July 16, 2008Soccer Camp adds three to free church-related sports camps in Botetourt this summer July 15, 2008Church sports camps in Botetourt part of a trendOn the front page of The Roanoke Times today, there's a story by religion writer Rob Johnson about the trend of church-sponsored sports camps. Two of the ones he mentions have been in Botetourt -- one at Fincastle Baptist Church, the other in Buchanan sponsored by Mill Creek Baptist, with help from Buchanan Baptist, Buchanan Presbyterian, Trinity United Methodist Church and Valley View Baptist Church. If you're interested in more, we had a posts (with photos) from the Fincastle camp on July 2 and the Buchanan camp on July 9. July 10, 2008Beef Barbeque at Limestone Park on July 19 Working up an appetite at Limestone Pool? The Youth of Buchanan Baptist Church will hold a Beef Barbeque at Limestone Park on Saturday July 19 from 12- 5 p.m. cost is $6 per tray and includes a barbeque sandwich, a baked potato, slaw and beans. All proceeds go to the mission trip to South Dakota to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Swimmer goes off the board at Limestone Park recently. July 9, 2008Crossings Church has second church Service this Sunday at 10:30Crossings Christian Church, which will hold its second service this Sunday July 14 at 10:30 a.m. The contemporary service will be held at Greenfield Education Center off the Roanoke Road in the Auditorium. Pastor James Terry mentioned all are welcome to come see what this new church is all about. The new church is a planted church from the Virginia Vision council of the Church of Christ and Christian Church state program. We had a previous post about the church on May 14. July 7, 2008Vacation Bible Schools for this week and weekendFincastle Community Vacation Bible School will be all week at the Family Life Center of Fincastle United Methodist Church from tonight through Friday night. The theme this year is a Beach Party. Bible School begins at 6:30 p.m. and ends at 8:30 p.m. Ages preschool through 5th grade. Fun, Bible Stories, crafts and music are part of the program each night. St. Mark's United Methodist Church will have Sunday night Bible School through August beginning July 13. St. Mark’s Vacation Bible School will run Sunday evenings July 13 through Aug. 10, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Continue reading "Vacation Bible Schools for this week and weekend" » July 3, 2008Presbyterians donate to Botetourt Resource Center Fincastle Presbyterian Church supports Botetourt Resource Center with a partnership. Continue reading "Presbyterians donate to Botetourt Resource Center" » July 2, 2008Photos from the football camp at Fincastle Baptist Church Jacob Crawford shows the others how to high step through the drill. Over 90 players participated and the coaching staffs from all of the high schools and middle schools assisted. Here are some photos from ending night. The cool air provided that hint of football season around the corner. The church and Barkett-Allen Capitol sponsored the event and were helped by many others. Each camper got a t-shirt, goodie bag and football from the camp and some spiritual uplift as well. Continue reading "Photos from the football camp at Fincastle Baptist Church" » June 27, 2008Free football camp for ages 6-12 Sunday through Tuesday Fincastle Baptist Church will hold its football camp Sunday June 29- July from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Mitchell and Cort Clark at the recent James River High School football camp. Our last post about Fincastle Baptist Church was June 26. June 26, 2008Fincastle Baptist's Vacation Bible School draws more than 270 to Cactus Canyon
Cody Codgill preps to take the zip line across the field with the help of Andrea Wilson and Tom Turner at Cactus Canyon Bible School at Fincastle Baptist Church. Continue reading "Fincastle Baptist's Vacation Bible School draws more than 270 to Cactus Canyon" » June 20, 2008New associate pastor announced at Fincastle Baptist ChurchFincastle Baptist Church is pleased to announce the addition of Rev. Brian Horton to the church staff as Associate Pastor of Children and Education. Pastor Brian is originally from Spartanburg, SC. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is married to Tara and together they have one son, Adam. His hobbies include photography, baseball, and reading. Prior to coming to Fincastle Baptist, he has served churches in South Carolina, Kentucky, and Georgia. June 17, 2008Troutville men are part of Holy Rollers
Continue reading "Troutville men are part of Holy Rollers " » June 14, 2008D.J. Jones helps raise money for MDA D.J. Jones is 11 years old and has muscular dystrophy. He is raising money for the annual MDA telethon on Labor Day weekend today from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. May 20, 2008Young Life says good-bye to Dave Sloop Many young people from Lord Botetourt High School attend the Christian organization Young Life located in the old Pugh driver training building off Read Mountain Road. Last night, the group packed the house to say goodbye to leader Dave Sloop and his wife Michelle. May 19, 2008Fincastle Baptist youth hold car wash in Daleville The youth of Fincastle Baptist Church held a car wash at the First Citizens Bank on Saturday to raise money for their mission trip to Cherokee, N.C. in June. Sharron Smith, Martin Burch, Ethan Vass and Sidney Spigle scrub a car to earn money for their mission trip. May 14, 2008Crossings Christian Church coming soon to Greenfield A local minister says a new contemporary style church service for the unchurched will soon begin in the Daleville area. Crossings Christian Church is the name of the church and is based on Isaiah 48:17 Continue reading "Crossings Christian Church coming soon to Greenfield" » May 5, 2008Trinity Bike shop raised $550 for the Christian Free- Clinic of Botetourt Gary and Linda Cronise cooked burgers and hot dogs on Saturday and raised a lot of money for a very good cause, she said. A steady stream of patrons filed off the Route 11 and US 220 interchange next to the Truck Stop. At one point, a whole club full of Harley riders filled the parking lot. "We had our first customers at 1 p.m. and the last ones came by about 6:30," said Linda Cronise who manned the table with volunteers. Her husband Gary owns the bike shop and offered up the spot for the fund raiser. The couple live in Fincastle and attend Fincastle Baptist Church where the Free Clinic is located. We had a previous post about the free clinic on March 31. The lines lengthened when a group of bikers dropped in to help the cause. May 3, 2008Mill Creek Baptist Church youth hold car show
 Mill Creek Baptist Church youth held a car show from 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. Saturday. Fast cars, shiny chrome and restored memories of muscle cars held the day. The Buchanan firemen had the French Fry stand open, funnel cakes sizzled, and smoked pork BBQ sandwiches were a step away. More on Monday.... The Gonino family takes a break to eat a funnel cake as the older boys manned the car show registration for Mill Creek Baptist Church youth. Continue reading "Mill Creek Baptist Church youth hold car show" » May 2, 2008Troutville Girl Scout takes part in prayer event
The sixteenth annual National Day of Prayer assembly Thursday was sponsored by Sweet Union Baptist Church. Here's a previous post about the National Day of Prayer. Photo by Chelsea Arner, The Botetourt View May 1, 2008National Day of Prayer at noon today The following sites will hold National Day of Prayer vigils at noon today. The Botetourt locations this year: * Kroger Parking lot at Botetourt Commons We had a previous post about the National Day of Prayer on April 28. Rev. Doug Paysour of Fincastle United Methodist Church plants a sign by Fincastle Library this morning as a reminder for area citizens and workers. April 28, 2008National Day of Prayer is Thursday; 10 locations in Botetourt
Continue reading "National Day of Prayer is Thursday; 10 locations in Botetourt" » April 15, 2008Botetourt couple win tickets to see the popeDan and Rena Dombrosky of Botetourt County have won tickets to Pope Benedict XVI's papal Mass in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. Religion writer Rob Johnson has details on his new faith blog. April 13, 2008Glebe women serve as peacekeepers in Mideast Joy McNabb and Karen S. Carter are two residents of the Glebe who spent several weeks in January acting as members of Christian Peacekeeper Teams (CPT) in the West Bank. Through her association with the Church of the Brethren (Carter and her husband Clyde attend Daleville Church of the Brethren,) Karen S. Carter, a German native, decided to become a member of the CPT. This group of Christian peace keepers practice nonviolent methods to keep people safe whom they view as under duress from Israeli occupation in both countries. Continue reading "Glebe women serve as peacekeepers in Mideast" » April 7, 2008Mill Creek Baptist Church Living Water mission trip returns from Dominican RepublicThe Mill Creek Baptist Church mission team members are back and the trip was a huge success, said Tommy Moore, one of the travelers to the Dominican Republic last week. Plenty of clean water is now available to the citizens of the very impoverished Caribbean nation due to the efforts of the mission team. Moore said they made many balloon animals for the children, too. Mill Creek Baptist Church will hold a special event to show and tell the events of the mission trip Sunday night April 13 at 7 p.m. at the church. The public is invited to attend. Light refreshments will be served after the service. Mill Creek Baptist Church is located on US Route 11 five miles north of Troutville. Contact the church at 992-3474 for further information. March 31, 2008Christian Free Clinic names a new directorThe Christian Free Clinic in Botetourt has named Jenny Daniels its new executive director. The announcement that was made by the Free Clinic’s Medical Director, Dr. Bob Allen, at an appreciation dinner February 23 for volunteers, sponsors and other donors and contributors at the facility, which celebrated its first year of operation in January. Approximately 100 people attended the event, held at the Fincastle Baptist Church, which is also the location of the clinic. The clinic was started at the urging of local physician, Susanne Voekler. Dr. Voekler, in internal medicine specialist with Lewis-Gale, had volunteered with several other free clinics while as a medical student in Washington, D.C., and as an intern and resident in California, as well as in the Roanoke area. She serves as Clinical Director at the Botetourt Clinic. Continue reading "Christian Free Clinic names a new director" » March 27, 2008Clothing closet, a Fincastle United Methodist outreach, serves all Botetourt County citizensFincastle United Methodist Church has handled a clothing closet at the Family Life Center and thanks to the generosity of Andre and Joyce Hilliou of Fincastle, they now have a Main Street location across from the courthouse. For more than five years the clothing closet has been located in the Family Life Center and carted out of a closet every month during the SHARE program, a low cost grocery program held at the church. During the weekdays the church secretary had been allowing those in need to peruse the clothing supply. The Family Life Center will remain the sorting spot for donations. Rhonda Campbell, who heads the program for the church, has a committee of volunteers to help man the hours at the new site. Tuesdays and Saturdays coincide with Christian Free Clinic hours at Fincastle Baptist Church on Tuesdays and the Botetourt Food Pantry at St. Mark's Episcopal and SHARE on Saturdays.The outreach provides clothing for children and adults at no charge. Gently worn clothing, particularly women's plus sizes and larger size men's clothing, are currently a source of need and donations will be appreciated. March 12, 2008Fishing Ministry forms in Blue RidgeGlade Creek Baptist Church is beginning a fishing ministry relating to older children ages 10-15. Hooked for Life is the name of the new ministry, which will be starting up in Blue Ridge in April. Robert Deitz and Junior Martin are the program leaders for the group at the church located on 3148 Webster Rd. in Blue Ridge. The kickoff will be April 5 at 3 p.m. Children ages 10-15 are invited. Fishing, games, prizes, presentations and refreshments will be included in the afternoon event. The church is describing it as a fishing adventure club and will be sponsoring fishing trips. "Kids can earn fishing gear as the program progresses." said Deitz. Transportation is available. |
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