Not only is Laura Jordan a new member, she is a new Sunday Serve Team volunteer! We love when new members jump into helping get ready for worship. You will enjoy getting to know a little about her through her membership spotlight. What brought you to Blacksburg? I started at Virginia Tech in the fall of 2014, and graduated in …
You will probably recognize Jordan as one of our vocalists on the worship team, so take a few minutes and get to know her as a new member… Hello Northstar! My name is Jordan and I am a sophomore at Virginia Tech (but I’m graduating a year early so I guess I’m a junior?). I am from northern Virginia, and …
Welcome Jackson Smith as a new member! Jackson is involved in one of Northstar’s D28 groups (our discipleship ministry). Tell us a little about yourself (and your family if applicable). I am from Ashburn, Virginia. I am a sophomore at Tech, and I am in Navy ROTC. I’m the baby of my family, but I still stand almost a head …
Rachel is from Abingdon, Virginia and graduated from James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Virginia) in Spring 2013. She moved to the Blacksburg area in August 2016 and currently works at a local IT company, 1901 Group, Inc. What or who brought you to Northstar? I happened to run into a high school friend when I first moved to the area and she …
“What happened to the green house?” was a question John Shockley asked me before a leadership meeting. My response was to ask him what he meant. He then told me that he had driven past it on the way to the meeting, and someone had mowed, weed-eated, and generally cleaned up the property which had been looking unkept and uncared …
Hi, my name is Ashley Burris and I am a junior studying Human Nutrition, Food, and Exercise at Virginia Tech. I was born and raised in Virginia Beach, VA by two loving parents, Dean and Lisa Burris, along with my sister Allison. As an infant, my parents baptized me in the Methodist church, professing that they would raise me to …
In this Member Spotlight, we are introducing Stephanie Lomeli. She attended our Discovering Northstar Dinner in October and turned in her member covenant that evening. Tell us about yourself. I’m a Navy military brat (mom and dad) so I grew up all over the United States and was fortunate enough to live overseas in Japan and Guam. Though moving every …
Tell us a little about yourself: I grew up in Pulaski County and both my parents worked for VT for as long as I can remember, so I was pretty familiar with VT, which was a big draw. The vet school is also a big draw as that’s my ideal career. What or who brought you to Northstar? In undergrad, …
We don’t know about you, but we never get tired of recognizing our members! This spotlight will help you get to know Jocelyn Rathbone, a Virginia Tech graduate and Physicians Assistant at the Giles Family Medicine walk-in clinic. Tell us about yourself: I grew up in Culpeper, VA and then came to Virginia Tech to get my undergrad degree in …
