Listening to Understand

Listening to Understand

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...
Let Us Rise Against Hunger

Let Us Rise Against Hunger

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...
Children’s Musical: A Table for Five….Thousand!

Children’s Musical: A Table for Five….Thousand!

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...

Summer Gifts from God

Originally published in the 2017 Fall Quarterly Explorer PASSPORTkids! Camp by Buddy Sumner photos by Kenton Sumner Early one Tuesday morning, nine families entrusted their children to three adults for a journey that would leave such an impression on their lives...

Introducing… Thoughtful Faith Community

Originally published in the 2017 Fall Quarterly Explorer Your church staff and the Board of Christian Education and Spiritual Formation have been hard at work revamping our Wednesday night programming. We’ve worked to align the children’s and adults’ schedules so that...