Scholarships: Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site), Fredericksburg, Virginia

Click here to hear excerpts from a traditional spiritual sung as a choir processional during the 11:00 a.m. service on September 3, 2006: "Children of God,

keep on marchin',

for one of these days,

we shall be free..."

(MP3 format)

Featured voices are the Senior Choir and Men's Choir of Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site), with the Rev. Ronald Cooper singing the lead

Click for details

Youth Ministries

Educational Scholarships Available

SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH (OLD SITE) presents a limited number of scholarships annually to persons who maintain active ties to the church and are pursuing college or vocational education.

These scholarships, known as the Alsop Burruss Thornton Scholarships, are funded by money left to the church for this specific purpose by the late Rev. Norma Burruss. The application deadline is May 15 of each year.

Scholarships are open to high school graduates who will be beginning college or advanced vocational education and to those who are continuing in such programs, but each applicant must meet the stated criteria and must submit an application by the deadline.

>> Specific instructions, general information, and all necessary application materials for those who are just beginning college or advanced vocational education are available by clicking here. (Note: For this link to work, you must have installed a "plug-in" for your browser that allows it to use Adobe Reader to display PDF pages. If you have not installed the necessary Adobe Reader plug-in for your browser, you should right-click on this link, then choose to save the file onto your hard drive. You will then be able to open and print the file using either Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader. Adobe reader is available as a free download by clicking on the "Get Adobe Reader" icon shown below.)

>> Specific instructions, general information, and application materials for those who are continuing in college or advanced vocational education are available by clicking here. (Note: For this link to work, you must have installed a "plug-in" for your browser that allows it to use Adobe Reader to display PDF pages. If you have not installed the necessary Adobe Reader plug-in for your browser, you should right-click on this link, then choose to save the file onto your hard drive. You will then be able to open and print the file using either Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader. Adobe reader is available as a free download by clicking on the "Get Adobe Reader" icon shown below.)

>> If you have questions, you may send an email to Joan Olson, who is a member of Scholarship Committee, by clicking here.

If you don't have Adobe Reader, you can download it free by clicking on the "Get Adobe Reader" button shown below:

For directions on how to find the church, click here.

For information on Sunday services and schedules, click here.

This page last updated on 10/25/2007

Search this web site

Office phone 540.373.8701

Web planning and oversight by Shiloh Old Site's Web Committee; funding by the church's Faith & Hope Club

Web design by A Distant Wind Company; web hosting courtesy of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library