Sep 20, 2018 | Pastor's Blog, Staff Spotlight
Note: This is a series of posts aimed at helping you get to know your church staff in a more personal way. We hope you enjoy! Bert Browning was born and raised in southern Chesterfield County, near the village of Ettrick. His father worked for Virginia Electric and...
Sep 14, 2018 | Pastor's Blog
As you are aware, we’re in a season of hiring many new staff to assist us with our ministry at River Road Church. As I write this, we have four staff searches underway: adult education, children, pastoral care, and preschool director. It’s an exciting (or is it...
Sep 13, 2018 | Pastor's Blog
Hurricane Florence is a reminder to those of us who like things predictable and under control that neither predictability nor manageability are promised to us. Natural events, such as unwelcome Flo, are especially hard on the control freaks among us. Wind speeds,...
Sep 7, 2018 | Pastor's Blog
Looking Back Joshua & Jessica Hearne CBF Missionaries, Grace and Main Fellowship Josh and Jessica are members of Grace and Main Fellowship, an intentional, Christian community in Danville, Virginia that is committed to hospitality, shared resources, prayer,...
Sep 6, 2018 | Pastor's Blog
Last Sunday (September 2) we began a 5-week sermon series on the book of James. I mentioned that this short book of the Bible is surely among my favorites. However, the great reformer Martin Luther would surely disagree with me, for he said (quite famously), that “St....
Aug 31, 2018 | Pastor's Blog
I want to be baptized because I want to follow Jesus. In the Christmas story, the Wisemen were going to King Herod. The king wanted to know where Jesus was because he wanted to be the only king of the land. He knew that Jesus was already born. But the Wisemen were,...
