Letters from the Pastor

Dear Church Family,  Let’s Read the Bible Through in 2025 at HRBC! This year, we are challenging our congregation to read the Bible using a chronological plan that follows the timeline of biblical events. Our goal remains the same: 100 members and friends of HRBC...

It is often said that the only person who likes change is a baby with a dirty diaper! Change can be challenging. Neither individuals nor organizations are immune to the forces of change.  What is change?   Peter Steinke, in How Your Church Family Works:...

This past Sunday, we began our Advent journey by reflecting on what it means to prepare for Jesus with an unhurried heart. Using John Mark Comer's The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry as a guide, we explored four practices to cultivate this: Silence and Solitude,...

As the Advent season begins, we are invited into a sacred time of waiting, reflection, and preparation. At Huguenot Road Baptist Church, our theme this year is Preparing for Jesus, a call to ready our hearts for the arrival of Christ, not just as a historical event,...

As we journey together in faith and purpose, I am filled with gratitude as I reflect on the progress and mission of our “RiseUp” Campaign. This initiative is dedicated to retiring the mortgage from the 2012-2014 expansion and renovation of our church campus—a...

Across the generations, people are longing for relationship and connection. Our population has seen a significant rise in reported feelings of isolation and loneliness. In fact, U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, has even gone so far as to label this crisis as...

On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, millions of Americans exercised one of the most sacred and precious freedoms on the face of the earth: the right to vote. As our nation reflects on the results of this week’s election, one of the closest in our time, we’re reminded of a...

Election Day in our country is next Tuesday, November 5. It is important for us to cover the entire process in prayer. As a subscriber to Christianity Today, I read the following prayer which is Christ-centered, unifying and appropriate to share with you for such a...

Today, about 28% of U.S. adults are religiously unaffiliated, describing themselves as atheists, agnostics or “nothing in particular” when asked about their religion. This segment of our population is described as the “Nones,” people who, when asked to describe their...

Chances are, you or someone you know has been a victim of bullying.  According to stopbullying.gov, bullying is “unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the...