September 2025

Our Leadership Team has decided to extend by one month the Fundraiser for upgrades at the Peninsula Association Lodge at Eagle Eyrie Conference Center. If you recall, our aging bathroom facilities are in need of a major upgrade. Part of this upgrade is to make one of our bathrooms compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act guidelines.

All of the upstairs bathrooms will be upgraded in this plan. This included reconfigured shower stalls. The results should be a much more useable facility for our churches. The cost of this work will be approximately $45,000. So far our pledges fall way short of this goal.

We know some of our churches have plans to make pledges but have not notified us of these plans. We ask that you not send any funds at this time. However, we would like to know what churches are planning to pledge. Because the small amount of funds the PBA receives for use of the lodge go into upkeep and repairs, we do not have funds available for this project. Please let us know by the end of September if you or your church will make a pledge!

First Baptist Church of Newport News has graciously agreed to host our annual Peninsula Baptist Association meeting on Monday, October 27th. Details for this meeting are still being worked out by our Leadership Team. We will notify you when these plans are finalized. This meeting will be an opportunity to look back on the years Chuck Harrison has been our Director, and to look forward to what God has in the future for this network of churches.

Please begin making plans to have your church well represented at this meeting. Attendance in recent years has not bounced back to Pre-Covid days. This is a great opportunity for our churches to come celebrate together as we look to the future. As always, we hope to have official messengers from our churches at the Business Session. However, the meeting is open to anyone who would like to participate.

Once again, the PBA had a Summer Mission Team to help any church who requested with summer sport camps and/or vacation bible schools. In 2025, we helped with five sport camps and two vacation bible schools. One of the interesting things this involves is three distinct age groups. The sport camps are for children usually up to age 14. The team itself is comprised of teenagers. The third group that the team helped with was senior adults.

So, the PBA was involved with those three age groups. All of the Sport Camps and Vacation Bible Schools are run by the local church who used the PBA team as additional help. PBA help included sport leaders and/or group leaders. The senior adult events were PBA sponsored. The ending event for the summer was the Senior Adult Awesome August rally held at The Lighthouse Church. The summer team acted as table staff for the meal and as part of an interactive session during the rally. Craig Waddell, Jay Russ, Jay Lawson were the other program presenters. We had sixty-five senior adults in attendance and it was a great time for all who came.

Our next Pastor’s Fellowship will take place next Wednesday, September 10th at 12 noon. This meeting will include lunch. Please let us know if you plan to attend so we may prepare enough food.

Our partners at The Edge Christian Camp have shared the following upcoming events:

• JR Harvest Rally - September 27th, Speaker - Stephen Roofner

• Teen Harvest Rally - October 4th, Speaker - Jake D' Andre

• Men's Retreat - October 23rd-25th, Speaker - John Reynolds

• Ladies Retreat - November 6th-8th, Speaker - Sharon Rabon

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:

First Church Ministries called Rev. Bobby Larew as pastor, beginning on July 7, 2025.

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.

The Lighthouse Church (formed from the merger of Parkview Baptist Church and Crossroads Christian Community Church) is looking for a new Administrative Assistant. This Part-time position (25 hours per week) will focus on Business, Finance, Communications, and Marketing.

The Administrative Assistant supports the smooth operation of the church and church office by providing clerical, organizational, and communication support to the lead pastor, staff, and other church members. This position plays a crucial role in managing key administrative tasks and facilitating effective communication both internally and externally. This position requires exceptional organizational and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to handle sensitive information with the utmost confidentiality.

For the complete position description or to apply, submit a resume, cover letter, and references to pastor@yourlighthouse.live.