Barbara, Hallie, Lori show what Heritage Day is all about: tradition, service and good food!

Bobby, Beth, Dewey & David lend a stirring hand while Joe scrapes.

A sizeable crowd in attendance!

Cloverdale & Mount Union booths.

Another view of the booths and the crowd.

The crowd began arriving just after 8:00am.

Fried pies! Fried pies! and cobblers!

A traditional German lunch was served by First CoB in the Shelter-by-the-Spring.

Rainy weather moved us into the Gym.

Jeters Chapel's food wagon!

They're nappy, but happy!

Staff & volunteers stirred all night.

Getting set up for the big day.

Under tarps; readying the apple butter.

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Barbara, Hallie, Lori show what Heritage Day is all about: tradition, service and good food!

At 5:15am Saturday morning, October 7 in the pouring cold rain, I was worried:  "What if no one comes?  All the work and efforts of so many persons!"  Never fear!  If I've learned anything about the Virlina District and Camp Bethel, it is to NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE SUPPORT AND RESILIENCE OF THESE PEOPLE.

On Saturday, October 7, 2006, twenty-six churches and groups combined their "Plan B" efforts into Camp Bethel’s Deer Field Gym, and raised $22,346.78 for Camp Bethel!

Since then, several other churches and groups have collected special offerings or continued selling leftover items to Camp's benefit.  As of today, October 30, you’ve raised $ $24,116.46 for the ministries of Camp Bethel!  THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

Special THANKS to all the volunteers who helped and to the hundreds of participants from these District churches and groups: Antioch, Bassett, Bethel, Bethlehem, Blue Ridge, Central, Cloverdale, Daleville, Fairview-Floyd, Fairview-Rocky Mount, First Church-Roanoke, Good Shepherd, Green Hill, Hollins Road, Jeters Chapel, Masons Cove, Monte Vista Women, Mount Union, Ninevah, Ninth Street-Roanoke, Oak Grove-Roanoke, Peters Creek, Poages Mill, Smith Mountain Lake, Stonewall, Summerdean, Troutville, Summer Staff-Apple Butter, Virlina Men’s Fellowship-Fishing Rodeo, Williamson Road.

… And the votes are in:  The winner of the (tongue-in-cheek) 1^st Annual David Shumate Prime Percolator Award for the best Heritage Day coffee is…  CLOVERDALE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN.

Join us on Heritage Day October 6, 2007 as we celebrate Camp Bethel’s 80^th Anniversary, our church’s 300^th Anniversary and Virginia’s 400^th Anniversary.

since 10.30.06

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