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Chatham Baptist In The News
Partnering for Art's Sake
A Chatham, Va., church uses the arts to befriend its small town.
By Alicia Kazsuk, Writer, Outreach Magazine, Published Nov/Dec 2006, pp.
132-134.
Walk the downtown streets of Chatham, Va., on the last Friday night of the month, and you’ll hear everything from quiet recitations of poetry to a piercing guitar solo—all echoing off the buildings in this town of 1,300 people. On such nights, 60 to 70 mostly non-believing teenagers from three area high schools converge on a storefront at 1800 Main Street for Soundcheck—a free, student-led event for teenage artistic expression, sponsored by a local arts initiative and 120-member Chatham Baptist Church.
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Chatham
Baptist Celebrations Continue
Star-Tribune, Wednesday,
June 27, 2007
The man who came from Bedford in 1856, the Rev. Marshall Read, came
to Chatham to build Baptist churches in Pittsylvania County. The man who
came from Bedford Sunday, June 24, was coming home to the church his
father had led as pastor from 1954 through 1968. Eldridge Virginius Cullum
III was the pastor, and his son, who is his namesake, was known about
Chatham as "Ridge." [ Read
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Chatham Baptist Church Continues
Sesquicentennial Celebration
Star-Tribune, Wednesday May 30
The fifth of seven sesquicentennial
celebrations was held Memorial Day weekend at Chatham Baptist Church.
More than 130 people joined the memorial service for two soldiers who
were members of Chatham Baptist Church and died while serving their
country. [ Read
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Chatham Area
Community VBS, June 24-28
The Chatham community Vacation Bible
School will be held Sunday-Thursday, June 24-28, at Oakland United
Methodist Church, from 6-8 each night. This year's theme is "The
Sea of Galilee." Lessons will focus on Jesus selecting his
disciples, talking on a mountainside, healing, calming a storm and
feeding the 5,000. [ Read
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Chatham
Baptist Church Continues 150-year Celebration
Star-Tribune, Wednesday May 2
Chatham Baptist Church's continuing
150-year celebration began in front of the sanctuary Sunday morning, as
members gathered, many in costumes of an earlier era, to meet Fred
Anderson, portraying Dr. William E. Hatcher, who lived from 1834-1912.
Hatcher arrived on a horse-driven carriage, belonging to Ben and Betty
Davenport. [ Read
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Chuck
Warnock to Lead Seminar at the National Outreach Conference in San Diego
Small
Church, Big Impact: Creating Missional Partnerships in Your Community
Chuck
Warnock, Senior
Pastor, Chatham Baptist Church
Want to learn how to engage your
community in missional ministry, but you’re short of money and
manpower? Learn how a small-church started a Boys and Girls Club, a
community arts school, teen open mic nights, and received $3-million to
build a community center – all in under 3-years! [ Read
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Come and
learn:
- The 6 Pros and Cons of Partnering in
Community Ministry
- The 5 Sources for Funding Missional
Projects
- The 4 New Ways to Measure Missional
Ministry
Chatham
Baptist Church Continues Sesquicentennial Celebration
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Star-Tribune, Wednesday, March 28, 2007
"Praise for the
Past, Faith for the Future" is the theme for the sesquicentennial
celebrations at Chatham Baptist Church which are being celebrated the last
Sunday of each month for the first seven months of 2007. One hundred fifty
years of ministry and service to the town and community of Chatham was
celebrated Sunday as members remembered one of their past leaders, Lena T.
Barker. Lena organized and directed the adult fellowship in 1984, at the
encouragement of her pastor, David P. Meriwether. Meriwether was at
Chatham Baptist Church Sunday, but Lena was there in spirit, and
represented by members of her family. [
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Baseball
Legend Johnny Bench Helps Boys & Girls Club
- Members of
Chatham Baptist, Nick and Ed Fitzgerald
- By Susan
Worley, Star-Tribune Staff Writer,
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
DANVILLE - A true icon of baseball was in
the area Monday night. Hall of Famer Johnny Bench was the guest speaker at
the Boys & Girls Club of Danville's annual Steak & Steak charity
dinner. Considered possibly the greatest catcher of all time, Bench took
his seat behind the plate for the Cincinnati Reds in 1967. [ Read
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Chatham
Baptist Church Continues Sesquicentennial Celebration Sunday
Star-Tribune,
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
The third of seven sesquicentennial
celebrations will be held Sunday, March 25, at Chatham Baptist Church at
11 a.m. This Sesquicentennial Celebration of 150 years since the beginning
of the church in 1857 will be a very special occasion with guest speaker
David P. Meriwether, pastor from 1982-1986. Also attending will be his
wife, Rene, who was a choir member during that period. She will provide
special music for the occasion. [ Read
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Chatham
Baptist Church Will Hold Second of Seven Celebrations
Star-Tribune,
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
The second of seven 150th celebrations will
be held at Chatham Baptist Church this Sunday, Feb. 25, at 11:00 a.m. This
Sesquicentennial Celebration marking 150 years since the beginning of the
church in 1857 will be a very special occasion with guest speaker Rev.
Dallas Stallings, pastor from 1968-1979. [ Read
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Boys
& Girls Club Event to Feature Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench
The Club
Meets at Chatham Baptist; By Tim Davis/Star-Tribune Editor, Wednesday,
February 21, 2007
... The Chatham unit, which began a year
ago, has about 160 members. The club is open Monday through Friday from 2
p.m. to 7 p.m. at Chatham Baptist Church, and usually has 35 to 40 kids a
day. "Our mission is to serve all kids, but especially children from
disadvantaged situations," said Lee. Membership is just $10 a year,
and there are no weekly or monthly fees. Scholarships are available. [ Read
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Foutz
Leaves Chatham for Martinsville
Member of
Chatham Baptist; By Mark Thomas, Star-Tribune Staff Writer, Wednesday,
February 21, 2007
Matt Foutz, who has guided the Chatham High
School football program from winless Friday nights to unprecedented
success, is leaving. Last week, Foutz, 39, accepted the head football
coaching job at Martinsville High School. He'll replace Taylor Edwards,
who's retiring after 25 years and 203 wins. [ Read
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Chatham
Baptist Church Kicks Off Sesquicentennial Celebration
By Tim
Davis/Star-Tribune Editor, Thursday, February 1,
2007
Chatham Baptist Church kicked off its
sesquicentennial celebration Sunday morning with special worship service
featuring former pastor Dr. Rand Forder and former choir director Calvin
Swart. Chatham Mayor George Haley, a member of Chatham Baptist, also read
a proclamation adopted by the town in honor of the church's 150-year
milestone. [ Read
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Chatham
Baptist to Celebrate 150th Anniversary
Star-Tribune,
Tuesday, January 23
Chatham Baptist Church will celebrate the
first of seven Sundays commemorating its 150th anniversary Sunday, Jan.
28. The worship service will begin at 11 a.m. W. Rand Forder, his wife,
Anne, and daughter, Elizabeth, will be special guests. Forder was pastor
of Chatham Baptist Church from 1987-1990. A proclamation from the Town
of Chatham will be read by Mayor George O. Haley. Town Council has been
invited to participate in the service and luncheon that will follow. [ Read
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Turpin
to Help Prosecute Domestic Violence Cases
Member of
Chatham Baptist; By Tim Davis/Star-Tribune Editor, Tuesday,
January 23, 2007
Chatham lawyer Lee Turpin has joined the
Pittsylvania County Commonwealth's Attorney's office as a part-time
prosecutor. [ Read
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Chatham Baptist Sesquicentennial
Celebration
Star-Tribune,
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Chatham Baptist Church has reached a milestone. The church will celebrate its 150th anniversary this year.
Founded in 1857, the first recorded date was July 28, 1857, and that was a business meeting, so the church had met for worship prior to that.
2007 is a milestone for the church and plans for the celebration are listed.
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Children in Action Enjoy Mission
Activities
Star-Tribune,
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
The Children in Action Group of Chatham Baptist Church enjoyed a day of mission activities and fun on Saturday, Dec. 16.
The day began with a visit to the dedication of the Habitat for Humanity Home on Hickory Road.
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Small Church, Big Impact
At 150, Chatham Baptist Church is still making a difference in its community
By Jim White, Editor, Religious Herald, Published December 14, 2006
To borrow from Abe Lincoln, “God must have loved small churches because he made so many of them.” One of them is Chatham Baptist Church, set to celebrate its 150th anniversary this summer.
Chatham Baptist is much like many other churches in the small towns that dot the rural Virginia countryside. Located in southside Virginia near Danville, it, like so many other towns in that area, has experienced economic hardship and little population growth. When Chuck Warnock accepted their call in June of 2004, they had been without a pastor for three years and the church was discouraged about its future.
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Chatham
Pastor Wins Blogging Contest
By Mark
Thomas/Star-Tribune Staff Writer, Friday,
December 15, 2006
Ministers, church
staff and members of congregations across America will soon be able to
read "Confessions of a Small-Church Pastor." That pastor is
Chatham's own, the Rev. Chuck Warnock. Warnock, who's been at Chatham
Baptist more than two years, recently won a national blogging contest
sponsored by Outreach magazine. A blog is like an on-line column. [ Read
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Davenport
Receives Kiwanis Citizenship Award
Member of
Chatham Baptist; By
Tim Davis/Star-Tribune Editor, Friday, December
15, 2006
DANVILLE - Chatham businessman and
philanthropist Ben J. Davenport Jr. was honored with the Kiwanis Club of
Danville's Citizenship Award this past Thursday...“Ben has had such a
large footprint on the community. It really was great to recognize
him,” said former Danville Mayor John Hamlin, who chaired the
selection committee. [ Read
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Kids
of All Ages Enjoy Breakfast with Santa
Hosted by
Chatham Baptist; Star-Tribune, Wednesday,
December 6, 2006
Breakfast with Santa, sponsored by
Chatham First Inc., was an overwhelming success due to the efforts of
many hardworking people! We would like to thank members of Chatham
First, Alice and Glenn Shelton, Susan Worley, Betty and Richard Camp,
Joe Rogers, Mary Lee and Bill Black, and Cameron Ayres for their
backbreaking work and time, Nancy Medaglia for great publicity that
resulted in such a huge attendance, and Kitty Miller for her excellent
idea for the breakfast and also for her support. [ Read
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Robotics
Teams Earn Congratulations
By Lori
Slayton of Chatham Baptist, Star-Tribune, Wednesday,
December 6, 2006
I just wanted to say congratulations to the Woodlawn and Chatham Middle School team for their success and participation in the F.I.R.S.T. (For Inspiration and Recognition of Technology) Lego League tournament. The FIRST program encourages our students to apply the science, math and technology skills they learn in school in a fun way. It is a positive experience for the students, and the mentors who work with them. [
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Family
Thanks Chatham Baptist Church
Star-Tribune, Wednesday,
September 7,
2005
Words alone can never express how much we
appreciate Chatham Baptist Church's help in replacing our leaking roof.
We feel so fortunate to live in a community filled with such
compassionate and thoughtful people. Thank you to the church members who
have done so much for our family. A special thank you to Pastor Chuck
Warnock, Mr. Wayne Haskins, Mr. Ron Moffitt, Mr. Fred Redford and his
son Mitchell Redford, Mr. Scott Emerson and Mr. Jim Tung for actually
performing the construction work during the three-day event. These guys
worked long hours and would rarely even stop long enough to take a
break. [ Read More ]
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