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That Time We Taped the Pastor to the Wall
If you arrived early for our 9:00 a.m. service last Sunday and took a stroll down the hallway at Blacksburg Middle School, you were probably met with a fairly odd sight. First, you may have noticed a...
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What Is Stephen Ministry?
We’re so glad you asked! Carolyn Noble and Aaron Peck, Northstar Church’s Stephen Leaders Carolyn Noble, who’s been a Stephen Minister at Northstar for five years, shares, “Stephen Ministry is a care...
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My Workplace Is My Ministry
Welcome to our Faith at Work series, where Northstar members have an opportunity to share how they are able to share their faith in the workplace and show the love of Christ to the people they...
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It Was Just Going to be a Bad Day
It was just going to be one of “those days,” I told myself. A day that started like so many of “those days.” I had been up with my youngest son most of the night, only to realize with the light of day,...
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Men At Work Series – Travis Jesse
Men At Work is a gathering for the purpose of encouragement, fellowship, and fun for Northstar men and their friends and co-workers happening Friday, March 3 and Saturday, March 4. To find out more...
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Who Is Our Dodgeball Champion?
On the evening of Friday, February 3, something exciting was happening in Blacksburg. Exciting happenings on Friday nights in a college town are sure to be a rare occasion. But it happened. At Kipps...
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American Idols
I’ll be honest. I didn’t watch the Grammy Awards on Sunday night. I turned the TV on while they were interviewing people on the red carpet. I watched as the camera spotted Ceelo Greene and decided that...
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Men At Work – Trey Moore
Men At Work is a gathering for the purpose of encouragement, fellowship, and fun for Northstar men and their friends and co-workers happening Friday, March 3 and Saturday, March 4. To find out more...
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Men At Work – Tim Hagedorn
Men At Work is a gathering for the purpose of encouragement, fellowship, and fun for Northstar men and their friends and co-workers happening Friday, March 3. To find out more click here. The Men At...
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Men At Work – Darrell Cook
Men At Work is a gathering for the purpose of encouragement, fellowship, and fun for Northstar men and their friends and co-workers happening Friday, March 3. To find out more click here. The Men At...
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Why a Marriage Retreat?
This past weekend, 34 married couples from Northstar Church stole away to the rural town of Floyd, VA, at the charming Hotel Floyd, where they participated in a video training series, “Mingling of...
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Men At Work – Jim Rancourt
Men At Work is a gathering for the purpose of encouragement, fellowship, and fun for Northstar men and their friends and co-workers happening Friday, March 3. To find out more click here. The Men At...
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IF:Gathering
On Friday and Saturday, February 3 and 4, I had the pleasure of attending a local simulcast event originating from Austin, Texas, called IF: Gathering. With locations worldwide, it was an incredible...
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Joy
A couple of weekends ago, I had the immense privilege of hanging all weekend with “my youths” (AKA the youth group at Northstar Church). The students in ReVerb are truly amazing and continue to...
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God in the Ordinary
Have you ever had a seemingly ordinary moment turn into a God-moment? Not long ago, I placed several calls to strangers in order to obtain background checks for potential childcare workers. One of the...
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Small Groups: Authentic Fellowship
Shortly after we began attending Northstar in the summer of 2015, my husband and I set out to find a small group to join. Having grown up in the church and been involved in a college ministry, neither...
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Volunteers of All Ages
Being a church without a permanent home (yet!), Northstar relies on volunteer helpers each and every week to make things run smoothly. And we absolutely have some of the greatest volunteers in the...
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ReVerb Leader Spotlight – Abigail Hammack
This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series ReVerb Leader SpotlightAbigail Hammack is from Wichita, Kansas and graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Journalism and Mass Communications:...
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ReVerb Leader Spotlight – Joe Holman
Joe Holman was born and raised in Gastonia, North Carolina, right outside of Charlotte. Currently, Joe is finishing up his last semester as an engineering student at Virginia Tech and is also on staff...
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Baby Bottle Campaign 2017 – Update
Northstar Church is incredibly blessed to be able to partner with ministries throughout the New River Valley. As many of our members and regular attenders will remember, we recently participated in the...
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