Fellowship Lunch at the SBCV Annual Homecoming
Pastors, Staff, Messengers, and Guests are invited to the Fellowship Lunch on Monday, November 10th from 11 am-12:30 pm at the SBCV Annual Homecoming at First Baptist Church in Roanoke.  The meal is complimentary and no reservations are required.  Come fellowship with others from your ministry area and enjoy a delicious hot meal served by our Disaster Relief Team. 

JOIN US IN WELCOMING NEW PASTORS TO THE AREA
Hebron Baptist Church in Gore welcomes their new pastor, Rev. John McKinney.

NEW CHURCHES REQUESTING AFFILIATION with SBCV
Thornburg Baptist Church, Thornburg (Dually provisional)
The Lord's Church, Fredericksburg (Uniquely pending)
Shenandoah Valley Baptist Church, Stephens City (Uniquely pending) 

ACROSS THE NORTHERN AREA 

Would you like a Mission Opportunity for your church for the month of November? The Unwed Mother/ Baby Packs is a wonderful way for your church to help SBCV reach a growing number of unwed moms in our nations capital. You can find out more information about this project at www.sbcv.org/missionprojects. The due date for sending in your kits is November 30, 2008.

Zion Baptist Church in Orange, Va. on November 13, 2008, welcomes the The Booth Brothers for an evening of concert and praise and worship. For more information contact ZBC at 540-672-7075.

Amissville Baptist Church in Amissville, Va. welcomes you for their Thanksgiving Service on November 26th at 7:00 pm. For more information contact them at 540-937-6159.

Victory Baptist Church in Stafford, Va. welcomes you for their Thanksgiving Dinner and Service on Sunday, November 23, 2008. For more information contact the church at 540-659-8913.

Stevensburg Baptist Church in Stevensburg, Va. will host a Community Thanksgiving Service on November 25, 2008 at 7:00 pm. For more information contact the church at 540-399-1066. 

Please Pray for the Stevenburg Baptist Church mission trip to Haiti on December 7-13

Soul Purpose Church will host the Bealton Community Christmas Day on December 13, 2008. The day will include: a Parade, Craft Show, Health Fair, Flag Football Tournament and a Christmas Tree Lighting. For more information contact them by phone at 571-641-9433. Visit them on-line at www.soulpurposechurch.org

To request your Northern Area event to be listed, email dwebb@sbcv.org or rkidd@sbcv.org.

Thank you to the following churches that have registered their participation in the recent Mission Projects:  

Virginia Soldiers R&R Kits:
Amissville Baptist Church in Amissville
Fellowship Baptist Church in Spotsylvania
Grove Baptist Church in Goldvein
Hanover Baptist Church in Hanover
Rileyville Baptist Church in Rileyville
Sovereign Grace Fellowship in Bealeton
Spotswood Baptist Church in Fredericksburg
Spotsylvania Baptist Church in Spotsylvania
Travelers Rest Baptist Church in Spotsylvania

Hiker Evangelism Packets for Damascus Trail Days   
New Hope Baptist Church in Cross Junction

Health Packets for Children
Jeffersonton Baptist Church in Jeffersonton
Lower Rapidan Baptist Church in Rapidan
Sovereign Grace Fellowship in Bealeton
Sumerduck Baptist Church in Sumerduck

Southern Cross Bibles
Northside Baptist Church in Fredericksburg
Sovereign Grace Fellowship in Bealeton
   

Ministry Experience: Darrell has served in various ministerial roles including: associate pastor, minister of music, missions, children and youth in Memphis, Tennessee. Most recently, he has served as the senior pastor of Exmore Baptist Church and as the founder of Shore Christian Academy in Exmore, Virginia.

Life Verse: "But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God" Acts 20:24.

Contact Info: Contact Darrell by e-mail or by phone: 540.521.6783.

 Ministry Experience:  Since being called into ministry in 1966 Ron has had a profound passion for students, missions and church planting.  He has had extensive ministry in church planting and in student ministry throughout Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia and in France.  He, and wife Linda, served 14 years in France as missionaries.  One of his greatest joys was being used by God to plant a church in the suburbs of Paris, and to continue to see it be a vibrant and effective witness for Christ in one of the worlds most secular of societies.

Life Verse:  "Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:13,14.

Contact Info:  Ron Kidd email and phone: 434/390-3448

Population: 2,900,365
Total SBCV Churches and Church Plants: 54