3 for 3 Prayer

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Hi Church, Who is praying for you? Who do you know that is praying for you daily? We need intentional prayers in our life. Paul is aware that he is making it through life because he has people praying for him and the Holy Spirit living in him. (Phil. 1:19) It is a picture of the church enabling every single …

BE’N’GO – Hurricane Florence Relief in New Bern

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For some, BE’N’GO Sunday has become BE’N’GO Weekend! In the days leading up to BE’N’GO Sunday, Northstar members and attenders have diligently donated and collected items such as water, diapers, canned food, and much more, in an effort to help out the community in New Bern, North Carolina, which was so recently affected by Hurricane Florence. A group of eleven …

Baby Bottle Campaign 2017 – Update

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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 Baby Bottle Campaign. In January, we were able to hand out empty baby bottles to people who then returned those bottles filled with change. All of the proceeds …

ReVerb Leader Spotlight – Joe Holman

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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 as an intern here at Northstar. In May, Joe will be woefully leaving Blacksburg to start his job as a Technical Sales Engineer in Greenville, South …

ReVerb Leader Spotlight – Abigail Hammack

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Abigail Hammack is from Wichita, Kansas and graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Journalism and Mass Communications: Public Relations. She currently lives in Blacksburg and work as the Client Relations Manager for Connors Law. She is the Creative Content Intern here at Northstar and designs a lot of the graphics that you see all over. Abigail loves …

Volunteers of All Ages

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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 world. Northstar Church is truly blessed. Recently, we’ve had some new volunteers cropping up. They’ve been helping out by greeting folks at the Guest & Information Table …

Small Groups: Authentic Fellowship

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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 of us were strangers to the concept of small groups. We had one primary goal in finding a small group: to make …

Men At Work – Travis Jessee

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This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series Faith at Work

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 Work Series is a way to promote the event and get to know each other at the same time. The first few spotlights will feature members of …

My Workplace Is My Ministry

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This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series Faith at Work

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 encounter every day. Living a life on mission at work doesn’t mean that your coffee mug is covered in scripture or you hold prayer …