Matthew 28:16-20 (NIV) Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been [...]
Revelation 19:11-21 (NIV) 11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written [...]
JUNE 2001 In 2001, SPC summer team missionaries started to bring medical supplies - usually ten to twenty-three 50 pound trunks - with them on their trips to Uganda. The first 40-foot container was shipped in 2010. And in July 2016, we'll ship our 15h and 16th 40' container. Each [...]
JUNE, 2000 Inspired by a missionary to Uganda, John Keltonic led the first summer missionary team to Uganda in June, 200. The original relationship was with Global Outreach, which was supporting (among others) Canaan Children Home.
Within a year of the first worship service, a building committee was organized and the search for a place to relocate the growing congregation was begun. Some hoped to purchase the school in which the church was meeting, but the ideal property, many believed, would be on Buford Road in [...]
Dick and Shirley worked tirelessly for SPC from the time they joined Stony Point Church in 1972. Dick was quickly elected an elder and taught adult Sunday School classes which were legendary, moving many to attend and then commit themselves to SPC according to the accounts of those who attended [...]
They called him "Cupid" Aquila -- and with good reason: During his six years at Stony Point, the Reverend Dominic A. Aquila conducted 34 marriage ceremonies. He also administered 26 baptisms, the first of which was his own son, Andy, a year from the day Dominic and his wife, Davileen, [...]
Although the church was referred to as First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Richmond from its first meeting, it wasn't until November 23, 1969 that the name Stony Point Reformed Presbyterian Church was settled on over other suggestions, including Grace Reformed Presbyterian, Immanuel Presbyterian, Dayspring Church (Presbyterian) and Open Door Reformed [...]
The very first budget of the new church contained an line-item of $27 which was set aside for missions, and the first couple to receive regular financial support from SPC was David and Barbara Cross (pictured above) in September, 1969, just three months after the congregation met for the first [...]
On June 1, 1969, the first worship service of an as-yet-to-be-named new church was held at Stony Point School with 40 adults and 6 nursery-aged children in attendance. A picnic had been held the day before at Forest Hill Park to give the congregation's new members a chance to get [...]
