More than 100 family members, friends and former colleagues gathered Saturday, Oct. 25 at The Westin Hotel to celebrate the 70th birthday and retirement of the Rev. Warren J. Lesane Jr.

Bethlehem Baptist Church has turned a page in its long history with the appointment of the Rev. George Brown as senior pastor.

The congregation of Second Baptist Church at 1400 Idlewood Ave. in Richmond’s Randolph community will celebrate its 179th anniversary and the 35th anniversary of its pastor, the Rev. Dr. James Henry Harris, on Nov. 16 and 23.

Dozens of Virginians, including clergy and community leaders, staged a “pray-in” outside the Richmond offices of U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner on Monday, Oct. 20, to urge continued health care subsidies and protest recent federal budget policies.

The Catholic Diocese of Richmond welcomed thousands to The Diamond for its first Catholic Fest, a daylong celebration of hope, faith and community.

The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy is relaunching its annual “Interfaith Souls to the Polls” initiative to encourage early voting across the state in the final two weekends before the 2025 election.

The Men’s Master Summit will host its fall 2025 gathering on Saturday, Oct. 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Virginia Union University’s Living and Learning Center.

The congregation of Ebenezer Baptist Church is preparing to formally install the Rev. Kevin L. Jones as its new pastor with a weekend of worship, fellowship and community celebration.

Ramsey Memorial United Methodist Church and community collaborators will celebrate the opening of the Community Growth Center on Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony from 3 to 5 p.m.

A federal judge has denied AMC Theaters’ request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by civil rights leader Bishop William Barber II,stemming from an incident in which theater employees called police to remove him for not providing proof of a disability.

Wisdom Watch Alliance will host a free community screening of the documentary “Remember Me: Dementia in the African American Community” on Saturday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. at Real Life Ministries COGIC, 113 Wilkinson Road.

Bishop Liston Page Jr., a Virginia Union University graduate who has preached nationally and abroad, will return to Richmond next week to lead the fall revival at Second Baptist Church (West End), 1400 Idlewood Ave.

The Catholic Diocese of Richmond will host its inaugural “Catholic Fest” on Saturday, Oct. 11, at The Diamond, offering a day of free activities for families and the broader community.

Greater Mt. Moriah Baptist Church joined with city leaders and the Richmond Police Department to host “Falling for the Culture: A Festival of Unity, Peace, and Hope” on Sunday along the Jackson Ward and Gilpin Court corridor.

A state historical marker will be dedicated next month in Westmoreland County to commemorate a late 19th-century federal court case that helped lay the groundwork for one of the country’s earliest civil rights organizations.