Sep 29, 2017 | Pastor's Blog
Saturday, June 17, dawned sunny, clear, and mild over RVA. It promised to be a wonderful day for any outdoor activity: gardening, golf, kid’s soccer and tee ball, swimming, you name it. That gorgeous morning found me at the corner of River and Ridge Roads indoors in a...
Sep 28, 2017 | Pastor's Blog
Margaret and I have been members of River Road for thirty-three and a half years. I have been a staff member for twenty-four years. During all of that time, you have given us many gifts. Words of encouragement, pats-on-the-back, public appreciation for a task well...
Sep 22, 2017 | Pastor's Blog
In 2017 Stop Hunger Now rebranded to become Rise Against Hunger (RAH). Driving Rise Against Hunger’s work is the recognition that ending hunger is more than just feeding people, which led to a focus on feeding programs in areas where the organization can have a real...
Sep 21, 2017 | Pastor's Blog
I walked up to the Celebration Sunday picnic with pasta salad in one hand, and a toddler in the other. Someone walked right up to take the pasta from my hand and said, “Let me help you.” I celebrate the help and love my church family gives us. I celebrate that kids...
Sep 15, 2017 | Pastor's Blog
Our children’s choirs gave a wonderful presentation on May 24. The Cherub Choir, made up of pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students, directed by Kim Crowley, sang folk songs such as Lord of the Dance and Hashivenu, and closed with Go Now in Peace. Our two older...
Sep 14, 2017 | Pastor's Blog
What We Regret We regret choices we made/choices we never had (job, marriage, family) There are things we wish we had not said/had said We wish we had spent more time on(family, friend, laughter, roses) We held grudges, built walls, set conditions, withheld...
