Mar 13, 2014 | Pastor's Blog
Shown below is a brief, mostly numerical, overview of the recently completed 2014 Stewardship Campaign. The 2014 Stewardship Committee was comprised of: Keith Evans (co-chair), Patrick Barbier (co-chair), Pat Dickenson, Jay Howe, Dave Lesher, Tom Ligon and Mark...
Mar 6, 2014 | Pastor's Blog
In my time that I’ve spent walking alongside teenagers, I’ve had the pleasure of hearing several different musicals performed by teenagers – Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Children of Eden. I have to admit – it has...
Mar 1, 2014 | Pastor's Blog
Originally published in the quarterly Explorer, Spring 2014 edition. Despite a frigid, white calling card left by a visit from Old Man Winter, over one hundred River Road Church members gathered in our Fellowship Hall a few Wednesdays ago to conduct our church’s...
Mar 1, 2014 | Pastor's Blog
Originally published in the March 2014 Explorer. My calling as a pastor grants me the unique privilege of working in the midst of a congregation. All of the joy and misery that comes in the course of life happens in the life of a congregation of God’s people. Births,...
Feb 28, 2014 | Announcements, Pastor's Blog
It’s funny to think how much we depend on our email now. Many of us still call people, but email has become a much more convenient and easier way to communicate. And what happens anytime we become comfortable or dependent on something? It breaks, and we don’t know...
Feb 27, 2014 | Pastor's Blog
During our Minister of Music search committee’s courtship with Bob Gallagher, I agreed to meet Bob in Washington, D.C. for a few hours of conversation. He suggested we meet At St. Matthew’s Cathedral, where he once served as organist. I arrived before Bob did, and...
