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Dusky leaves

SML SNAPSHOTS

PHOTOS BY OUR READERS

LIVING WITH METASTATIC BREAST CANCER THE LEGEND OF THE LIBERTY WITCH SML WITCHES WATER PARADE

CRAFT FAIR COMEBACK SML BUSINESS EXPO

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1: The Virginia Inland Sailing Association (VISA) held a Fall Centerboard Series race at Bernard’s Landing. Jeff Reid/Lake Life. 2: Nancy Cechak’s son Nicholas Cechak took this picture in October from a dock at Marker R28 from the Beechwood Shores Development. Contributed. 3: Karin Robertson took this photo of a sunrise at Bent Creek. Contributed. 4: Paula Hegner of Smith Mountain Lake took this photo of a family dressed up for a trunk or treat event at St. Thomas of Canterbury Church in Roanoke. Contributed.`

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LIVING WITH METASTATIC BREAST CANCER

lumps meant and fearing that they were connected to the pain she was feeling in her ribs. While the initial result from an ultrasound on her ribs showed nothing, Janel Keaton mentioned that while she liked hearing that, she knew deep down something still wasn’t right. “I told Troy that I want the doctor to be right, and I want to believe that what we were told is right, but I don’t believe that that’s right,” Janel Keaton said. The next week, Janel Keaton experienced pain in her back while she was decorating for Christmas and could barely move. They contacted her doctors and were told to go to the emergency room for further scans. Troy Keaton at the time had COVID-19 and was quarantining, so he couldn’t go with Janel Keaton to the E.R. Instead, their daughter Natalie Bryan decided to take her. When Janel Keaton had her CT scan, the breast surgeon who sent them to the E.R. called Janel and Troy on the speakerphone in a three-way call when she got the results back. That’s when they got the news that the cancer had gone metastatic, which is considered terminal. “It definitely was a punch in the gut,” said Bryan, who is their

t’s been one year since Janel Keaton has been diagnosed with breast cancer, and she’s been living with metastatic cancer ever since. Troy and Janel Keaton lived an active lifestyle. They previously owned a farmhouse on 10 acres, and Janel Keaton did a lot of yard work on their property as well as daily exercises. They also took vacations and did activities that involved a lot of physical activity. “Matter of fact, we climbed up Peaks of Otter in 52 minutes almost a year ago,” said Troy Keaton, who is the pastor of EastLake Community Church. Little did they know that the Peaks of Otter would be the last big physical activity they did together before Janel Keaton was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. On Nov. 10, 2020, they received the news that no one wants to hear. She had breast cancer, but they did not yet know how extensive it was. Janel Keaton’s first recognition was a painful experience with one of her ribs, which felt like it was broken. She had a mammogram done on her, and they found suspicious lumps on her breasts. Janel Keaton put two and two together, knowing what those suspicious

Pictured above, from left, Janel Keaton lays on a hospital bed at Duke in January 2021, and Troy and Janel Keaton pose for a photo a couple of days after Janel was diagnosed with breast cancer one year ago. On oppposite page, Troy and Janel are seen together in September. Photos contributed. ISSUE 9

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oldest of four children. She added, “Mom was sort of bracing herself for that, but I think I kind of not let myself go there and think it was going to be something else. When they came through with that news, it was kind of like your reality just got shook.” T.J. Keaton, who is the third youngest of the four siblings, was with Troy Keaton when he was on the phone. He remembers that late night vividly. “We got the phone call, and the doctor said it was a good-news, bad-news type of thing. She said her lungs were fine, but the cancer is metastatic,” T.J. Keaton said. He remembers watching his dad become emotional because he knew what that meant, but it took him and his brother Trever a few minutes to process the news before it hit them. “We just cried for a while,” T.J. Keaton added. What does this mean for the Keaton family? Troy and Janel did their research and realize this is a terminal diagnosis but are encouraged with the “amazing medical breakthroughs.” Janel Keaton didn’t start chemotherapy until Jan. 5 and went through April 29 for six treatments total. She gets treatments every three weeks now and will for the rest of her life. She also takes a pill every day. As of now, Janel Keaton’s cancer is stable, which means it’s not going away but at the same time is not spreading. She mentioned the process during those six chemotherapy treatments took a toll on her physically. “Through the whole course of chemo, I lost a lot of weight, lost all of my hair and also felt nausea. The biggest thing for me is extreme weakness,” Janel Keaton said. To this day, though, while she can’t lift a lot, she has been able to walk for a mile or two, and she said she never thought she would be able to do that again. For Troy Keaton, he said the whole process has been one of the most challenging times of his life, but he said that in these moments, you get to determine if the joy in your foundation is real or not. He also said they have learned a lot in the almost one-year journey. “We have realized that there is grace for everything you face. Two years ago, if you would have told us this, we would have wondered how we could manage. But what we learned is whatever God causes you to face, he provides new grace for that moment,” Troy Keaton said. The Keatons also had other changes in their life, such as selling their house and downsizing in land, house, yard, etc., so it requires much less work and maintenance. Troy Keaton said the new lifestyle change hasn’t been easy but added that “we trust in God’s plan.” “This is a really bad storm, and a few shutters of our proverbial home have been blown off, and we’ve even lost a few shingles, but our foundation is rock solid,” Troy Keaton said. He added, “We have a good relationship with the Lord, we have a good relationship with the family, and we have a good relationship with the church, who have been so amazing and supportive of us through this process. EastLake has been amazing,” Keaton said. Speaking of family, T.J. Keaton has been spending a lot of time with his mom and dad since Janel was diagnosed. However, L AKE LIFE MAGAZINE

if someone were to have told him that a year and a half ago, he probably wouldn’t believe it. Before any of this came to be, T.J. Keaton was currently living in Thailand since 2019. He was working at a school and had a girlfriend, so needless to say, life was going pretty well for him. One day while playing basketball, though, he tore his ACL in September 2020. He tried to have surgery in Thailand but realized he needed to come home to have that procedure done. He landed in the United States on Nov. 2, a week before his mom was diagnosed. “My plan was to go back first week of January,” T.J. Keaton said. Once his mom was diagnosed, he knew that he needed to stay home and be with his family. He added that Thailand is thousands of miles across the world, and he couldn’t come home immediately if an emergency happened. Since that decision, T.J. Keaton started teaching physical education in January at Smith Mountain Lake Christian Academy. His decision to stay has not gone unnoticed. “When he moved back and decided to stay, I specifically made it a point to tell him how much I appreciated that,” Bryan said. “You wanted as many of the family to be together as possible. There was so much comfort that you got from that. I noticed in the immediate days after the diagnosis, when we were all separate, that was when it really started to hit you and got depressing. When we got together, you could cope a little better, especially in those early days.” Janel Keaton mentioned that it’s been a big blessing to have a great family before and after the diagnosis and she said herself that God has worked through all of them and given them peace through this journey. “None of us are walking around fretting or worrying about it,” Janel Keaton said. Speaking of peace, T.J. and Trever Keaton made for their mom a wristband that has the Bible verse Isaiah 26:3. The wristband reads, “I will keep the imperfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee.” For Janel Keaton, the only thing she wants to feel from this journey is peace, and that is why she chose the verse. “Peace was something I wanted above everything. I can live with anything, and I can get through anything if God would just help me have peace. And he has,” Janel Keaton said. She also mentioned that she doesn’t take any day for granted anymore and takes comfort that God is in control. She added she will continue to live each day with the grace her and her family have learned through this journey. Her daughter said that a lot of people have noticed her mom’s positive outlook. “Honestly, I’ve seen and heard so many people say that they can’t believe she has handled this with such grace,” Bryan said. Janel Keaton said that her faith and belief in God has not been shaken at all since she was diagnosed. She takes great comfort in that, as does her family. “God really is who we thought he was before all of this,” Janel Keaton said.• 10

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scape the Forest is a new puzzlesolving program implemented by ONE Forest School, and there was a special version planned out for Halloween night – Escape the Forest Nightmare. Escape the Forest consisted of a onehour tour and the story of the urban legend of Liberty Bramblett, who is known as the Liberty Witch. The tour on the trail hike was to lead up to an abandoned shack that was owned by the Liberty Witch. As the story goes, Liberty Bramblett’s father and her five younger siblings perished in a fire in their sleep, but she was spared as she was out that night gathering herbs in the forest when their house caught fire. In 1785, Liberty Bramblett was banished from the town of Bedford after several of the town’s children accused her of performing witchcraft. It was also mentioned that Bramblett was bullied by the children and was misunderstood by them. “All she wants to do was to play with kids. Even when she was accused of witchcraft, she was just trying to play with L AKE LIFE MAGAZINE

kids,” said Heidi Sutherland, who was the tour guide of the trail. She was later found dead, presumed “from exposure.” Her age was not known, but it is believed she was 15 or 16 when she was found dead. The following year, all of her accusers and half the town’s children went missing without a trace. Sutherland explains that Bramblett became a witch after she died and targets children. Almost 200 years later in 1940, a hermit by the name of Rusty Orr began abducting and killing children from Bedford and claimed he was ordered to do so by the evil spirit of Liberty Bramblett. He was found guilty and executed in 1941. Police found the bodies of seven children in the cellar of a shack deep in the woods. Orr confessed to everything he did and again stated that a woman dressed in black told him to do it. The beginning of the tour trail starts where the Liberty Witch was hung after her body was found (the townspeople did this to make sure she was dead out of their fear of her being a witch). Along the trail, 12

stick figures hung on trees, represented the children who fell victim to the Liberty Witch. Other details of the tour included walking through a dark forest with only a lantern to light their way in an eerily silent forest, distance footsteps that seemingly got louder as the tour progressed, hands grabbing the tourist’s ankles as they crossed a narrow bridge, a man in a mask (assumed to be Rusty Orr) coming at them with a chainsaw and slowly following them up a steep hill. The tour was recommended for adults and older teenagers due to some sections of the tour that could be deemed too graphic or scary for children. For the adults who showed up, they had positive things to say about the tour. “This was amazing, much better than a haunted house,” one of them said to the tour guide after it concluded. More details of the Liberty Witch story and can be found at www.oneforestschool. org/one-forest-school-the-legend-of-theliberty-witch.• ISSUE 9

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Pictured at top, Escape the Forest Nightmare tour guide Heidi Sutherland prepares a group to walk through a forest trail hike that leads to an abandoned shack that was owned by the Liberty Witch from an urban legend. At bottom left is one of many stick figures seen at the Escape the Forest Nightmare tour that represents the children who fell victim to the Liberty Witch. At bottom right, a cross is put on the location the Liberty Witch was found dead. ISSUE 9

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SML WITCHES WATER PARADE PHOTOS BY JEFF REID

A coven of witches (and several warlocks) gathered at Crazy Horse Marina for the Smith Mountain Lake Witches Water Parade. About a dozen kayakers and paddle boarders, many dressed in witch costumes, braved the cold lake water as they made a lap around the marina before a small crowd that watched from the beach. Organizer Michelle Johnson was pleased with the turnout and hopes to make this an annual Halloween event at Smith Mountain Lake.

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“Everyone was there sharing a great meal, just having fun and

he Lobsterfest hosted by the SML Rotary Club saw unexpected success at last year’s event with more than 300 lobsters sold in the midst of the pandemic. This

laughing,” said SML Rotary Club president David Griffith. The lobsters, like last year, came from Maine, which is nationally

year, their fourth year hosting the event at Hot Shots, they sold

known for their lobsters. Griffith said once they got their orders in,

more than 440 lobsters.

the Bedford Rotary Club, which also does a Lobsterfest, had a

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cooked one. The meals were $30, and the sides were potatoes,

for both clubs and bring them back. When he got the number of lobsters that was ordered, Griffith

corn on the cob, mushrooms and summer sausage.

Picture above, from left, Jeff Schott (wearing lobster hat) holds a lobster during SML Rotary Club’s Lobsterfest at Hot Shots, and volunteers work at the event. More than 440 lobsters were sold. Photos contributed.

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Shown above is the winner of the 50/50 drawing, Tammy Martin (middle) of Chester, Virginia, at SML Rotary Club’s Lobsterfest at Hot Shots. To her right is Richard Millar and left is Brittany Hutchinson, both Rotarians. Pictured on opposite page is the crowd at the event. Photos contributed. Griffith also made sure to give a special thanks to Dan Plowder,

said he was shocked to see the increase from last year because of the rise of COVID-19 cases in Franklin County. “Last year, I was blown away and thought, ‘Wow, what a terrific number.’ We just about went up 50 percent in one year. I was kind of thinking that if we do what we did last year, that would be wonderful,” said Griffith. He added, “To exceed that by about 35 percent more this year than last year, I was really taken back and pleasantly surprised.” The event lasted from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 9, but some members of the SML Rotary Club were there as early as 11 a.m. setting everything up at Hot Shots and getting the lobsters ready. Griffith said it’s never difficult to get their members to step up and dedicate their time to the big events that they host. ISSUE 9

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who drove from South Carolina to perform for four hours straight while people were chowing down on the popular shellfish. He said the atmosphere for the four hours was “electric.” He also mentioned that they are going to have Lobsterfest again one of the first two weekends in October and is excited to see that the event is growing more popular with each year that it’s held. With the pandemic and rising cases canceling some events that the SML Rotary Club normally holds, the Lobsterfest is quickly becoming the most recognizable and popular event that they host. “The word is definitely getting around,” Griffith said.• 21

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Christian Academy and directed the play “Queen Esther” last school year, said that the characters were all played by the school’s students (9-12), and it took them about two months to get all the displays ready. She said a lot of what the children and their parents saw were ideas from the students. “They came up with characters, scenes and wrote everything,” she said. Due to the success, Willis believes this will be an ongoing event. “Hopefully this year will start a tradition,” she added. The event featured a “Jamborun” 5K, a car show, hay bales to sit on to enjoy food, a hayride, a petting zoo with a section for kids to ride horses in circles, face paintings, live music, apple ciders, etc. Smith Mountain Lake Coffee House also was open inside the church serving coffee. New additions included a corn pit for the children, a vendor that gave out free kettle popcorn, a chili cookoff, and a fire pit that people could roast marshmallows in to make s’mores. Brown said the leadership team will sit down and evaluate what needs to be tweaked or what could be added to make the experience better. “One of our values at EastLake is to be involved in our community, and so this is one of our signature events that we do every year that we view really as a gift and a way to be involved in our community. It really makes us feel great that folks are coming in and having a great time. It’s really neat seeing so many different people get together,” Brown said. •

astLake Community Church’s fall festival jamboree at the end of October turned out to be a bigger success than last year. After seeing more people this year compared to last year — an estimated 2,500 people this year — Jonathan Brown, who is the family pastor with his wife Sandy at the church, is grateful that the event is popular. Brown said some different changes this year might have led to a bigger crowd. “We changed the time format, so we moved it from a morning to an afternoon event,” he said. One of the main reasons for the time change was the candy trail, but it was changed up this year to feature a storyline — “Out of Oz” — which combines the Wizard of Oz and Disney. Brown said the time change allowed people to walk the trail near sunset, which would make the lighted path along the trail stand out more. Out of Oz features Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz as she takes the group along the lit-up-yellow trail (this resembles the yellow brick road). From there, they met Disney characters such as Aladdin, the emotions from Inside Out, Woody from Toy Story, Cinderella, etc. They were given candy as they went along the trail. They had more than 28,000 pieces of candy to give out. “Hopefully everybody went away with something,” Brown said with a smile. LeAndra Willis, who teaches English at Smith Mountain Lake

Pictured on opposite page at EastLake Community Church’s fall festival jamboree Saturday are (1) a child feeding an animal, (2) a car show, (3) face painting, (4) the Doorman from The Wizard of Oz leading a group, (5) music being played, and (6) hot dogs being grilled. L AKE LIFE MAGAZINE

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Craft Fair COMEBACK R

with a slight laugh.

esurrection Catholic Church’s Craft Fair, which was started by the Wednesday Women’s Group of the church, has been an annual event for 22 years but took

Among the biggest attractions at the Craft Fair were the apple pies that the group made fresh in the morning starting at

a break due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

5:30 a.m.

In October, the Craft Fair made a comeback and featured 45

“There is usually a line for the pies at 9, and we were sold out

plus vendors of homemade craft items such as wooden Christmas

by 10:30,” Lenco said.

trees that light up, knitted blankets, aprons made from men’s

Although the Craft Fair isn’t the biggest event held by the group

shirts, wooden snowmen and Santas, etc.

— that title belongs to the Joyous Junque garage sale, in which all

“Some of our vendors have been with us for 15 years or more,” said Barbara Lenco, who is a member of the Wednesday

the money made there goes to charities in Bedford and Franklin

Women’s Group.

County — the Craft Fair helps the church more. All the money

Some of the wood used to make the vendor items weren’t all

raised at the Craft Fair goes to the church to help cover costs for

that new. In fact, Lenco said one vendor used wood from an

their needs. Lenco said this year, the church needed a new filing

old barn that is being torn down. Homemade edibles also were

cabinet, a new desk, tree trimmer, etc.

present at some vendors, such as jelly, for example.

Lenco added that the fair this year exceeded her expectations

Lenco said that one of the vendors had some of the most

because she wasn’t sure how many were going to show up due

beautiful Christmas decorations such as wreaths, Santa Clauses

to COVID-19, but she said throughout the day, there were a good

and more. She added it’s become one of the more popular

number of people who showed up and added it was a constant

vendors of the event.

flow throughout the day.

Those in attendance of the six-hour event also were treated

She also said the vendors present also were happy about how

with a bake sale that featured a German upside-down chocolate

the event turned out.

cake with cream cheese in it, different kinds of bread, etc.

“I talked with the vendors afterward,” she said. “I spoke

Lenco said she enjoyed a slice of Italian braided bread and

with every one of them, and they were all very satisfied with

took some home with her. “It was really good last night with SpaghettiOs,” Lenco said

their sales.”•

Shown on opposite page at top, Mitch Holt (center) is seen at his vendor table at Resurrection Catholic Church’s Craft Fair as others look at his wares. Below that from left, Susan Tarrell made these jams and jellies featured at the craft fair, and L.T. Skinne II is seen at his vendor tent. Photos by Barbara Lenco/Contributed. L AKE LIFE MAGAZINE

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he SML Business Expo, hosted by the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce (SMLRCC), returned in 2021 after skipping 2020 and featured 83 different businesses at EastLake Community Church. It wasn’t just a way for prospective employees to see the different business vendors, but it was a way for a lot of businesses owners or representatives to connect with each other. “We actually have heard from quite a few of our businesses here that by being here, they’ve connected with so many other local businesses that they never knew,” said Erin Stanley, SMLRCC’s member relations and events manager. “It’s been a really good benefit both for the community and our businesses.” The point of the Business Expo is not only making connections but branding their product or services to the community. A few businesses and organizations that were present were involved in real estate, health care, home services, roofing, child care, physical therapy, retirement homes, travel, media, technical services, etc. Stanley said it was “hustle and bustle” for most of the afternoon and said she felt everyone was excited to get out and interact with each other after a two-year hiatus. She said it wasn’t jammed pack the entire four hours, but there was never a dead period throughout the event. “There was a good flow throughout the day,” Stanley said.

There were door prizes that were given away in drawings, such as a 65-inch screen television, two different sets of Virginia Tech tickets, a golf driver, services such as carpet cleaning gift cards, pest controls gift cards, etc. There was a QR code near the entrance that could be scanned by using the camera of a phone to enter the drawing. “There were a lot of happy people with the prizes they won,” Stanley said with a smile. Stanley said she wasn’t sure what to expect when she was planning the business expo but added that by the end of the event, she was sure they had surpassed their attendance from the 2019 event, which was 500. She also gave a shout out to SMLRCC Intern Baylie Kelley for being her right-hand person in helping her get the event organized and ready to go. “She has been absolutely instrumental,” Stanley said. “This being my first year that I ever planned the business expo, I could not have done this without Baylie’s help; there is absolutely no way. She did an amazing job, and she took on so much responsibility for this.” Kelley also felt the event was a success and enjoyed the experience. “I thought I’d be stressed the whole time, but I had a lot of fun. It was very exciting,” Kelley said.•

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BAPTIST-MISSIONARY Franklin Grove Missionary Baptist Church 3727 Hatchett Rd., Penhook, (540) 576-1258

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BAPTIST-SOUTHERN Palestine Baptist Church 9244 SML Pkwy., Huddleston, (540) 297-4442 Radford Baptist Church 1293 Radford Church Rd., Moneta, (540) 297-5214 Staunton Baptist Church 15267 SML Pkwy., Huddleston, (540) 297-6753 Westlake Baptist Church 2075 Scruggs Rd., Moneta, (540) 721-8784 BRETHEREN Boones Chapel Church of the Bretheren 2228 Circle Creek Rd., Penhook, (540) 576-1129 Smith Mountain Lake Community Church 6675 Burnt Chimney Rd., Wirtz, (540) 721-1816 CATHOLIC St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church 15 Glenwood Dr., Rocky Mount, (540) 483-9591

Resurrection Catholic Church 15353 Moneta Rd., Moneta, (540) 297-5530 St. Andrew’s Catholic Church 631 N. Jefferson St., Roanoke, (540) 344-9814 CHRISTIAN Greater Canaan Land Church 303 Canaan Land Dr., Gretna, (434) 656-3402 Christ Community Church 14900 Old Franklin Trnpk., Penhook, (540) 576-4242 First Church of Christ, Scientist/ Christian Science Church 2901 Rivermont Ave., Lynchburg, (434) 845-0526 Eastlake Community Church 1118 Hendricks Store Rd., Moneta, (540) 297-0966 Faith Fellowship 100 Wirtz Rd., Wirtz, (540) 334-3477 First Church of Christ, Scientist 1155 Overland Rd., Roanoke, (540) 343-4889 Goodview Church of God 1057 Grace Ct., Goodview, (540) 890-4822 Jehovah’s Witnesses of Bedford 1534 Link Rd., Bedford, (540) 586-2035 Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s Witness 5969 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Wirtz, (540) 721-1212 Mt. Ivy Christian Church 5120 Scruggs Rd., Moneta, (540) 721-5060 ISSUE 9

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SML Seventh Day Adventist Church 10802 Moneta Rd., Moneta, (540) 296-2225

Penhook United Methodist Church 29 Morgans Fork Rd., Penhook, (540) 576-1768

Trinity Ecumenical Parish (Episcopal, Presbyterian, Lutheran) 40 Lakemount Dr., Moneta, (540) 721-4330

Redwood United Methodist Church 3001 Old Franklin Trnpk., Rocky Mount, (540) 483-9090

West End Church of Christ 610 Vaden Dr., Gretna, (434) 656-1072

Rocky Mount United Methodist Church 35 N Main St., Rocky Mount, (540) 483-5338

Wirtz Assemblies of God 1718 Burnt Chimney Rd., Wirtz, (540) 721-3099 EPISCOPAL Trinity Episcopal Church 15 E Church St., Rocky Mount, (540) 483-5038 St. Johns Episcopal Church 314 N Bridge St., Bedford, (540) 586-9582 St. Thomas Episcopal Church 9575 Big Island Hwy., Bedford, (540) 586-4768 GREEK ORTHODOX Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 30 Huntington Blvd. NE, Roanoke, (540) 362-3601 St. George’s Greek Orthodox Church 1724 Langhorne Rd., Lynchburg, (434) 384-7585

Three Oaks Fellowship United Methodist Church 1026 Gravel Hill Rd., Vinton, (540) 890-8300 SYNAGOGUES Agudath Shalom Synagogue 2055 Langhorne Rd., Lynchburg, (434) 846-0739 Beth Israel Synagogue 920 Franklin Rd., Roanoke, (540) 343-0289 Temple Beth Shalom 129 Sutherlin Ave., Danville, (434) 792-3489 Temple Emanuel 1163 Persinger Rd., SW, Roanoke, (540) 342-3378

METHODIST Bethesda United Methodist Church 14340 Wyatts Way, Huddleston, (434) 944-8011 Bethlehem United Methodist Church 13586 S. Old Moneta Rd., Moneta, (540) 297-7957 Burnt Chimney United Methodist Church 6625 B.T. Washington Hwy., Wirtz, (540) 721-3392 Epworth United Methodist Church 60 Merriman Way Rd., Moneta, (540) 721-4926 Patmost United Methodist Church 1405 Patmos Church Rd., Huddleston, (434) 944-8011 ISSUE 9

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OTHER Lynchburg Korean Church 2409 Judith St., Lynchburg, (434) 847-2523 Shekijah Preparation Assembly 104 Fleetwood Dr., Lynchburg, (434) 237-7721

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