Apr 24, 2012 | Pastor's Blog
The regular Church Business Meeting called for last Wednesday was adjourned to Sunday evening, April 29, following the Church Social when it was determined that an insufficient number of members were present to constitute a quorum. This circumstance has caused...
Apr 19, 2012 | Pastor's Blog
By Ashley Evans, Guest Blogger The second ever River Road Women’s Retreat is now just a fun memory! The verse that was picked for the weekend and for our tee shirts was 2 Corinthians 5:7- “We live by faith and not by sight.” This was a theme...
Apr 10, 2012 | Pastor's Blog
There are several attractive ways to create and develop a sense of belonging and fellowship, which the New Testament often called koinonia. Efforts to form a sense of connectedness during the week among the “scattered family of God” have evoked Bible Studies, Mission...
Apr 1, 2012 | Pastor's Blog
If I was a complete stranger to the ways of Christians and churches, baptism would be a real head-scratcher. Why this ritual of sprinkling water on someone’s head or, odder still, submerging them completely under water? But I am a Baptist insider. I cut my teeth on...
Mar 1, 2012 | Pastor's Blog
My favorite Gospel writer is St. Mark. Mark does not go around the barn to find his nose. His prose is spare, direct, clear, dramatic. He leaves symbolism to John, empathy to Luke and quotations to Matthew. Mark accomplishes in 16 chapters what Matthew squeezes into...
Feb 1, 2012 | Pastor's Blog
A couple of years ago I sat in a meeting of our Finance Committee and watched and listened as they deliberated on River Road Church’s finances. Our income was greater than our expenses, but our desire to do more meant tough decisions must be made. The collective...
