by Jim Welch | May 23, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
I thought today I would share something encouraging. Two weeks ago, Christie and I went back to Norfolk to attend our new daughter-in-law’s MBA graduation (yay, Christine!). She has been taking online courses since before she married Jeremy and has just now finished...
by Jim Welch | May 16, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
Much has happened since I was last in the office. Most troubling of the events I missed, was a bill before the US Senate which would make the ancients who worshipped the Canaanite god Molech proud. Who was Molech? He was a metal statue of the pagan god Molech. The...
by Jim Welch | May 8, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
Sometimes I think it is good to look back. And sometimes it is good share some of the nuggets from the Back Page archives. Here is a piece I wrote for Mother’s Day, 2000. My daughter, Lindsey, was 10-years old. Never mind how old her mother was. Though I am on the...
by Jim Welch | May 2, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
This morning we wrap up our official journey in the Gospel of Matthew. We’ve been through a lot since we began on March 4, 2018. That seems like a lifetime ago, right? I looked back at my calendar this week, and we were gearing up for Passion Week later that month....
by Jim Welch | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
I learned something this week. It was life changing, which is perhaps a bit dramatic, as you shall see. Sometimes it is the little things that make the biggest impact. Let me explain. If you live in RPV, you know (or at least you should know) that EDCO is now...
