436-4570 EASTER is Sunday, April 5, 2026. To our valued subscribers, as the world awakens to the beauty and renewal of spring, I would like to take a moment to thank you for your continued support. May your Easter be filled with peace, joy, and the warmth of family and friends. Wishing you a wonderful holiday and a bright season ahead.

Birthday greetings to the following individuals from April 1st ~ 7th: 1st ~ Leroy Taylor, James E. Cupitt, Johnny Maurice Newman, John Tate, and Rochelle Brooks; 2nd ~ Trynity Lee; 3rd ~ Justin Todd Hilley, Donna Sue Tate, Gloria Wright Smith, Jessica Gaines, Ezekiel Scott, Jr., Terry Carey, James Robert “J.R.” Yerby and Leroy Johnson; 4th ~ Tiffany Braxton, Victoria Gaines, Brenda Gray, Margaret Johnson Davis, and Renee Dolly; 5th ~ Edgar A. Street, Eugene Clark, (twins) Kendra Kt. Jackson and Ashley Bland; Warnel C. Smith, Jr., Mary Magdeline Gaines, Vanisha Ayana Moors, Cassandra Lee Chapman, and Cynthia Shelton; 6th ~ Robin West, Keisha Gaines, Keiona Gillis, and Shynesia Brown; and 7th ~ Robert Parker, Jr., and Grace Reese.

Anniversary greetings to Frank & Deborah Canada, celebrating 49 years on April 2nd; to Matthew & Charish Lee, Brian & Monica Reed Thompson, and Travis & Kendra Kt. Jackson, all celebrating on the 3rd; to Revs. Frank and Margaret Coleman, celebrating on April 5th.

Bible Study and church service (Sunday) ~ Wednesday’s @ 6 p.m. on Zoom. Meeting ID: 852 2369 8625; Passcode: 2021; Dial by your location: +1 646 876 9923. Join us on Wednesday mornings at 6 a.m. for our weekly Second Baptist Church’s WOW devotional and prayer. New Dial-in number is: (848) 7771500, meeting ID: 283020. WOW monthly meetings are 3rd Saturday of each month at 9 a.m.

There will not be Sunday School on Easter Sunday and service will start at 11 . On April 19, 2026, SBC will be having its Annual Family & Friend’s Day at 11:30 a.m. We are looking forward in having a glorious time in fellowship. Church anniversary will be 3rd Sunday in May. Chairperson will be Deaconess Doris Johnson. A repast will follow.

The Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Farnham Va. will be celebrating their 160th Church Anniversary on Saturday, April 11th with a Banquet at the Palestine Lodge in Lancaster, Va. at 4 p.m. The doors will open at 3:30 p.m. The musical guests will be First Lady Adraine Bibbens and the Zion Lottsburg Mass Choir. They will have a Gospel Comedian, Rev. Dr. Angie Lewis from Caroline County. The food will be catered by Mrs. Tracey Lee. The price of the ticket is $40.00, which are very limited ~ there are only a few left. If you would like to purchase a ticket, you can call Sis. Remona Thompson @ 703-969-4684 or Sis. Sandra Wright @ 240-550-0134. On Sunday, April 12th they will have the 160th Church Anniversary Service at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Farnham, Va. at 11 a.m. The guest speaker will be Rev. Dr. Kip Bernard Banks, Senior Pastor of the East Washington Heights Baptist Church in Washington D.C. The Mt. Zion Anniversary Choir will render the music. Everyone is welcome.

Rev. Willard C. Felton, II and the Shiloh Baptist Church, 16402 Northumberland Highway, Reedville, VA will be celebrating their Spring Revival beginning Monday, April 13th, with guest speaker Dr. Robert Diggs, Tabernacle Baptist Church (Petersburg, VA), and Tuesday, April 14th, with guest speaker Jeffery Reaves, Good Shepherd Baptist Church (Petersburg, VA). All are welcome to attend.

The Westmoreland Branch NAACP holds its Membership meeting the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Galilee Baptist Church, 20461 Kings Highway in Montross. New members are welcomed. For further information, contact: President, Lewis M. Thompson (575) 442-1208; or email marcelle. thompson @gmail.com or Vice President, Rev. Dr. Joseph Haden, (240) 4630769; epathways@aol.com.

Democratic Friends Social Meetups will be the first Tuesday of every month @ 7 p.m. For questions, contact Butch Foutz @ (804) 7615897.

The Pony Riders Mustang Club will be having a Spring Fling Cabaret on April 11, 2026, from 8 p.m. to 12 midnight, at the Tappahannock Firehouse, Tappahannock, VA. Tickets can be purchased from one of the club members. Tickets $25 per person/ $45 per couple. No tickets sold at the door. Attire: Dress to Impress (no t-shirts, shorts, sneakers, and timberland boots). Music provided by: D.J. Buckwild. Ages 25 and up. For more information contact Martel Moore @ (804) 761-2758 or James Henry @ (804) 238-6228.

Our get-well, sick, shutin and prayer list continue this week for: Helen Juanita Wells, Sandy Pinto, Luke Sisson, Ann Taylor, Erica Drummond, Charles & Barbara Newton, Charlene Ashton, Betty Mosier, Joyce Johnson, Reginald “Nookus” Fletcher, Delores Moody, and Tarita Ball. There are others, of course and if you would like other names to be included, please call me. It is great (as always) seeing some of the sick, improving greatly and out. One called to thank everyone for keeping her in prayer. Sandy Pinto says that she gets out for doctor visits and that she has improved some, even though she lives with pain. Please keep one another lifted in prayer and stay safe. Call and encourage those individuals and others. They desire your calls, your cards, and your visits . . . but, above all, they need our prayers. Please be extra cautious with the many health issues that we are faced with. We ALL need prayer.

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A service of remembrance for Fannie M. Brown will be held on Saturday, April 4, 2026, at Zion Baptist Church, Kinsale, VA at 12 noon. Family and friend’s visitation will be held on Saturday, April 4, at Zion Baptist Church, beginning at 11 a.m. until the start of service. Live stream service will be provided by B&B Media LLC.

A service of remembrance for Clarence Lewis will be held on Saturday, April 11, 2026, in the chapel of Weldon-Fisher Funeral Home, Warsaw, VA at 12 noon. Family and friend’s visitation will be held on Friday, April 10, 2026, in the chapel from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. Visitation will also be held on Saturday, April 11, in the chapel beginning at 11 a.m. until the start of service.