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April 6-7: Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir’s spring concerts, “Roots & Branches,” will be held on Saturday at 7 p.m. or Sunday at 4 p.m. in Eastern Mennonite University’s Lehman Auditorium. Highlights include early music pieces and cultural folk songs (roots) and a diverse assortment of contemporary selections (branches). To purchase concert tickets, visit svcc.org/performances or contact Erin Weldon at 540-432-4650.
April 7: Into Hymn, a JMU a capella group, will perform at 7 p.m. at Wakemans Grove (668 Wakemans Grove Road, Edinburg). Event details are here.
April 14: Middle River (2077 Knightly Mill Road, Fort Defiance) will host an Open House from 5-9 p.m. featuring One Family Band, with snacks and a visit to their small museum to follow in the first of their 200th-anniversary celebrations. A homecoming service is slated for August 11, and a community celebration and Apple Harvest Festival on October 19 are also planned to commemorate the establishment of the first Church of the Brethren congregation in Augusta County. Download a flyer here.
April 17: The Great Community Give will include Brethren Woods again this year. Click here to learn more.
April 20: Nate Polzin will present “For My Neighbor’s Good Brethren Evangelism Explosion” from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. The event is free, and .45 CEUs are available. Details are here.
April 20: Wakemans Grove will serve a Tenderloin Supper, starting at 4 p.m. The menu includes tenderloin, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, sauerkraut, coleslaw and cake for a free-will offering. Carry-out dinners are available for $15. Proceeds will benefit the community outreach ministries program. Download a flyer here.
April 20: This year’s Brocks Gap Heritage Day at J. Frank Hillyard Middle School will feature a special program about a different aspect of the local Civil War that affected Brethren and Mennonites, drawn from Karl Rhodes’s new book, Peggy’s War. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To learn more, visit https://peggyswar.com/ or here.
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April 27: The Spring Festival at Brethren Woods begins with the fishing derby at 7 a.m., followed by a pancake breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and the annual Hike-A-Thon, Dunk the Dunkard, Kiss the Cow, yard sale and auction, and dozens of activities for all ages. Click here for details.
April 27: Wakemans Grove (668 Wakemans Grove Road, Edinburg) will hold “An Overflowing Cup” Ladies’ Tea Brunch from 10 a.m. to noon.
May 4: White Hill (749 Old White Hill Road, White Hill) is organizing a women’s conference from 10 a.m. - to 3 p.m. The event will be offered at no cost, and a light lunch will be served. The conference aims to encourage women across the District to unite and walk together across the bridge to unity. For more information, download the flyer here, read a welcome letter here, or email Lorraine Dent.
May 17-18: The Virlina district will host Calling the Called VII: Hearing the Holy Spirit: Discerning, Confirming—A Time to Hear Your Call.
Is there someone in your congregation that has gifts for ministry? Tap that person on the shoulder and encourage them to come to Calling the Called, which will be held at Camp Bethel. Calling the Called provides participants with an intentional time to study scripture together, hear stories and reflections of how God called others, and reflect upon the ways that God
might be calling them. For more information or to nominate someone, contact either Paul Stover, chairperson, at stover80@msn.com or Daniel Rudy, District Executive Minister, at Virlina.dem@gmail.com.
Aug. 3: Ethics training for pastors at Montezuma. Times will be announced.
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