Serving Those Who Protect and Serve

Serving Those Who Protect and Serve

Oct 26, 2016 | Be The Church, Blog

This past week during our small group time, the ladies and I prepared snack bags and wrote thank you cards for each of the officers and staff of the Blacksburg Police Department. Small groups of Northstar are encouraged to find ways to be the church in our community....
Meet Erin Petersen

Meet Erin Petersen

Oct 22, 2016 | Blog

I met with Erin at the Northstar Church offices one Wednesday after staff lunch. I came by too early and got bullied into going with them, which is just utter torture. Spending time with your friends? No, thank you. Erin and I had just gotten into a semi-half-hearted...
Disaster Relief Story: Steve Bodtke

Disaster Relief Story: Steve Bodtke

Oct 21, 2016 | Be The Church, Blog

Northstar’s own Steve Bodtke (2nd from the left on the back row) served recently on his first disaster relief experience in Conway, South Carolina. Hurricane Matthew wreaked havoc from the Caribbean all the way to Coastal Carolina. There was a lot of death and...
Meet the GAP Leadership: Steven Paul

Meet the GAP Leadership: Steven Paul

Oct 20, 2016 | Blog, GAP

  Each week, GAP will be introducing their leadership team in a collection of blogs! This week we introduce Steven Paul! Hello! My name is Steven Paul and I am the GAP International Ministry Liaison. I am currently a Masters Student in Mechanical Engineering at...
Meet Evin Gladin

Meet Evin Gladin

Oct 20, 2016 | Blog

Evin Gladin, one of the awesome interns at Northstar, has a BS in Wildlife Conservation Science, which she earned from Virginia Tech in 2016. She also works part-time for the state of Virginia doing research as a field technician. This work includes tracking and...
Prayer Sticks

Prayer Sticks

Oct 20, 2016 | Blog, Children's Ministry

So let what I’m saying sink deeply into your hearts and souls. Do whatever it takes to remember what I’m telling you: tie a reminder on your hand or put a reminder on your forehead where you’ll see it all the time, and on the doorpost where you cross the threshold or...