Powhatan Today, June 9, 2021
Stock Market Game winners recognized Team VA_23_ZZ267 from Flat Rock Elementary School ranked higher than any other elementary school team in the state for the Spring Stock Market Game session for Virginia! Congratulations to students, MacKenzie Ringstaff and Kara Emery, and Gifted Resource Teacher, Lori Wolf. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, they are unable to hold the awards luncheon at the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank. Instead, they held a "live" virtual awards program on May 20. At that time, MacKenzie and Kara briefly described what they PHOTO BY LAURA MCFARLAND learned from and/or enjoyed about their participation in the SMG. They could also choose to describe their investment strategy. The Powhatan County School Board recognized MacKenzie, left, and Kara at its May 11 meeting.
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special guest speaker at the event, which drew more than 50 people. Amico attended West Point and was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the Armor Branch in 1976. He served in various posts in the U.S. and overseas until he retired in 1995. He also served several years as the Senior Army instructor of the Cumberland High School JROTC program. Memorial Day is not, as some believe, the unofficial start of summer vacation or a reason for businesses to hold sales, Amico said. “It is a day set aside to honor those who fell in defense of this great nation and the values we hold dear,” Amico said, before sharing some ways he feels people can continue to honor that sacrifice every day. People can honor the fallen by remembering that they represent every region, race, ethnic group, and religious faith, he said. “They embodied one of the great strengths of this country – its diversity, its ability to take people from other nations and assimilate them as Americans while honoring their
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heritage,” he said. “Yes, we have to do a better job of keeping our borders safe and enforcing the current laws, but I hope we never get to the point where we slams hut the gates on what Ronald Reagan so famously called the ‘shining city on a hill.’ To do so would be a disservice to those we honor today.” Amico talked about the origins of Memorial Day in relation to the Civil War as families and friends of those who died came and decorated the graves of the fallen on both side in an event first known as Decoration Day. More than 100 years later, Memorial Day officially became a federal holiday in 1971. Despite these origins, he pointed out that some people might object to honoring the estimated 250 Confederate dead buried at Huguenot Springs Cemetery and those that fought alongside them. But the study of history is complicated, he said, and can’t only be looked at through a modern day lens. “Whatever the cause they fought for, they sacrificed their all for it,” he said. Amico also spoke about the men and women who rest on foreign soil, where they went “to
free the oppressed, end tyranny, and bring peace to the world.” They gave their lives so the United States could become “a more perfect union,” Amico said. He challenged those listening to honor their sacrifice by shutting out the “polarizing invective of the fringe elements of both the left and the right” and being willing to accept the best ideas for moving forward, “no matter where those ideas come from.” “Let us remember that our two greatest documents – the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution – came into existence on clouds of compromise because the founding fathers realized there were more important things than themselves or their individual agendas,” he said. In addition to the guest speaker, the annual Memorial Day Service sponsored by the J.E.B. Stuart Camp #1343 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans was full of traditions those in attendance embrace every year. The event included guests signing “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny”; a special musical tribute of the different branches of the armed forces given by the Virginia Scots Guard Pipes and Drums; a laying of
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wreaths from various groups in Virginia and beyond, and a four-cannon salute offered by Knibb’s Battery, Artillery Regiment, 1st Division, A.N. V. Laura McFarland may be reached at Lmcfarland@powhatantoday. com.
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Graceland Baptist Church Dr. Ronald Wyatt, Jr., Pastor
Contemporary – 8:30 a.m. Sunday School – 9:45 a.m. Worship – 11 a.m. Children’s Worship – 11 a.m. Prayer/Bible Study – Wed. 6:30 p.m. 2095 Red Lane Road Children’s Worship (all ages) – 1/2 mile off Rt. 60 on Red Lane Road Wed. 6:30 p.m. 804-598-2455 New Generation Praise & Worship – www.redlanebaptist.org Sunday 6 p.m. Worship Service 9:00 a.m. Lighthouse Youth – Wed. 5:30 p.m. Small Groups 10:30 a.m. Miracles of God Sp. Needs Service: 2 p.m. the 2nd Sat. of each month Wednesday Night Classes for all ages at 6:15 598-3481 • 975 Dorset Road Dr. James Taylor, Pastor www.gracelandbc.org
Holly Hills Baptist Church www.HollyHillsBaptist.org
(Independent Bible Believing)
Randy Blackwell, Pastor Sunday School - 10:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m. Evening Service 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7:00 p.m.
379-8930 1659 Anderson Highway 3½ miles east of Flat Rock
5680 Cartersville Road Powhatan, Virginia 23139 Pastor Gregory L. Beechaum Sr. “The church where Jesus is Alive” 9:00 a.m. ---- Sunday School 9:45 a.m.----- Prayer & Praise 10:00 a.m.--- Sunday Morning Worship 5th Sunday at 11 a.m. Hour of Power 7:30 p.m. ---- Tuesday Night Worship & Bible Study
“A Church Where Love Never Fails!” Pastor Otis B. Lockhart, Jr.
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Muddy Creek BAPTIST CHURCH Baptist Church Sunday School - 9:45 a.m. Worship - 11 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study & Prayer Service - 7:00 p.m. Pastor Jeff Beard, MA, MBA 3470 Trenholm Road www.muddycreekbaptist.org
375-9212
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804-375-9404
Baptist Church
11 a.m. – Worship Service 9 a.m. – Church School Wednesday Bible Study 10 a.m. & 7 p.m.
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Rev. Bryan Stevens, Pastor
Powhatan Extension Office at 804-598-5640.
Above, dozens of people attended the 40th annual Huguenot Springs Cemetery Memorial Day Service to pay homage to the nation’s fallen service members. Below is a cannon salute offered by Knibb’s Battery, Artillery Regiment, 1st Division, A.N. V.
Sunday School 9:45-10:45 Sunday Morning Worship will begin at 11:00 a.m.
2591 Ridge Road Powhatan, Virginia 23139 804-598-2051
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Praise and Worship Service
Sunday School: 10:00-10:45 a.m. Worship Service: 11:00 a.m. 4731 Bell Road, Powhatan, VA 23139 804-598-5491
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1059 Dorset Road Powhatan, VA 23139
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OLD POWHATAN BAPTIST CHURCH 3619 Huguenot Trail Powhatan, Virginia 23139 www.finecreekbaptist.org Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Worship Service: 11:00 a.m. Traditional
2202 Old Church Road www.powhatanbaptist.org
“Your Community Church”
598-2763 Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. Morning Service at 11:00 a.m. Bible Study Every Wednesday Night at 6:30 p.m. 3964 Old Buckingham Road
Sundays 10:00 a.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Experiencing the presence, power and person of Jesus Christ
Loving, Investing, Fulfilling, Empowering Senior Pastor Justin Wilson Sunday Service 10:30am 2410 New Dorset Circle www.Communitylifechurchpowhatan.org Feeding Powhatan Open 3rd Wednesday of the month
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Sunday 10am, 11am & 6pm Wednesday 7pm
3920 MAIDENS RD., POWHATAN
804-598-2301
Evening Bible Study 7:00 p.m.
Service times are 8:30 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Worship online at 10:15 a.m.
Family Worship Center 2901 Judes Ferry Road Powhatan, Va 23139 804-379-8223
Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Service 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Mid Day Bible Study 11:30 a.m.
Brad Russell, Pastor 598-4241
Travis L. Keith- Pastor Church Office: 794.7054 1530 Cook Road (Rt. 636)
www.glbcpva.org
Just Across from South Creek Shopping Center!
