“People can’t change truth, but truth can change people.”

In August and September we were complaining that we needed rain, so we started to pray and God answered our prayers and now we are complaining about the rain. Can we ever be happy? I am so glad God still controls the weather.

There will be much excitement in the Tuggle community on Sunday as Appomattox Prince Edward Presbyterian Church celebrates 175 years in the service of the Lord.

The service will begin at 11 a.m. with Lewis Brandt as speaker, then a dedication of the memorial courtyard in memory of Dale Bolt followed by lunch in the fellowship hall. Bring your favorite side dish as the meat and beverage will be provided.

The church invites all to attend the celebration.

The Prospect Volunteer Fire Department 55th annual Harvest Sale will be Nov. 7 with yard and bake sale, auction and barbecue dinner.

Plan to meet family and friends at Prospect for the wonderful event.

With all the rain the folks around the Tuggle area have been staying in to keep dry.

On Sept. 15 Mrs. Shirley Fulcher, Lynn and Mary Ann Fulcher, Katie Toney and children, Betty Fulcher, Greg Fulcher attended the wedding of Kristin Fulcher and Nick Stormer at the home of the brides’ parents, Ricky and Vickie Fulcher.

Kristin is the granddaughter of Mrs. Shirley Fulcher and the late John Fulcher and the late Charles and Anna Ruth Layne.

Classmates of 1956 in Farmville High School met at Miller’s Country Store for lunch on Wednesday.

Monday week ago the Special Blessing Mission Group of Glenn Memorial Baptist Church met at Milnwood Village where they played bingo with the residents after which they had lunch. Prizes for the bingo games were goodie baskets.

Those attending were Shirley Mottley, Shirley Fulcher, Evelyn Shelton, Nancy Mottley, Judy Mottley, Jeannette Tarlton, Patsy Horn and Elton and Linda Franklin.

Friends and neighbors are praying for a speedy recovery for Nancy Dickerson, Phyllis Jenkins Polhemus, Hilda Friend, Elfrieda Kerns, Betty Jean Bolt and Mildred Harvey Shanks.

Heartfelt sincere sympathy is being extended to the families of Robert Redd, John Varner and Hazel Reynolds.

The members of Appomattox P.E. Presbyterian Church at Tuggle invite you to worship. The Rev. Chuck Klotzberger will be with them Sunday.

The membership of Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church at Prospect invites you to worship with Sunday School is at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. The Rev. Caitilin R. Hoy will be with them Sunday.

Calvary Chapel-Farmville, 302 Industrial Park Road, invites you to worship at 10:30 a.m. and Wednesday for Bible Study at 7 p.m. 

MARGARET STOCKTON is the Tuggle News columnist. Her email is mom@moonstar.com.