May 29, 2014 | Pastor's Blog |
I did not grow up bereft of music. At my grandmother’s house I listened to melodies produced by Don Reno, Red Smiley and the Tennessee Cutups, and early my uncle introduced me to the ballads of the Johnnys—Horton and Cash. What passes for classical music is a function...
May 22, 2014 | Announcements, Pastor's Blog
“There’s nothing good left in the world anymore.” These words were spoken to me by a grandmother sitting next to her grandson’s bed in the trauma room at VCU Medical center. It’s easy to wonder where the good is when you are scared and...
May 15, 2014 | Pastor's Blog, Youth Blog
Some thoughts from our youth and adult chaperones about our spring retreat May 2-4 at the YMCA Camp at Silver Beach: What was important about the weekend Being with the people I love and having some time to myself to really think about everything Everyone needs a time...
May 8, 2014 | Pastor's Blog
The People of God in the Bible sought different ways to confirm the essential Presence of God in their midst as they worshipped, traveled, and served. One gentle tension in the Hebrew Bible was the people’s need for a tangible sense of God’s Presence, reflected in a...
May 1, 2014 | Pastor's Blog
This weekend is filled with inspiring musical events! On Saturday evening at 7:45 p.m., our church will host a highly reputed high school choir visiting from the suburbs of Philadelphia. The Central Bucks High School-West Choir from Doylestown, Pennsylvania, under the...
May 1, 2014 | Pastor's Blog
Originally published in the May 2014 Explorer. On Tuesday evenings from May 6 to September 30, seven or eight food trucks will set up shop in the north parking lot of River Road Church, Baptist. These local vendors will sell pizza, sliders, tacos, barbecue, hot dogs,...
