Pastor John was born and raised in Elkton, Virginia and he joined our staff in 2017. He serves as our Pastor of Operations here at church of the Nazarene and also leads worship at our East Rock campus in Elkton, Which is located at 414 South Eastside Highway in Elkton. Our service times are at 9 and 10:30 am and we would love for you to join us. Pastor John joins us on Hope Talks today to share with us what it means to him to now get to lead worship at our East Rock campus in Elkton where he is from.

Pastor Chris grew up in Fredericksburg, Virginia and has served alongside his family in ministry since 2011. He graduated from Northwest Nazarene University in 2021 with Bachelor of Art degrees in Multicultural Leadership and Christian Ministry. He joined the staff of COTN shortly after graduation. Currently, he is pursuing a Master of Divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary. Pastor Chris joins Hope Talks today to share his testimony with us.

Rebeca joins us on Hope Talks today to share her testimony. Rebeca was born and raised in the Shenandoah valley. She recently started her freshman year of college at JMU and is studying elementary education.

Today we are joined on Hope Talks by Dustin Kline, the Executive Director of SON shine Ministries, to share with us about the things that their ministry offers, how they serve our community and about how the partner with WBTX radio to keep local Christian music and programing on the air. For more information you can visit their website http://sonshineministriesva.org/

Today we are joined on Hope Talks by Rachel Hinz. Rachel grow in a farm family in eastern Pennsylvania. She came to the valley to study at Eastern Mennonite College at the time. Rachel met her husband; who is originally from Germany; in the valley on a group hike and have lived in the valley ever since. Rachel has three grown children and joins us today to share her testimony with us.