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The whole concept of a church homecoming is just over a century old at this point. Back around 1910, three schools, Baylor, Illinois and Missouri, came up with the idea of doing a “coming home” celebration for their alumni, all put together with rallies, parades and a football game. There were also some speeches, because folks love to talk. 

Well, it wasn’t even a month later when some churches here in the country started going ‘hey, that seems like a good idea’. And so, you started seeing church “coming home” celebrations in the summer and fall. Those soon became annual “homecomings”, events you could go ahead and put on the schedule, because it was guaranteed they would happen. 

And sure enough, it’s time to talk about one of those right here. Cedar Baptist Church, over at 3932 Bell Road, will celebrate this year’s homecoming on Sunday, Aug. 4. Sunday School starts off at 10 a.m., with worship at 11 a.m. After that, lunch will follow, with a song service taking place at 1:30 p.m., featuring the group Glory Bound. 

It’s not the only thing involving Cedar Baptist that we need to share. The church will have a revival from Monday, Aug. 5 to Friday, Aug. 9, with music beginning at 7 p.m. each night and worship starting at 7:30 p.m. Floyd Reed and Worm Patterson will sing on Monday, with Tommy England on Tuesday, the Cedar Family on Wednesday, Barry Snoddy on Thursday and Andrew Bowles on Friday. 

Another thing next week to mark on your calendar will be the “Fun Day” at Buckingham Baptist Church. The church, located at 24234 North James Madison Highway in the Gold Hill area, will have the event for children ages 4 to 12 on Saturday, Aug. 3. That’ll run from noon to 4 p.m. with arts and crafts, games, food, a bounce house, bible study and music. For more information, you can call Jo Lang at 434-581-1948. 

And finally today, we mention the Buckingham County Christian Fellowship Association. The non-profit group will hold its monthly meeting on Aug. 12, beginning at 5 p.m. That’ll be at Arvon Baptist Church, located at 28350 North James Madison Highway in New Canton. The special guest pastor will be Alan Gough, Pastor of Tar Wallet Baptist Church, who will deliver the devotions. Special guest Nancy Fairchild of New Canton will provide the special music. Everyone is asked to bring a covered dish for the meal. 

Annie May Miles is the columnist for Trent’s Mill. She can be reached at fatcat091@verizon.net.