Author: Charles Allard

We don’t know the author but he gives us reason to be thankful. Today upon a bus, I saw a lovely maid with golden hair; I envied her — she seemed so gay, and how, I wished I were so

A Pastor was out painting his fence one day.  As he painted, he meditated on the fact that life is so brief. “It’s just a vapor,” he reminded himself.  About that time a man came along the road leading a

Who among us in these trying times does not want to deepen their prayer life?  The most profound request that the disciples ever made of Jesus was, “Lord, teach us to pray.” Prayer is intimacy with God.  It is the

Crabtree Valley Baptist Church will be featured at the Raleigh Baptist Associational Semi-Annual Meeting at Rolesville Baptist Church on Tuesday evening, October 24, at 6:45pm.  Dinner will be served at 6:00pm at a cost of $10. Missions will high-lite the

Last Sunday, I started a series of messages from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians concerning God’s Call to each of us.  The focus of these messages is not on our profession but rather on how we as Christians should live.

When our first refugee family left Welcome House Raleigh on September 14, after just one week of residence, Kenda, the mother, said that this was the first time that her children had played outside safe. Her words of appreciation touched our hearts. We take for granted

Sunday will be a special day at CVBC.  We will observe the Ordinance of the Lord’s Supper and Ordain three new deacons. We observe the Lord’s Supper quarterly on the first Sunday of January, April, July and October. Everyone who

It happened so fast, weeks of preparation, lots of hard work, and many willing hands volunteering to get Welcome House Raleigh ready. Then, came the announcement that our first refugee family would be arriving. Dr. Zeyad, wife Kenda, daughter Mayar and son, Hamoudi arrived

We are witnesses to two devastating hurricanes back to back, Harvey and Irma. Two catastrophic storms unlike anything we have ever seen before on US Soil.  Ironic as it may seem, Irma is still churning and doing her damage on

Our two Grandsons, Christopher and Nathan took their first train ride with us to Charlotte on August 25.  It was a beautiful day and the train ride added to the adventure and enjoyment.  It also reduced the stress of driving