HOPE Talks

Cane Sampson was born and raised is East Orange, New Jersey. He later moved to Harrisonburg, Va. In his early 20's Cane was caught while dealing drugs and ended up spending a couple years in prison. While in prison Cane came to Christ. Cane is now married to his wife Lauren and they live in Highland County with their boys. Cane joins Front Porch Talks today to share his testimony.

Pastor Porter Graves was born and raised in Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. He now lives in North Carolina with his wife Angela. They have four boys, Randall, Jacob, Shane & Eli. Porter is the lead pastor of Bridgeway Church of the Nazarene in Beaufort, North Carolina and joins us today on Front Porch Talks to share his Testimony.

This Teaching Church session took place on Thursday February 6th at Harrisonburg First Church of the Nazarene for a group of Pastors and leaders from the Virginia District Church of the Nazarene. In today's session Sarah Kinzer shared a devotional. Pastor Todd Tomas from Timberville came and shared about his book entitled A Life In Contrast, about the Sermon on The Mount. Also Pastor Cameron Dunlop from Roanoke came and shared about how he ministers in the context where he lives.

Pastor Adrian Mills joins Front Porch Talks today to share he and his wife Lauren's adoption journey. After many hard years and two failed adoptions this journey ultimately let to the adoption of the daughter Glory.

Debbie Dunn-Frederick attends Harrisonburg First Church of the Nazarene with her Husband Duane. Debbie was born and raised in Tenth Legion Virginia, near Broadway. Debbie met her late Husband Richard Dunn at Virginia Tech. They had two kids together Daniel and Maddie. Debbie shares here Testimony with us today on Front Porch Talks which includes the tragic death of her late husband Richard and son Daniel in a plane crash in May of 2005.

Pastor Julie Miller was born and raised in Moultonborough, New Hampshire. She graduated from Eastern Nazarene College. The Fall after graduation Pastor Julie moving to the Shenandoah Valley after excepting a job as Children's Pastor at Harrisonburg First Church of the Nazarene in 2016. Pastor Julie joins us on Front Porch Talks today to share her testimony.

Felicidad was born and raised in Panama before moving to the Washington, DC area and eventually to Harrisonburg. Felicidad is part of the staff at Harrisonburg First church of the Nazarene. She joins us on Front Porch Talks today to share her testimony.

Pastor Camelot Shuff is originally from South Carolina and is currently serving as the Vision Pastor at Newport News Church of the Nazarene. Before that Pastor Camelot served on staff at Harrisonburg First Church of the Nazarene as Ministry Teams Pastor. Pastor Camelot joins us on Front Porch Talks today to share her testimony.

Pastor Aaron Golden is from Straits, North Carolina. Aaron is the Lead Pastor of Union Point Church in New Bern, North Carolina and joins Front Porch Talks to share his testimony.

Max Rachkovskiy's parents are both from Russia and moved to the US as kids. Max was born in Massachusetts and his family moved around a lot when he was little before settling in Harrisonburg, Va. Max joins Front Porch Talks today to share his Testimony.

Judy Stewart, Penny Wilhelm & Teresa Crawford joined Front Porch Talks Today to share their stories as well as the impact Celebrate Recovery has had in their lives.

Nicole Wright was born in California. She also lived in Maryland as well as Fredericksburg, Virginia. She moved to the Shenandoah Valley to attend College at JMU and has lived here ever since. Nicole joins Front Porch Talks today to share her testimony.

Nate Carr is from Johnson City, Tennessee where he lived till he was 15 and moved to Harrisonburg, Va. Nate is a leader with Celebrate Recovery at Harrisonburg First Church of the Nazarene. Nate joins us today on Front Porch Talks to share his testimony with us.

This Teaching Church session took place on Thursday November 21 at Harrisonburg First Church of the Nazarene for Pastors and leaders from the Virginia District Church of the Nazarene. Pastor Adrian Mills shared a devotional. Then Pastor Bud Reedy; Lead Pastor at Charlottesville First Church of the Nazarene; lead a discussion on mentoring. We wrapped up our time sharing ideas for the Christmas season.

Scott Towns was born in Duluth, Minnesota but was raised mostly in Texas. His Family also lived in Greenville, Tennessee and Raleigh, North Carolina until they moved to Virginia in 1978-79, where he has lived ever since. Scott joins Front Porch Talks today to share his Testimony.

Stephanie Angle is from West Virginia where she lived until she was nine and her family moved to Texas. After getting married to her husband Alex, they moved to Norfolk, Virginia for him to attend law school. In the fall of 2019 they moved to Harrisonburg. Stephanie is on staff at HFCN and joins Front Porch Talks today to share her Testimony.

Pastor Stephen Willis is from Harkers Island, North Carolina. He is the Lead Pastor at Lynchburg First Church of the Nazarene, where he has been for the last 16 years. He Joins us on Front Porch Talks today to share his Testimony.

Shirley Driver was born and raised on a farm in Dayton, Virginia and has lived in the Shenandoah Valley her entire life. She started attending Harrisonburg First Church of the Nazarene with her family in 1989. She joins Front Porch Talks today to share her testimony.

Orion Lucas came to the Shenandoah valley with his family as a young boy and has lived here ever since. He is currently a freshman at Blue Ridge Community College and he joins us today to share his testimony on Front Porch Talks.

Pastor Nizar is the Pastor of the Nazarene Church in Nazareth, Israel. Pastor Nizar was also born and raised in Nazareth. He and his wife Kaity; who is from Jerusalem; join us today to share their testimony on Front Porch Talks.

Pastor Joe Stoner was born and raised in York County, PA. After graduating from Nazarene Bible Collage Pastor Joe and his wife Christy moved to the Shenandoah in 1995 when he joined the Staff at Harrisonburg First Church of the Nazarene as the Worship Pastor. Pastor Joe joins Front Porch Talks today to share his testimony.

Heidi Dove joins Front Porch Talks today to share about the ministry that the non-profit Village to Village doing with villages in other countries as well as helping people who are in need in our own community in Harrisonburg and Rockingham Country.

Pastor Tony Martin is from Greensboro, North Carolina, where he also grew up. Pastor Tony is the Senior Pastor at Spring Creek Church of the Nazarene in Virginia. He joins Front Porch Talks today to share his Testimony and the radical transformation God has done in his life.

Pastor Tony Martin is from Greensboro, North Carolina, where he also grew up. Pastor Tony is the Senior Pastor at Spring Creek Church of the Nazarene in Virginia. He joins Front Porch Talks today to share his Testimony and the radical transformation God has done in his life.

Eyde Adams joins Front Porch Talks today to talk about Operation Christmas child and how she got involved in the ministry. She also shares other important information about upcoming events like National Collection Week as well a speaker that will be coming to Harrisonburg First Church of the Nazarene.