—Edgewood Baptist Church located at 717 S. Main Street in Nicholasville will host Vacation Bible School from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on June 12 – 16 for children in fourth and fifth grade. Call 859-885-6211 for more information or if you need a ride. 

—Edgewood Baptist Church will welcome Rev. Samuel Schmidt as its sixth pastor on Sunday, June 18.

—Chapel Hill Baptist Church located at 619 Longview Dr. next to City-County Park in Nicholasville will host a Vacation Bible School starting 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, June 19 through Friday, June 23. All ages are welcome. For more information, contact 859-230-5381. 

— High Bridge Church of the Nazarene, located at 115 Old Saw Mill Rd. in High Bridge, is open and will be hosting services each Sunday at 11 a.m. Everyone is welcome. The church was without a pastor for a while following the death of  Harold “Moose” Horton, who pastored there from 1969-2015. The new pastor is Emmitt Jackson of Lexington.

—“Intercessors for America” will meet on the last Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the Jessamine County Courthouse lawn beginning in April and through the warmer weather. For more information, contact Pastor Terry Moore at 553-3563.

—A prayer meeting will be hosted every Wednesday at 10:45 a.m. at Sonlight Fellowship Church of God at 216 E. Oak St. Everyone is welcome.

—Women’s Bible study will meet Thursday mornings from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Nicholasville Salvation Army, located at 205 South 1st Street. If you have any questions, you may call or text Kim Ball at 859-227-1153

—Saint Athanasius Orthodox Church, 100 Lime Lane, offers free bread from Panera Bread to families and individuals in need in the Nicholasville area every Sunday from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m.

—Providence Christian Church, 101 Providence Way, hosts a “Bodies in Motion” low-impact exercise class every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 to 11 a.m.

—Walking With Love’s Laundry Love ministry is offered every third Tuesday of the month at 5 p.m. at Wildcat Laundry, 630 Edgewood Drive.

—Free meal offered from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday at 303 W. Maple Street in the Community Center of Nicholasville United Methodist Church.

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