Stories

Prayer

The first thing God put in place when I surrendered this ministry to Him was the value of prayer. As I shared in a previous blog, we came in ver...

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An Intimate Relationship

Loving God happens in our hearts and in our lives. Here’s a picture God’s given me for how close and real our relationship with Him can be. Many...

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Loving God in Action

So what does it look like for us to love God as we continue in our relationship with Him? As I shared in the last blog , God’s given me two picture...

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Serving Values - Loving God

Out of the stories I shared in the last blog, God revealed His Serving Values for us. I didn’t write the values down because they just became who w...

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Called To Minister To Missionaries

Called To Minister To Missionaries

When a missionary or missionary family has been in the field for several years they sometimes begin to experience challenges — struggling marriages...

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God Stories

In my last post, I shared about how God led me to Children’s Ministry and began to teach us to take Him more seriously. Now, let me share just a fe...

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Showing God's Love Through Thanksgiving

Showing God's Love Through Thanksgiving

When Ashlyn Schaub, then high school senior Ashlyn John, signed up to deliver Thanksgiving baskets five years ago for Blue Ridge Community Church, ...

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A Front Row Seat For Watching God At Work

A Front Row Seat For Watching God At Work

When Paul Burneson first felt called to Lifeline to serve, he wondered what he had to offer someone in a crisis situation. But he soon saw that he ...

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Compassion, Missions, Church Planting

In recent months, God has put it on the hearts of our Elders to pray specifically about three areas where Blue Ridge needs to grow/explore: compass...

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How It All Began

If you have been a part of serving here at Blue Ridge you’ve probably heard of our serving values. These are a list of biblical principles that are...

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A Waitress. An Encounter. A Family Changed.

A Waitress. An Encounter. A Family Changed.

Tabitha North first met the guys who started Engage while waitressing at Carol’s Place in Forest. But about that time Tabitha got pregnant, was put...

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Not A To-Do, But A Way To Worship

Not A To-Do, But A Way To Worship

If you came early to Blue Ridge on Sunday mornings and peeked into the Kindergarten/First Grade (K-1) room, you'd see little cubicles along one wal...

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