Come and find the quiet center as we begin this Advent and Christmas season. Join us for a time of song, prayer, reflection, and shared stories as we make room in our hearts and lives to welcome the Holy. Read more
And she brought forth her firstborn, a son…and put him in a diaper, the first of hundreds he would wear – diapers that would not be covered by WIC, diapers that might strain the family budget. She would need hundreds Read more
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost 10:30AM in the BTSR Chapel Scripture Texts: Psalm 65 Isaiah 9:1-7 Sermon Birthing Moments of Hope by Rev. Bill Nieporte Anthem: For the Beauty of the Earth by Chancel Choir
Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost 10:30AM in the BTSR Chapel Scripture Texts: Amos 1:1-2; 5:14-15, 21-24 Sermon Justice Rolls Down by Rev. Mandy England Cole Anthem: Roll Down, Justice! by Chancel Choir
All Saints’ Sunday We celebrate all people of faith, recognize the common bond of Christians, both living and dead, and the common bond of the church here on earth and the church triumphant in heaven. Celebration of Communion 10:30AM in Read more
Reformation Sunday Service of Worship 10:30AM in the BTSR Chapel Scripture Texts: Psalm 84: 1-5 I Kings 5:1-5 I Kings 8:54-61 Homily: Reforming Still by Mandy England Cole Choral Prelude: Christian Hearts, In Love United by Chancel Choir
Our Thanksgiving Food Drive is underway! Your contributions are welcome now through Sunday, November 12th. We are collecting canned hams and canned vegetables for the Oregon Hill Baptist Center’s ministry with our homeless neighbors in Richmond. Leave your donations in Read more
What is your relationship to money? What are the messages that influence your financial choices? How do you spend the money you have? Where is your money flow in harmony with your values? And, what changes might you be called Read more
How do we measure a year? In people welcomed, forgiven, loved. In backpacks, and food drives, and in compassion for those in need. In prayers said, in marches marched, in young ministers trained up. In songs sung, and anthems raised, in bells rung. In laughter, in meals shared, in scriptures explored. In hellos and in goodbyes and in those precious moments beside the death bed of our dear ones. In packing lists, doors closed, tears shed,
and in learning a new thing. In stories, in banners, in ashes, in candles lit, in flowers on a cross, in bread broken and in cup shared. Read More
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Service of Worship 10:30AM in the BTSR Chapel Scripture Texts: Psalm 51: 10-14 I Samuel 16: 1-13 Homily: Heart of the Matter by Mandy England Cole Anthem: I Believe by Chancel Choir