Stories

Your Work Can Be Your Ministry

Your Work Can Be Your Ministry

Most of us will spend 80,000 hours at work during our lifetime. For many of us, it feels like we have little time for anything else, including m...

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What Happened When She Quit Trying To Fix Her Marriage

What Happened When She Quit Trying To Fix Her Marriage

Evelyn Jones worked hard and accomplished much, but was essentially an unhappy person. She hoped finding love would change that.

“I went...

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You’ll Be Glad You Did: Choosing To Serve

You’ll Be Glad You Did: Choosing To Serve

Over the years, I’ve learned the secret to loving serving.

See, I haven’t always thought of it as something essential. In the church wh...

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What She Was Made For: Answering God’s Calling To The Women Of Haiti

What She Was Made For: Answering God’s Calling To The Women Of Haiti

Salem Hicks did not dream of one day being a missionary in the most impoverished nation in the Western hemisphere.

At least not at firs...

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On Mission: Using Radio Dramas To Spread Good News

On Mission: Using Radio Dramas To Spread Good News

When David Michon said “yes” to a mission trip to Southeast Asia to work with our missionaries David and Naomi Coward of Wycliffe Bible Translat...

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Reach & Equip: KidStuf’s New Serving Teams for Kids

Reach & Equip: KidStuf’s New Serving Teams for Kids

When dozens of children tried out for Amped, Blue Ridge’s children’s musical worship team, in the fall, Kids Community leaders knew they had a f...

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Are You Living as a Victim or a Victor?

Are You Living as a Victim or a Victor?

As we continue in our I Am series, looking at our identity in Christ, we want to share a blog by Dawn Emeigh, Guest Services Director, on ho...

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Woody & Nan: What We’ve Learned In Starting A Church

Woody & Nan: What We’ve Learned In Starting A Church

As Blue Ridge celebrates its 25th anniversary, Senior Pastor Woody Torrence and his wife Nan, Executive Director of Connections & Events, lo...

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What If Everyone In The U.S. Were Just Like Me?

What If Everyone In The U.S. Were Just Like Me?

Here at Blue Ridge, we don’t talk about politics. I like that.

But these days, it’s a seemingly unavoidable topic. In one of the most co...

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Desperate

Desperate

The following post was written by Stephanie Kountz on the eve of Good Friday.

We are desperate people.

Last night, I ...

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Guest Services Team In Haiti: Leaving Lighter Than We Came

Guest Services Team In Haiti: Leaving Lighter Than We Came

As we boarded the airplane to Haiti, I stole a glance at the Guest Services team. We were an unlikely crew—coming from different backgrounds and...

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An Upside-Down Approach To Living Missionally

An Upside-Down Approach To Living Missionally

Have you ever read the words of Jesus and scratched your head because the teachings seem so “out there?” He said that if someone smacks you in ...

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