Area Baptists will celebrate 150th Anniversary of the Blue Ridge Baptist Association on Oct. 23, 2008 at Fairystone Baptist Church in Stuart, VA, starting at 1:00pm and culminating with dinner at 6:00pm
Numerous speakers from the area and the Virginia Baptist Association plus other guests will be on hand for this auspicious occasion. In addition there will be "Old Time Singing" and the public is invited to be a part. At the present time, 20 different Southern Baptist Churches comprise the Blue Ridge Baptist Association and are located in Patrick, Carroll and Floyd Counties. A special hard back book has been published about the history of the association entitled "EYES TOWARD THE MOUNTAINS" and will be available for sale throughout the day. Rev. Wayne Hannah, director of the association, extends a warm welcome to the citizens fo the 3 counties to come join in the celebration. Fairystone Baptist Church is located at 82 Fairystone Church Loop, just off the Fairystone Highway, Stuart, VA
Contact: Jim Litten, Publicity, P. O. Box 768 Stuart, VA 24171, 276-694-2449 day or 276-694-3860 night. E-mail: jim@jimlitten.com
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Rev. Wayne D. Hannah, Director, Blue Ridge Baptist Association, 705 Mountain View Loop, Stuart, VA 24171, 276-694-2722, e-mail: whannah@swva.net