July 2025

As you are hopefully aware, we are in the middle of a Fund Raiser for renovations of the Peninsula Association Lodge at Eagle Eyrie Conference Center outside of Lynchburg, Virginia. This lodge is a great place for church retreats, children’s camps, youth events, etc. The Conference Center is in a beautiful location in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Our lodge is able to accommodate 33 people, large enough for many different purposes. With a kitchen and gathering room it is self-contained for private events and located at a premium spot for larger events sponsored by Eagle Eyrie.

The lodge is showing its age, with the need for some major renovations, particularly of the bathroom facilities. We have a plan from a local contractor to renovate our upstairs bathrooms to provide better use and to make one of the bathrooms Americans With Disabilities Act compliant. The work will cost about $45,000 dollars, which we hope to raise from our churches.

So far we have had only a few pledges from churches to help offset this cost. We plan to run the Fund Raiser through August and then make a decision for moving forward. All we ask at this time is if your church is willing to make a pledge. If so, please let us know. Don’t send us money at this time!

As part of their ongoing “Fanning the Flame” series of gatherings, the Baptist General Association of Virginia will be hosting a free webinar on “Equipping Leaders in the Age of AI”. This webinar will take place on Thursday, July 24th from 10 AM to 11:15 AM. Liz Baker, Founder and Executive Officer of Nimbology www.nimbology.com will be the speaker for this webinar. She will focus on the following three areas:

For registration information, contact Brian Williams at brian.williams@bgav.org.

Our office will be open Monday, June 30th through Wednesday July 2nd from 9 AM to 3 PM this week (as usual). However, since the 4th of July falls on Friday, the office will be closed on Thursday, July 3rd for the holiday. Please feel free to contact us on our mobile phones if you need us when the office is closed.

Due to financial restraints, we are not able to pay a supervisor for the PBA Fun Trailer this year. The trailer will continue to be available for use by our churches on a first-come-first-served basis for a cost recovery fee. It will be up to the churches to repack the trailer in the proper way before returning it to our office. As a reminder, the Fun Trailer has “bounce house” types of amusements, a popcorn machine and a snow cone machine that churches may use for community events. If you would like to reserve the trailer, contact Mike Mines in our office.

We maintain a list of people willing to “Supply Preach” and/or serve as an “Interim Pastor”. If you have need of someone to speak or are looking for an Interim Pastor while searching for a pastor, please check out the list on our website www.thepeninsulanet.org, under “Resources.’ Also, if you would like to be added to the list either as a Supply Preacher or Interim Pastor, please contact us.

We provide this information to assist churches seeking a senior pastor. We can only provide information given to us by churches, so please keep us informed! You may also let us know about other open positions in your church if you would like us to publicize them. Churches currently without pastors:

This full-time pastoral role oversees children’s ministry (K–5th), youth ministry (6th–12th), and discipleship support for parents. It is designed to offer holistic, gospel-centered leadership to the family ministry of Gloucester Point Baptist Church—strengthening homes, developing young leaders, and partnering with parents in spiritual formation.

Click here: Gloucester Point Baptist Church - Family Discipleship Pastor for a full position description and link to apply.