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Upcoming
VBMHC and CrossRoads
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July – August
Vesper Services
A 45-minute service of music and a meditation
will be held each Sunday evening during
July and August in the amphitheater in
the woods at CrossRoads, 1921 Heritage
Center Way (off Garbers Church Rd.). The
public is invited. Each service begins
at 7 p.m. Bring a lawn chair. In case of
rain, meet in the nearby Whitmer School.
(540) 438-1275. The 2008 programs follow:
- July 6 Music by Inner Harmony
Vocal Quartet
with 100-year-old portable organ.
Meditation by Jan and Roma Jo
Thompson, workers in various
Church of Brethren outreach programs.
- July
13 Hymn sing led
by Tim and Charlene Davis
from Harrisonburg Mennonite
Church.
July 20 Cathy
Cupp leads worship
through music,
with Ed Gant, cellist. Meditation
by Linda Neff of Grottoes Church
of the Brethren.
- July
27 Harmonia
Sacra hymns led
by Sam Showalter.
Meditation by
Carol Scheppard,
V.P. and Dean for Academic
Affairs at Bridgewater College.
- August 3 Music by Ardith
Kauffman of Harrisonburg
Mennonite Church.
Meditation by
Donna Lou Shickel
of Montezuma Church of the
Brethren.
- August 10 Harp music
by Virginia Bethune.
Meditation by
Wendell Eller,
retired Church
of the Brethren
pastor
- August
17 Youth night,
but all ages welcome.
Worship led by
youth. Meditation
by Basil Marin,
Mennonite pastor
and youth advocate.
- August
24 Family night:
5:30 picnic on
the hill. Bring
sandwiches for
your family and
finger foods to
share. Dinnerware
and drinks will
be provided. During the vesper
service at 7 p.m., Jim Beckwith,
Church of the Brethren pastor
and Annual Conference moderator,
will share a meditation
and children’s
story. Jan Flora
and children from Bridgewater
Church of the Brethren will
share in music. August 31
Music led by the May Family
Singers. Barbie Borntrager
will share a monologue, “Lydia.” The
September 27, 2008 - Harvest
Day
The annual Harvest
Day at CrossRoads, 1921 Heritage
Center Way (off Garbers Church
Rd.), Harrisonburg, is set for
Saturday, September 27, 10 a.m.
till 3 p.m. This festival offers
something for the whole family,
with special activities for children – old-time
games and crafts,
painting pumpkins and gourds,
hayrides, shelling and grinding
corn to feed barnyard animals,
making pancakes and butter, fabricating
toothpick and yarn dolls, etc.
Adults enjoy Civil War era stories,
special music, boiling molasses,
pressing cider, sawing logs with
a crosscut, spinning thread and
quilting, homemade foods, and
more. Entry fee: $10 per car,
$15 for a large van, and $4 for
bicycles or walk-ins. (540) 438-1275.
Fall 2008 Lecture - November
2
James O. Lehman, local Mennonite
historian, will present the fall
CrossRoads lecture on the theme, “My
Discoveries in Local Mennonite
History.” It will be held
on Sunday, November
2, at 4 p.m., at the Mt. Pleasant
Church of the Brethren meetinghouse,
2788 Taylor Spring Ln., Harrisonburg, (540)
438-1275.
Volum
IV of Unionists book
released
Volume IV of Unionists
and the Civil War Experience
in the Shenandoah Valley
became available in 2007
. More
details here. A hardcover,
it retails for $49.95,
plus tax. The books in
this series can be purchased
at Reflections of Yesteryear
in the Dayton Farmers Market,
Rockingham Cooperative
on Grace Street in Harrisonburg,
Ruth's Books and Cards
in Bridgewater, the Harrisonburg-Rockingham
Historical Society in Dayton,
the Eastern Mennonite University
Bookstore. and through
Valley Research Associates.
For mail orders, send $58.50
(includes Va. sales tax
and shipping) to VRA, P.O.
Box 526, Dayton, VA 22821. A
list of the families featured
in Volumes I -IV is available
here.
Membership
to nurture faith legacy
CrossRoads offers an annual
membership that runs from
September 1 through August
1 to nurture the CrossRoads
vision: sharing the story
of Jesus Christ as it has
been reflected in the lives
of the Brethren and Mennonites
in the Shenandoah Valley.
The plan offers four levels
of membership: Friends,
Patrons, Sustainers, and
Benefactors.
More
information available here.
To begin your personal/family
or congregational membership,
contact our office.
Now
Available -- "A Life
of Peace in a Time
of War"
The Civilian Public Service
story, "A Life of Peace
in a Time of War," which
was shown on WVPT in 2004,
is available for
$19.95 (plus $2 for shipping and handling)
from WVPT, 298 Port Republic
Road, Harrisonburg, VA
22801. More
information on this documentary and the award
winning press kit created using portions
of it is available for download in Microsoft
Word format.
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