Pastor Jeff Worley from Victory Baptist Church of Sprout Springs, on the third week of February, experienced the opportunity of a lifetime.

“As a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for almost 40 years, I had the chance to visit the Holy Land. What a blessing in itself. It was awesome to go to the land where our Savior was born and lived upon this earth, but to walk-in places where Jesus walked was great! Our group visited many locations over a seven day span. I will share with you three stops from the trip that touched my heart. The first was the Sea of Galilee. We were taken out upon this body of water by boat. It was a blessing to be upon the body of water upon which our Savior did many miracles.

“The next place that blessed the preacher’s heart was the river of Jordan. This is the body of water mentioned many times in the Bible. It was in this river that John the Baptist baptized Jesus. This place was a blessing to me because I had a pastor friend baptize me in this river. What a blessing it was. The third place that I will speak of was perhaps the biggest blessing of all — at least to this man. It was the Garden Tomb, the place where Jesus was buried and arose from the grave. After going into the empty tomb for a short amount of time, it was coming out from this place that really blessed my heart. When I got to the door of the tomb, just before I was to step outside, I stopped. Some of the people behind me ask why I had stopped, what was wrong? I replied, nothing was wrong. I just realized that Jesus Christ, the son of God, stood in this spot many years ago on resurrection morning. Now that was a blessing.

“Many that have taken this trip before me have made this statement, ‘This trip changed my life.’ I now understand what they were saying. My life has changed after going to the Holy Land. The Bible is now more alive than ever before in my lifetime. When I read some passages of scripture, I can now say I have been there. If you ever get the opportunity to go to Israel, go. It will change your life.”

Hatcher Baptist Church of Cumberland will host a Bluegrass Gospel concert on Sunday at 7 p.m. featuring “Brent Rochester Family Bluegrass Gospel Band” from Blacksburg, South Carolina. Pastor Cameron Cloud and the entire congregation welcomes all to attend. For more information contact the church office at (804) 492-4793.

Cumberland County Landfill Alert Committee welcomes all citizens of Cumberland County and surrounding counties to a community meeting concerning the proposed landfill to learn more and receive information about the stand against this issue. For further information visit its website LoveCentraVA. Com, Facebook page FB.me/LoveCentralVA or email NoMegaLandfill@ LoveCentralVA.com The next meeting will be Sunday, April 14, at 3 p.m. at the Cumberland Community Center located at 45 south and Davenport Road.

The Appomattox County Athletic Booster Club proudly presents Bluegrass/Bluegrass Gospel featuring “Dailey & Vincent” on March 31 at 2 p.m. at the Appomattox County High School, 198 Evergreen Ave. You may purchase tickets at Napa in Appomattox, F & L Market in Lynchburg, Taylor Forbes Equipment in Farmville, online at www.lynchburgtickets. com or make checks payable to ACHS and mail to c/o Tony Clifton P.O. Box 373, Appomattox, VA 24522. Visit our website www.appomattoxbluegrass.com. For more information call Tony at (434) 660-7101.

The Cumberland County Board of Supervisors monthly meeting is held every second Tuesday unless otherwise announced at 7 p.m. in the Cumberland County courtroom.

Happy birthday wishes go out this week to the following people: Lois Bickford of Farmville, Friday, March 22; Larry Barone of Farmville, Saturday, March 23; Daniel Sprouse of Buckingham and Taylor Wright of Cumberland both on Sunday, March 24; Stephanic Waycaster of Powhatan on Monday, March 25; Tiffany Ownby of Dillwyn Tuesday, March 26 and Jamie Covington of Dillwyn Wednesday, March 27.

Free adult education/ GED Classes, both day and night classes, are available. For more information call contact Lois Hicks (Adult Education/ GED) at (434) 736-2048 or (804) 586-7489. The classes are sponsored by Southside Virginia Community College. Education gives you the chance to succeed.

A speedy recovery is sent out to all those who are sick and shut-in.

Did you know? Fortune cookies were invented in San Francisco.

ANNIE MAE MILES can be reached at fatcat091@verizon.net.