I recently wrote 5 Reasons to Invite Someone to Church over on my blog, and the first reason I gave was that they will more than likely come! Seriously. 96% of the unchurched are at least somewhat likely to attend church if they are invited. We think that people are turned off by “church,” and so we say “no” for …
Jeff Noble
Jeff became Northstar's second pastor in 2009 after the retirement of founding pastor Bob Jackson. He and his family are from southeast Arkansas where he served as a campus minister at the University of Arkansas at Monticello for eight years before planting Journey Church there and serving as its founding pastor for six years.
Jeff's wife, Carolyn, works at Blacksburg High School in the guidance office as the administrative assistant. Their son Sam is on YoungLife staff in Salisbury, NC and married to Sidney. Their daughter Adelyn is a senior at Christopher Newport University and helps lead youth at a local church as well as serving as a worship leader with Cru at CNU.
Jeff desires that Northstar Church continue to encourage others and build spiritual leaders. He blogs regularly at journeyguy.com, and his first book called Super Center Savior is available at the church office or through online retailers like Amazon.
Jeff is the Lead Pastor on the staff at Northstar. Visit our leadership page to get to know the rest of the team.
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Posts by Jeff Noble
An adoption story complete
We first introduced you to Tom and Whitney Blaszak and their adoption story in our last Northstar Magazine (catch up on their story at the link). On Saturday, July 9, Tom brought Hope home to Blacksburg from Ethiopia, completing a four-year adoption saga. We are grateful to Bethany Teague of WSLS for featuring the Blaszaks in a story that aired …
Story: Dr. Jamie Sanchez
On Sunday, June 26, Dr. Jamie Sanchez shared her faith story with us since moving to Blacksburg in 2012. Jamie has been active in Northstar, serving in GAP leadership, D28 leadership and as the leader for our Missions Team. This was her last Sunday at Northstar before transitioning to her new job at Biola University as Assistant Professor in the …
The 21 Day Challenge
In the Think to Change message on Sunday, July 17, Jeff issued an invitation to join him in a 21 Day Challenge. The message focused on the joy of knowing Jesus. The 21 Day Challenge involves: Reading a chapter of John each day for 21 days Writing down one quality of Jesus that is praiseworthy in your Bible on that …
Baptism Celebration: May 8, 2016
On Sunday, May 8, we celebrated the baptisms of Steven Paul, a Virginia Tech graduate student and Erika Gresh, a Blacksburg High School senior. Here’s their stories and their baptisms:
#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 selfies with the hashtag of #DontGobEaster. Here are some of the pictures we tracked down over social from 2016.
Passion Week Devo: Easter Sunday
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 almost beyond recognition in the hospital for over a month. As she began to recover, her family became confused. Laura called her dad by a pet name she had never …
Passion Week 2016 videos
Those who have been a part of our Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter services have commented on the videos that we’ve used to enhance the worship experience. We are embedding them below for your further enjoyment, reflection and for you to share with others. We normally use two resources for our videos – Sermon Spice and Worship House Media. …
Invite someone to church this Easter
Did you know that: “Eighty-two percent of the unchurched are at least somewhat likely to attend church if invited.” –Dr. Thom Rainer, The Unchurched Next Door Help us spread the news in the New River Valley; invite your friends, neighbors and coworkers to our services! Pick up some Easter postcards at church and pass them out in the community. A …