Signed Virginia Tech Photo
33. 25 gallons of Davis Frost donated interior home paint
34. Lamp set from Grand Home Furnishing
35. Retired sets matchbox trading cars – new in box
36. Retired baseball cards – new in box
37. Handmade jewelery – beachcombers jewelery
38. Handmade Mantle Clock
39. Digital Photo Frames and Photo Boxes
40. 100’s of Dollars of photo and scrapbooking supplies
Submitted by Shauna Saylor
