Upcoming Community Events

Contributed Reports
Published: August 30, 2008

Norman Reunion will be held Aug. 31, at the Rappahannock Park on Route 211 in Washington, Va. A picnic lunch will be served at the pavilion, rain or shine at 1 p.m.
Woodland United Methodist Church, U.S. 522 North, Culpeper, invites everyone to join us for our Sunday worship beginning at 11:15 a.m.

Graffiti House Lecture Series on JEB Stuart and the 1857 Cheyenne Campaign by Melissa Wells Delcou Aug. 31 from 2 to 3:15 pm. Call 727-7718 or visit brandystationfoundation.com

Bethsaide United Methodist Church, Route 607, Brightwood, invites the public to its services on Aug. 31 at 8:45 a.m. Services by the Rev. Alan R. Follett.

Remington United Methodist Church would like to invite the public to our combined worship service at 10 a.m. on Aug. 31. This one service will take the place of our usual 8:30 contemporary and 11 a.m. traditional services. For more information, please contact the church office at 439-2579 or visit our website at remingtonchurch.org.
The Women’s Ministry of the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Tanners, will be hosting a trip to Lancaster, Pa. to see the play, “In The Beginning” on Oct. 25. Please call Mrs. Jean Wood, 672-3717 or the church, 672-9065 for information and reservations.

Culpeper United Methodist Church, 1233 Oaklawn Drive, welcomes all to our Sunday morning services and Sunday school. This Sunday is “Mission Teams Sunday.” Our youth will be leading worship and showing a presentation on the missions they have completed this year. We have traditional services at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. and a contemporary service at 9:29 a.m.

Join Hope Community Church in a “Beautification Project” at Floyd T. Binns Middle School on Aug. 31 from 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your garden gloves and lend a hand. Picnic lunch to follow. Call 825-4607 or visit hopecwc.org for more information.

Culpeper Literacy Council Needs Your help! CLC is looking for a few good volunteers! If you can read, you can teach someone else to read. No teaching experience is necessary and we provide lunch and all materials. Call Culpeper Literacy Council at 825-5804 for more information or to sign up.

Register now for the Parenting Cooperative Program – Research-based “Positive Parenting” curriculum (of youth ages 4-12), encourages greater cooperation and effective communication.  Thurs. sessions are 6 to 8 p.m.; Sat. sessions are 10 a.m. to noon and include a 4-H component for youth, ages 4-12.  Classes begin Sept. 11 and 13.  This community-sponsored program is free.  To register, call 727-3435, ext. 0.

The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) customer service centers (CSC) will be closed on Sept. 1 in observance of the Labor Day holiday.

Faith Worship Center, 11332 James Monroe Highway, Culpeper, will be having a yard sale Sept. 1. We are on U.S. 29 south by the animal hospital. Call 743-3356.

Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services Board and Area Agency on Aging transportation services will not operate on Sept. 1 in observance of Labor Day.

Town of Warrenton, will have no refuse collection on Sept. 1. Regular schedule will resume on Sept. 2.

NOTICE: Effective Sept. 2, Coffeewood Correctional Center, will test our emergency signal monthly. The first Tuesday of each month at 11:40 a.m. the alarm will sound three times for approximately five seconds each time. For more information call 829-6483 ext. 6005 and provide your name, address, and telephone number.

Are you interested in learning how to cross-stitch? We will be meeting at Culpeper Library on Sept. 2 at 10 a.m. in the meeting room. “A Kissing Pillow” will be the project we will be working on. 

Powell Wellness Center announces a lifestyle and weight management class, a 10-week comprehensive program is designed to help you lose weight and develop a healthier lifestyle, will be held Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. and Sept. 8 at 9 a.m. or 6 p.m. For more information visit our website at powellwellnesscenter.com or call 829-4741.

Carless Webb and The Gospel Strings will be in concert at Saint Luke’s Episcopal Parish Hall on Sept. 2 at 7 p.m. For information call 547-4537.

Families First is offering classes for parents and caregivers of children under the age of five at Culpeper Regional Hospital conference room 3-week sessions, starting Sept. 3, 10, and 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. Call 829-2065 ext. 309 to register.

ALS Resource Support Group meets Sept. 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Laurels, 1165 Pepsi Place, Charlottesville. For more information on this free event, call 434-589-4969 or visit ALSinfo.org.

Culpeper Barbershop Harmony Chorus announces its first official meeting date will be Sept. 3 in the chorus room of Eastern View High School from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Call for more information, 851-6333.

United Methodist Family Services offers a nine-week training program for all families interested in becoming foster and adoptive parents. The next Parent Resources for Information, Development and Education training program begins Sept. 3 and continues through Oct. 29.  To register call Terry Martin at 540-898-1773, ext. 13.

Tim Janis and Music with a Mission Visits Culpeper: Tim Janis and his ensemble will perform in concert in Culpeper Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary of Culpeper Baptist Church. His only request is that those attending bring a pair of new children’s shoes. For more information call Sharon Beth Brani, 829-7923.

Piedmont Area Christian Educators will be holding its first homeschool support group meeting of the 2008-2009 school year on Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. at the Culpeper United Methodist Church. For more information, email or visit our website at pacehomeschool.org.

Culpeper Christian Women’s Club will sponsor a “What’s New at the Library” Brunch, Sept. 10 at 9:30 a.m., at Pepper’s/Best Western, Culpeper. Special Feature:  The Culpeper Library. Special speaker will be Denise Pent of Dover, Delaware. Cost is $8.50 inclusive. Reservations call 937-4069 or 937-3612 by Sept. 5.

Richardsville Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary is sponsoring a community yard sale on Sept. 6 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Richardsville Fire Department. Call 399-1744 or 399-1160.

The Virginia Draft Horse and Mule Association will be sponsoring the Old Dominion Horse Show at Commonwealth Park on Sept. 6 with the opening ceremony at 8 a.m. Admission is $5 with children under 10, free of charge. For more information call 937-7861.

The Lignum Ruritan Club will hold a yard sale Sept. 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine at the Lignum Ruritan Building on Lignum Road, Lignum. Call Rozelle Amick, 423-1005.