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By CINDY MAHAN
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer'
The Rappahannock County Library was packed last Friday night for the “Celebration of Black Church History in Rappahannock County”.
Col. Samuel Glasker of Shiloh Baptist Church in Woodville welcomed all the people attending the program. He said, “We have either forgotten or constantly ignore the contribution of so many of us to this nation. Our history is a record of who we are, our values, our constitutions and an inherent sense of our self-worth.”
The four churches included in this program have a strong common bond: the first pastor of all of them was Rev. George W. Horner. Rev. Horner also served as pastor of a church in Fauquier County and one in Culpeper County.
He is much revered by present members of the churches he was involved with, and a picture of him hangs in the Macedonia Baptist Church in Flint Hill. In the First Baptist Church in Washington is a stained glass window‘dedicated to Rev. Homer. He died in 1901. .4
Next on the program was Nanette Butler of Sperryville, who led everyone in a song, “We’ll Understand it Better By and By.” Ms. Butler said, “Music is so important in the black church.”
Lewis Butler, a member of the First Baptist Church in Washington, spoke about the history of his church. It was organized in 1873 with 45 members, who were all baptized in the Rush River on the same day.
The church celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1976, and a special centennial program was presented.
Wendell Grant is the present pastor, and
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