Jul 11, 2023 | Pastor's Blog |
Baptist World Alliance Annual Gathering 2023 by Rev. Anna Perry Miller As a General Council member for the Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV), it was my privilege to attend their Annual Gathering in Stavanger, Norway. More than 500 Baptist brothers and...
May 29, 2020 | Pastor's Blog
Lay leaders are critical to the success of RRCB missions’ endeavors. This is especially true of the Partnership with the Medical Foundation in Panama. Judy Collins, Joe Teefey, and Norma Hays have devoted years to developing the partnership in conjunction with Sue and...
Mar 12, 2020 | Pastor's Blog
How does one find the words to describe the experience of participating in a medical mission to Panama? To capture the countless memories and impressions compressed into one week? The wee hour rise to meet the bus, the sleepy ride to Dulles Airport; the heat and...
Mar 5, 2020 | Pastor's Blog
From February 8-16, 23 participants representing five congregations through central Virginia joined together on mission to Panama. Although we were commissioned and traveled together, we were two distinctly different teams with different mission plans. The...
Feb 27, 2020 | Pastor's Blog
With the thought of fasting or giving up a beloved indulgence, many may feel a little uneasy about welcoming this season of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday and extends until Easter. Instead of hesitancy, I would like to invite you to approach the season with...
Feb 20, 2020 | Pastor's Blog
“Come away…from a world more full of weeping than you can understand” So ends the repeated refrain of the poem Stolen Child by W. B. Yeats. (See also song by same name by The Waterboys.) The poem itself is a rendering of a narrative repeated in a myriad of Irish...
