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Passion Week Devo: Thursday
Contributed by Adam Wilson Credit to: https://kagesa.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/maundy-thursday/ This Thursday of Holy Week, also known as Maundy Thursday, commemorates two main events with Jesus and...
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Passion Week Devo: Good Friday
Contributed by Neal Nelson Read Matthew 26-27 slowly. “What is good about Good Friday?” is an easy question to ponder after reading Matthew 26 and 27. Betrayal, denial, injustice, political...
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Passion Week Devo: Saturday
Contributed by Alex Kacere Saturday, the day before the Resurrection of Jesus on Easter had to by far be the hardest and loneliest days for Jesus’ followers. Here is a group of men and women who have...
View ArticlePassion Week 2016 videos
Those who have been a part of our Palm Sunday and Good Friday services have commented on the videos that we’ve used to enhance the worship experience. We are embedding them below for your further...
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Passion Week Devo: Easter Sunday
Contributed by Jeff Noble In 2006, a horrible car crash killed five people in Indiana. A young blonde woman identified as Laura VanRyn was the sole survivor. She clung to life, battered and bruised...
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#DontGobEaster 2016
It’s become an Easter tradition around Northstar to greet one another differently during the service. Normally, we’d simply shake hands and meet those around us. On Easter, however, we take Easter...
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On Easter Sunday we had the opportunity to listen as Jeff interviewed two friends about how God uses His followers for His purpose. Joe and Sam met as Sophomores at Virginia Tech and developed a...
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My Story: Daniel Knollenberg
Contributed by Daniel Knollenberg I was raised in a family that was ministry-focused with Jesus at the center of every one of our relationships. My dad was a worship minister and guidance counselor,...
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Reverb –“March in Review”
Contributed by Alex Kacere Hello Northstar, I am so thankful for the love and support our youth ministry receives from all fronts in our church. Thank you for the prayers and the encouragement that we...
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Northstar Host Mission Team
Contributed by Neal Nelson It was a surreal experience! A group of young men from the Baptist Collegiate Ministry at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas arrived in the NRV Saturday,...
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More than crowd control – children’s ministry from a college student’s...
Contributed by Ben Messina Ben is a senior at Virginia Tech and deeply involved in Northstar Kids ministry. When people think of children’s ministry within a church, oftentimes they think of it as...
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Finding faith in horsemanship
Contributed by Aaron Peck Lori & Tonto Finding illustrations of God’s love in the world around us is a precious gift. Recently, our own Lori Miller was able to share the gospel with people through...
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Amazing Love Women’s Retreat Recap
“I really felt pressed to sacrifice more to God, on a regular basis. I think I became aware of some of my fears and things I struggle to give over to the Lord.” “It was timed great for a needed...
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Awe
Contributed by Jenny Henry Northstar has begun its study of Acts. I have been enjoying this account of the early church. Over the past several weeks, one thing has stuck out to me – awe. Over and...
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How God Used Turkey Hunting to Teach Me About Making Disciples, Part 1
Contributed by Neal Nelson Everyone loves Spring – warmer weather, blooming flowers, and most of all gobbling turkeys. I need to confess that I begin thinking about (and looking forward to) turkey...
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Summer Camp Scholarship Sponsorship
We are so excited for camp this year! We will be going back to Crossroads Camp, at Anderson University in Anderson, South Carolina. Crossroads is packed full of challenging teaching, modern worship,...
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ReVerb Movie Night
Contributed by Alex Kacere This past Sunday Night, Northstar ReVerb all met up at Frank’s Cinebowl Theater to watch God’s Not Dead 2 as a group. We had the awesome opportunity to watch a movie that...
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Make A Joyful Noise To The Lord
Contributed by Daniel Knollenberg Two members of the worship team and I traveled to Virginia Beach to lead worship at the Virginia Pre-Teen Convention two weeks ago. As I prepared for that...
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A “mom fail” moment
Contributed by Kari Bohrnstedt I’m just gonna lay it out for real here. Earlier this week I had a total mom fail moment. Hazel has recently mentioned once or twice, with no emotion, that there’s a...
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Grieving the loss of a Christian
Contributed by Alex Kacere This past week has been a struggle for many in Northstar and in the New River Valley surrounding the loss of our brother in Christ, Joe DeWitt. Joe was a fifth-year student...
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