This active group of retirees meets the first and third Thursday mornings of each month.  They gather in Hatcher's Fellowship Hall at 10 o'clock for a program, usually, a guest speaker or musician, then stay for lunchtime together.  They bring their own lunch, except on occasions when they do “covered dish.”

Here are some special events during the year:

• At the Christmas and Easter seasons, they leave their brown bags at home and gather for a special holiday banquet.
• A highlight of each summer is when they join another group of seniors at their church in Callao (Virginia's Northern Neck) for a cookout picnic.
• Their annual Turnip Festival, in the fall, is a sumptuous feast of stewed turnips and greens -- but it's mainly just good, old-fashioned fun.  They often prepare gift baskets for people they've known who are homebound or in nursing homes.
• Each spring and fall, they plan a day trip by bus to a mountain lodge (good eating)or a regional dinner theatre.

For more information, contact Vivian Huckstep.