Aaron

Aaron

A husband and daddy, born, raised, educated & employed in #RVA. Director of Programming @1stThings1stRVA. Making the most of life in Our City. Views my own.

Campolo.

We spent a good three days with Tony Campolo in town last week. He had a lot of great ideas to share, and was incredibly down to earth. The first night he spoke on Becoming Red-Letter Christians. He gave a…

05.2007: week 4

4 weeks in a row? It’s a miracle! Saturday was our church’s benefit concert to support IJM, Mission of Mercy and One Life. It was a great outdoor festival feel on the field behind the church, and 7 bands played…

05.2007: week 3

I watched my brother’s church softball game Friday night, and it started raining midway through the 2nd game. We turned around to the next field and saw a little girl sitting in a chair holding a huge golf umbrella. And…

College-Age Ministry

Just as we were starting our college-age ministry a few months ago, I had a pastor ask me why we had chosen Tuesday night. “Why not Friday night,” he asked, “because that’s the night they always hang out anyway?” Maybe…

05.2007: week 2

Flashback: I’ve showed this picture off a couple times in the past few weeks, so here goes. In 2003, I was on staff at camp. We started our 2nd week of the summer on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and…