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...

I got to know Angie when we met during the Worship Team auditions in July 2012. There was something about her that I couldn’t quite put my finger o...

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

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

My parents and my husband’s parents have both been married for 50 years. When I got married, divorce was not an option. It was not part of my world...

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...

I remember when I was younger hearing people talk about the deep love they had for their family. But I didn’t know what it was like to accept love,...

You make a lot of choices each day. You probably had a few dozen shampoos to pick from when you stopped by the pharmacy. A whole menu of options fo...

The son of a restaurant owner and a mother who served in World War II as a nurse, I learned early about perfectionism, alcoholism and codependency....