Market Street United Methodist Church
75 Market St. Onancock, VA 24417
 Historic
Cokesbury Methodist Church is the oldest
church building in Onancock and was the original Methodist church in town. As a mission
project of Market Street UMC, Cokesbury is used for a wide variety
of purposes including
YouthWorks, an interdenominational summer camp; various meetings; community orchestra
and choir practices; a concert series and annual Christmas Music Festival, and
periodic special worship services.
Concerts, Services & Programs YouthWorks! YouthWorks, a national service organization for teens, will work in the Onancock area again this summer. Each week, 50-60 teens arrive to sleep, eat and worship at Market Street UMC, hold Kids’ Club at Cokesbury, and do minor house repair/yard work for needy, elderly people in the community. Bible study, crafts, games, songs and skits are included in the Kids’ Club activities. In addition to working with senior citizens and children, YouthWorks is initiating a new effort in Onancock this summer with local teens each Tuesday night with an Olympics games competition on the Town Square. Cokesbury Concerts for 2006-2007 Two very special Cokesbury Steeplechase concerts will be presented on consecutive Sunday afternoon in September. The Virginia Symphony Chamber Players will perform on September 10th and Paul Plishka and Marilyn Kellam on September 17th. Other concerts for 2006-2007 will be announced in the near future. The 2005-2006 season featured performers Thomas Marshall, organ and Kirk Mariner, piano; Maggie Sansone, hammered dulcimer; and Al Petteway, guitar. Regularly Scheduled Religious Services and Programs Market Street UMC's Sunday evening youth groups meet in the Cokesbury basement during the school year. Two Girl Scout Troops meet regularly, as well as the Eastern Shore Orchestra practices weekly and performs regularly in the church. Recent Special Events For the 2005-2006 series, as in the past, ACES (the Arts Council of the Eastern Shore) scheduled several of its concerts at Cokesbury. The E.S. Art Guild has also held special exhibits to benefit Cokesbury. The OBCA-sponsored Christmas Festival to benefit a local charity is held year on the second Saturday in December. Also Marilyn Kellam, Gwen Skeens, Robert Schoeman, Kirk Mariner, Jim Hewitt and the Orchestra of the Eastern Shore have waived their performance fees to help raise funds for the renovation of Cokesbury which, although has been accomplished, is far from finished. |
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