Aug 17, 2017 | Pastor's Blog |
Sometimes, words do not convey the feeling one has for a task completed or individual involved seeing that a project is successful. This is especially true with the recently completed mission trip to Farmington, Maine. Twenty-four youth and twenty-one adults worked...
Aug 11, 2017 | Pastor's Blog |
Originally published in the 2017 Summer Quarterly Explorer One of my friends posted an article on Facebook about how music education develops a child’s brain better than other activities. As a trained music educator, I cheered, “Yes! Go Music!” Music has had such an...
Aug 10, 2017 | Pastor's Blog |
Hiring the right people for our staff is critical to the health of our congregation. As a member of our Personnel Committee for the last several years, I have been a part of the hiring process for several of our ministerial and other staff members. During the hiring...
Aug 4, 2017 | Pastor's Blog
Originally published in the 2017 Summer Quarterly Explorer Before the construction of our chapel, the founding members of River Road Church built a fireplace on the property. Around that fireplace, they shared fellowship and their dreams for a new church. It seemed...
Aug 3, 2017 | Pastor's Blog
This past week, I was gifted with the opportunity to attend the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty’s Fellows program in Williamsburg, Virginia. For four days, I joined with some of the greatest minds and strongest young leaders I have ever met. We were a...
Jul 28, 2017 | Missions, Pastor's Blog
Originally published in the 2017 Summer Quarterly Explorer Five women of the Connectors’ Women’s Missions Circle of RRCB went to Kates Day at the Women’s Correctional Center of Virginia in Goochland. This has become an annual visit for several women of RRCB who go in...