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Answer to<br />

last week’s Sudoku<br />

Spotlight on <strong>Fluvanna</strong>’s churches<br />

Bybee Baptist Church<br />

Add<strong>res</strong>s: 4989 Bybees Church Road, Troy<br />

Pastor’s name: Kenny Davis<br />

Average Worship Attendance: 80<br />

Hours of services: Sunday 10 a.m.<br />

Additional activities: Sunday school, prayer meeting,<br />

First Place for Health, children and youth meetings,<br />

choir practice, Alcoholics Anonymous, Easter cantata<br />

on Palm Sunday, Sunrise Easter Service, Vacation Bible<br />

School for one week during the summer, Christmas cantata,<br />

Christmas Eve services, a living nativity in December,<br />

emergency food bank.<br />

The Rev. Kenny Davis<br />

History: Bybee’s Road Baptist church is an old yet<br />

vibrant landmark beside Rt. 613 (Bybee’s Church Road). It takes its name from a<br />

“Mr. Bibee” (Pleasant Bybee) who was a large landowner in <strong>Fluvanna</strong> and who gave<br />

his name to the road even before <strong>Fluvanna</strong> became a county in 1777. By 1795, his<br />

name identifi ed a group of Baptists, one of the arms of Lyles Church, who were doing<br />

religious work in the community. On May 8, 1826, the “Biby” group, composed<br />

of 25 male and 36 female members constituted themselves into a group called “The<br />

Baptist Church of Christ at Biby Road.” In 1832, the group offi cially broke off from<br />

the mother church, Lyles Baptist, drew up a covenant and constitution and called<br />

the Rev. Steven Easter as its fi rst pastor. Since that time 179 years ago, the church at<br />

Bybee’s Road has been worshipping and serving the Lord in what is now a very fast<br />

growing community. They have recently called the Rev. Kenny Davis as pastor, and<br />

they invite you to join them. For a more complete history and dates of activities<br />

and special services can be found at http://bybeechurch.org. – Compiled by Kristin<br />

Sancken. Photo by David Stemple<br />

March <strong>15</strong>, 20<strong>12</strong> | FLUVANNA REVIEW | 29

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