Meetings
Monday, April 13
The Patrick County Board of Supervisors will meet at 6 p.m. in the third-floor courtroom of the Patrick County Administration Building.
Wednesday, April 15
The Stuart Town Council will meet at 6 p.m. in the town office.
Thursday, April 16
The Patrick County School Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the school board office.
Events
Monday, March 30
Informational meeting about re-organizing the Virginia-Carolina Ruritan Club, 6 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church, 4866 Moorefield Store Road, Stuart.
Monday, March 30 – Friday, April 3
Holy Week Mid-day Services will be held at Stuart Church of Living Water, 101 E Blue Ridge St., Stuart, from Monday, March 30, through Friday, April 3. Service begins promptly at 12 p.m. each day, featuring various speakers from the Patrick County Ministerial Association. A light lunch will be provided following worship at 12:30 p.m. in the church Fellowship Hall. Speakers include: Monday – Thomas Shepherd; Tuesday – Deb Aguilar; Wednesday – Joey McNeil; Thursday – Bob Hylton; Friday – John Franklin.
Friday, April 3
Cross Walk, 5:30 p.m. Walkers meet at Truist Bank to walk the cross together to DeHart Park, taking turns carrying it along the way. The walk will end with a short service of music and scripture at the ballfield at DeHart Park at 6 p.m. The PCHS Praise Band will lead worship. The Patrick County Ministerial Association invites the entire community to come together as one body in Christ to reflect, remember, and worship. To participate in carrying the cross, please arrive a few minutes before 5:30 p.m. Call (276) 694-3323 with questions.
The community food truck will be at the SRRS from 3-4 p.m.
Saturday, April 4
Patrick Springs Pentecostal Holiness Church will host a community Easter Egg hunt from 2-4 p.m. There will be candy, crafts, and more.
Ross Harbour Methodist Church will hold an easter egg hunt at 12 p.m., 6260 Elamsville Road.
Jeb Stuart Volunteer Rescue Squad will hold its monthly community breakfast from 7:30-10 a.m. Plates are $10 each, and dine in, carry out, and curb service options are available. Orders can be placed by calling (276) 694-6171.
Meadows of Dan Women’s Club Bingo, Meadows of Dan Community Center, 2858 JEB Stuart Hwy., Meadows of Dan. Doors open at 5 p.m.; games start at 6 p.m. Food will be available for purchase. For more information call 404-401-0064.
Sunday, April 5
Woolwine Methodist Church will hold a sunrise service at 7 a.m. with breakfast to follow.
Ross Harbour Methodist Church, 6260 Elamsville Road, will hold a sunrise service at 7 a.m. with breakfast to follow.
Easter Sunday Worship Schedule – The congregation of Stuart Church of Living Water invites you to join us on Resurrection Sunday, at 101 East Blue Ridge Street, Stuart, 7 a.m. Sunrise Service, 8 a.m. Breakfast, 9:15 a.m. Worship Service.
Monday, April 6
DMV Select in Stuart will be closed in observance of Easter.
Thursday, April 9
The Patrick County Senior Citizens Group will meet at 11 a.m. in the Hooker Building at Rotary Field in Stuart. Entertainment will be provided by Mary Jo and Charlie Leet. For lunch, barbeque, buns, slaw, and beverages will be provided to all attendees. Attendees are requested to bring their favorite vegetables and/or desserts to share with the group.
Monday, April 13 – Friday, April 17
Spring Cleaning Clothing Drive. The PCHS Jr. and Sr. Beta Clubs will be collecting clean, gently used and machine-washed clothes and shoes. Gently used and machine-washed clothes and shoes can be donated at PCHS. Used socks, swimsuits, and underwear will NOT be accepted, but new packages are welcome.
Wednesday, April 15
The Patrick County Food Bank will distribute at its Stuart site from 8:30-11 a.m. and from 5-6:30 p.m., at the Fellowship Church in Ararat from 8-10 a.m., and starting at 5:30 p.m. at the community building in Meadows of Dan.
Thursday, April 16
Pints for Parks, 6–8 p.m. at Pickle & Ash, $5 donation at the door to support the Friends of Fairy Stone Park and their outdoor classroom project. Pickle & Ash will donate $1 per pint. Used books will be collected to help fill the park’s library boxes.
Friday, April 17
The community food truck will be at the Fairystone VFD from 3-4 p.m.
Saturday, April 25
Patrick County High School Senior BETA students will hold a car wash fundraiser at Advanced Auto in Stuart to raise money to travel to the National Sr. BETA convection and competition in Nashville this summer.
The Patrick County Master Gardener’s annual plant sale will be held in the Rotary building from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Vegetable starts, perennial and annual flowers, shrubs, iris, and daylilies. For more information, call (336) 721-0916.
Ongoing
The Patrick Springs Ruritan Club meets at 6:30 p.m. on the 2nd Thursday of each month in the community room at Patrick Springs Park, 2 Ballpark Road, Patrick Springs.
Inside yard sale to benefit Patrick County Alzheimer’s Group LLC. 109 Buena Vista, Stuart, Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Members meet on the first Monday of every month at 6 p.m. in the Alzheimer’s office. New members are welcome. For more information, call (276) 693-6018.
The Coffee Break Café hosts live music on Tuesdays from 9 to 11 a.m. Bring an instrument, or just come and listen.
Community meal at Salem Church on Salem Church Road in Critz, the first Sunday of every month at 12:10 p.m. Call (276) 222-1069 with questions.
Vesta Alzheimer’s Group LLC meets at the Vesta Community Center on the third Tuesday each month at noon. Both groups welcome new members and invite caregivers to attend. Literature is also available.
Ararat Ruritan Club holds Rook games every Monday night from 6:30-8 p.m.
Patrick County Veterans Memorial Honor Guard meets on the first Tuesday of every month at the American Legion Post 105, at 7 p.m. Interested veterans are welcome to attend.
Free Community Meal, on the 4th Wednesday, 5 p.m., Raven Rock Wesleyan Church, 1912 Raven Rock Road, Ararat. Take out or dine in. Call Scott or Nann Phillips at (276) 773-6004 or email pastor@ravenrockchurch.org.
The Carroll County Genealogy Club is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
The Patrick County Senior Citizens Group is sponsoring a June 2 – 5, 2026 trip to the eastern shore of Virginia. Trip flyers are available at the Patrick County Recreation Office (276) 694-3917 or by contacting Judy Lacks, trip coordinator, at (276) 694-4767.
Willis Gap Community Center: Members Meeting, the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m.; Appalachian Acoustic Open Jam, every Friday. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for food, with music and dancing, 6:30-9 p.m.; Golden Oldies Open Jam is on the last Tuesday of the month. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for food, music, and dancing from 6:30-9 p.m.
