September is a time of new beginnings. We emerge from summer adventures and return to a new school year. It will be another year of learning and testing and growing. Similar things happen at church. We enter into a new year of learning and growing and testing through Sunday School, Adult Bible Study, Discipleship Training, [...]
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This week, I had a unique opportunity to play in a local golf tournament in support of Virginia Tech. The area Hokie club sponsors an annual event that is played at Williamsburg Country Club. There were more than 110 golfers participating. Dave Bolt, a Hokie through and through, had invited me to play and along [...]
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As I have written in several venues recently, my mother’s heart valve replacement surgery was a great success. I realize technology is a wonderful thing. It is still amazing to think that doctors can open our bodies, stop our hearts and repair the valves and arteries within it and us. The science of medicine is [...]
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I am sitting in the waiting room at Forsyth Memorial Medical Center in Winston Salem, N.C. My mother is a patient and undergoing several tests – endoscopy, TEE (transesophageal echocardiogram) , and cardiac catheterization – in preparation for surgery to replace her aortic heart valve. I must admit, I am very impressed with Forsyth Memorial. [...]
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Have you ever attempted to bob for apples. You know the game, apples are floating in water and you are trying to open your mouth wide enough to get a bite and the apple keeps sinking or bobbing away. It can be very frustrating unless you are using really small apples. The renovation process is [...]
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The wheels of progress are often slow. Please do not think the renovation to the Fellowship Hall has ground to a halt. Things are happening, even if the pace is a bit more like a turtle. The decisions at this time are important and crucial. Here are some things for you to consider: 1. We [...]
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Dear friends and family, This week has been full of joy. Last Sunday’s worship set the tone – the worship service was real – singing, dancing, praying and waving palm branches . A deep sense of the powerful, almighty God came over me. I remember that when I came there were only 3 people – [...]
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The recent visit by Ukranian pastor, Igor Bandura, reminded me of the book The World is Flat by Thomas Friendman. Friedman’s examination of the influences shaping business and competition in a technology-fueled global environment is a call to action for governments, businesses and individuals who must stay ahead of these trends in order to remain [...]
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February 28, 2008 Dear friends and family, Last week I traveled to the community of Jangamo with Craig and Nina. They asked if I would like to teach the morning devotions for the Samaritan’s Purse team. Since I have been teaching in the book of Mark on Saturdays, I began the devotion by asking the [...]
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Here is the latest on the Fellowship Hall. Members of the Capital Improvements Steering Group along with the original Fellowship Hall subgroup and Dave Bolt representing media met with Jim Byerly on Tuesday evening, Feb. 26. Jim Byerly is an architect with Huff Morris in Richmond, VA. Jim again presented the concept of expansion and [...]
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