RIDGE SPRING UPDATES
APRIL 6, 2020
Although
I have stopped doing the RS News column for the papers I thought that I could
send you an update in the form of a newsletter.
Please feel free to send me anything you would like the community to
know or call me. If a few of you want me
to mail this to you call me 803.480.1207.
At one time I was sending all of you on the same email. Google froze me out for some reason. So now I send the same letter out to three
different groups which totals 120 emails.
Can add anyone, too.
Please
take the census survey. I went on line and it took me less than 10
minutes. I could not believe it was so
easy. The questions were simple. This will help us all the way around-Federal
and State benefits as well as number of elected officials. If you did not get a survey form through the
mail, go to this web site: my2020census.gov
Town Hall had to close the lobby. To pay your bill send check, pay on line or
drop it in the box that is in the door.
If you need to pay in cash, place it in an envelope and drop it in the
box. If you do not have correct change,
go ahead and leave it anyway. The extra money will be added as credit to your
next bill.
Ann Hughs: Saw our first hummingbird
Sunday. For years they have always come back the last week in March.
The Ridge
spring Cat clinic for April has been cancelled.
Ridge Spring United Methodist Church: Pastor Ashely has found a conference call number so we can talk to each other, share, and she can do an abbreviated message. Going to start that this week.
While I am on Face Book
personally I am trying to make more phone calls and hear voices. Did a couple 3
on Monday after and it did me good and I think the other people as well.
We are seeing more
golf carts around Town. Ride a social
distance but get out. Seeing adults riding bikes…
Our church hasn’t decided
what to do as far as the Big Red Box for April. Will let you know. Will be
delivering Easter egg hunt items to Helpful Hands this week. They are not doing
an event prior to Easter but he said something after.
The Farmer’s Market
shed is really starting to look like a shed. Wow!
Ridge Hill Baptist Church is choosing to
observe the recommendations of the civil authorities and healthcare
professionals; so, we will not congregate in April. At this time, we are urging
everyone to practice all the safety measures that are being recommended.
From a spiritual perspective, we are encouraging
Believers to use this time for personal introspection, reflection, prayers,
mutual encouragement, and rest. We have not yet begun to engage in mass media
ministry via social media as many have.
We are trying to hear what The Lord is saying to us as
a nation, to His Church in general, to Ridge Hill in particular, and to each of
us. My prayerful hope is that through introspection, reflection, and prayers we
will better discern God's will and pursue it in a more consistent, focused, deliberate,
and purposeful manner.As a local church, we will continue to stay close by
personal communication, prayers, and mutual encouragement.
Mt.
Pleasant Baptist Church. Our schedule for
Easter Sunday will be a drive-in style of worship at 10:00 am at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. We encourage you to
come and stay in your car with your windows rolled down. The band and I will
lead our Easter Worship Service from the front steps of our church. This should be an
amazing Easter Service. It will be one that
we will never forget. So let’s invite a
friend and come celebrate our Risen Savior on April 12, 2020. It’s going to be a
blast. Pastor Vollie Gibbs
Mt.
Alpha may be closed for month of April.
Ridge
Spring Baptist Church building is closed but not the congregation. Pastor John Chambers will hold Easter service
on line at 11:00 AM Sunday. It will be live. Go to Ridge Spring Baptist Church facebook
page, like, and you will have access to the service. Wednesday evening there will be service at
6:00 PM taped. Other events such as the
Easter Egg Hunt has been cancelled.
Now to the restaurants, BBQ, and cafes, they are
open for drive through or pick up food. Cone's Meat, Dollar General, The Nut
House, RS Convenience Store, and the gas station. Banks Drugs is available. Juniper, the Blue Canoe, Miguelitos, and the
Nut House have menus on line facebook and web sites as well as phone numbers. Blue Canoe does have breakfast with great
coffee.
Blue Canoe 803.685.2583
Juniper 803.685.7547
Miguelitos 803.685.0050
Rikard's BBQ
803.685.2211
You can shop on line too. Check out Haley Bee's Boutique, the Nut
House, Cones and more. Ridge Spring is
still alive, just taking a break and slowing down.
Please follow the guide lines about staying away
from people yet still contact your friends, family, and others via phone, something
called zoom, I think, and enjoy nature. (I
did learn how to do facetime.) We will survive this too.
Harriet's Garden Tips: Has that garden been
plowed? They are talking about Victory
Gardens like during World War II. Vegetable seeds are very popular and I have
already started planting herbs in my flower pots. My husband always planted on or after Good
Friday. Fresh vegetables are really the
best. Maybe you can grow some tomatoes
this year too.