Community Corner
🌱 How a 20-year dream at Orange Baptist Church is finally rising
Spotted on the Orange calendar: Date Night Ceramics with Phillip Strauss
Hello again Orange! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a 20-year dream at Orange Baptist Church is finally rising
Also on today's calendar: Inner Peace Summit: A Day to Recharge. Reconnect. and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny; low humidity, with a high of 77 and low of 53 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 57.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 86 and low of 64 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
📰 News we're reading
• Craftspeople help build Orange Baptist Church pavilion (29news.com) — A long-planned timber frame pavilion is finally going up at Orange Baptist Church, with about 50 craftspeople from across North America spending 13 days on the build. Church leaders say the new space will host more community activities and gatherings, while the Timber Framers Guild uses the project to teach traditional techniques and bring people together. 
📸 Around Orange
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Orange
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★ Featured events ★
- Date Night Ceramics with Phillip Strauss →
The Arts Center in Orange, 129 E Main St, Orange
5:30 pm
Wednesday September 16
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Other local events
- Family Storytime @ Main →
146A Madison Road, Orange
10:00 am - Date Night Ceramics with Phillip Strauss at The Arts Center in Orange →
The Arts Center in Orange, 129 East Main Street, Orange
5:30 pm - The Comeback Conversation: Shifting from Surviving to Thriving with Yasmine Cheyenne TEDx Speaker, TODAY Show Wellness Expert, and Bestselling Author of The Sugar Jar and Wisdom of the Path →
146A Madison Road, Orange
2:00 pm - The Comeback Conversation: Shifting from Surviving to Thriving with Yasmine Cheyenne →
146A Madison Road, Orange
2:00 pm - Fiber Play: Needle Felting and Textile Explorations with Jane Skafte at The Arts Center in Orange →
The Arts Center in Orange, 129 East Main Street, Orange
5:30 pm - Fiber Play: Needle Felting and Textile Explorations with Jane Skafte →
The Arts Center in Orange, 129 E Main St, Orange
5:30 pm - Imagination Zone →
146A Madison Road, Orange
4:00 pm - Beginner Ceramics with Phillip Strauss | 6 Week Class →
The Arts Center in Orange, 129 East Main Street, Orange
5:30 pm - Together in Sound: A Crystal Bowl Sound Bath Experience with Leslie Chisnell at The Arts Center in Orange →
The Arts Center in Orange, 129 East Main Street, Orange
6:00 pm - Together in Sound: A Crystal Bowl Sound Bath Experience →
The Arts Center in Orange, 129 E Main St, Orange
6:00 pm - Inner Peace Summit: A Day to Recharge. Reconnect. →
Brahma Kumaris Meditation Museum - VA, 14020 Thunderbolt Rd., Chantilly, VA
12:00 pm
Wednesday September 16
Thursday September 17
Friday September 18
Sunday September 20
📣 Orange Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- When we say "broken does not mean finished," it means that a person, marriage, family, or life situation can be deeply hurt, damaged, or in a difficult place without being beyond restoration.
For Oil of Joy Family Restoration, that phrase carries a powerful message: * Broken means there is hurt—but healing is still possible. * Lost means… (Nextdoor Constitution Hwy) - Did you know Spotsylvania County has a STATE MANDATED program that requires septic systems to be pumped out every five years?
Send in proof of compliance within 60 days of this notice--it's the law! Find out more: https://bit.ly/46Tu09e (Nextdoor )
- Food Lion posted a job opening for PT Quality Assurance Associate in Orange. Apply here.
- County of Culpeper Virginia posted a job opening for Site Supervisor - Culpeper Community Pool in Culpeper. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Orange here.
🗞 Nearby News
Madison
- Madison County PC/BOS – October Joint Public Hearings (pjrnews.com)
- Madison Board get updates on internal and external IT issues (pjrnews.com)
- High school schedule: Sept. 15 (nvdaily.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Coin (Thank you John W. for sending it in!)
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