Room for Welcome
Last week, I stood in a room filled with people who spend their evenings tutoring English, helping families navigate school systems, driving neighbors to doctor’s appointments, and sitting at kitchen tables listening to stories of home. CBFVA had the privilege of...
Celebrating 250: An Invitation to the NMAAHC – March 1, 2026
Have you seen Hamilton, the musical? Heard the soundtrack? Can you hear it in your head right now? It’s an energetic and captivating retelling of the life of Alexander Hamilton, one of the United States’ founding fathers. The musicality of the lyrics is infectious,...
Learn more about the Thriving Children Retreat
To be neurodivergent is to experience the world in a way that is atypical. Sensory processing, attention management, and social cues amongst other things are just different than for most people in the world. And this is not necessarily a bad thing or a distinct...
Mission Madness: Possibilities
For those of you participating in Mission Madness who live in Richmond and want to make this a weekend “away” for your youth, I invite you to consider using host homes. Here’s how it works: Divide your youth into small groups of 5-7 and invite church members to open...
Pressing On with CBF Virginia
Over the past two years, CBFVA has experienced a season of significant change and transition, largely due to staffing shifts and the ongoing changes in the world around us. These shifts have not only required us to be adaptable and resilient but also provided an...
Invitation to Partnership: Reflections from Puerto Rico
On this cold (snowy day in Virginia), we're remembering warmer times in Puerto Rico. Here's a brief recap and an invitation for continued partnership written by our Coordinator, Mark Snipes. In early November, a group of nine pastors from Virginia embarked on a...
Four Steps for Disaster Response
It was heart-wrenching to see the destruction Helen left on my Spruce Pine friends. Nonetheless, seeing so many helpers gave me great hope for them and for humanity. . This is another reason connecting with local leaders is essential. Think twice before donating a...
Organic Partnership
by Kris Aaron It all came together organically. CBFVA has a new partnership with the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP), a non-partisan organization that works with people of all faiths around the issues of racial, social, and economic justice, and...
Finding the Good, Finding God
As I walked into the kitchen, I saw some familiar faces. One family has been at the shelter for nearly four months trying to get an appointment to cross the border. So, I had gotten to know them fairly well. However, as I pulled out a chair to sit down, nobody seemed...
Passport to Puerto Rico
by Mark Snipes This past week, I was part of a group that traveled to San Juan, Puerto Rico to explore what it might look like to host Passport camp on the island. I was accompanied by David Burroughs, President and CEO of Passport Camp, and Ben Brown,...