Letters from the Pastor

In the coming weeks, I will begin a new sermon series titled “Sustained Health: Becoming the Church God Designed Us to Be.” The six-part series will take us through September and into October as we consider what Scripture teaches us about the characteristics of a...

Pastor David Cameron has written this week’s letter. We hope you are blessed by his thoughts this week. “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce...

I used to go to the YMCA (the Y) four to five days a week to exercise. Three days a week I took a fully integrated, total-body workout class. On the other days I cycled and/or used the elliptical machine. My...

Pastor Sara Hubble has written this week’s letter. We hope you are blessed by her thoughts this week. This past Sunday morning in youth Bible study, we were finishing up a three-week unit on resisting temptation. Our lesson directed us to a passage about...

Each Saturday evening, I have a simple ritual as I prepare for Sunday morning: I choose my clothes. While this saves time the next day, it’s really a form of preparation. I am mentally and spiritually readying myself for worship. It’s a rhythm I first learned from a...

In worship this past Sunday, July 19, we focused on the historic Baptist distinctive: Bible Freedom. This was part three in our July series, We Hold These Truths, where we are reflecting on our identity as Christians who are Baptists, and our responsibility as people...

Pastor David Cameron has written this week’s letter. We hope you are blessed by his thoughts this week. This is an article I wrote a few years back while serving at CHBC Martinsville.  It has been on my mind of late, so I thought I’d share it with HRBC. - David...

When I arrived at church on Sunday, July 5, to pray with our youth who were leaving for Passport camp, I learned that the air conditioning was not working in the sanctuary. Not the news a pastor wants to hear on a Sunday in July before...

In college at Winthrop, I was a Political Science major and aspired to attend law school and, someday, enter politics. God, of course, had other plans. When I was not accepted into law school, I went to work as a claims adjuster for South Carolina Farm Bureau...

In recent days, many of you have seen or heard about the decision of the Southern Baptist Convention regarding churches that affirm women serving as pastors or preaching in Sunday worship. Moments like these invite reflection—not only on what others decide,...