Whether you are brand new to the church thing or you’ve been around church for a while, we want to say welcome! Our goal at Elizabeth River Baptist Church is to create environments and experiences where you can encounter God in the midst of your life. When you visit with us at Elizabeth River Baptist Church our aim is that you would be inspired by the music, encouraged by the message, welcomed by our amazing community of people & be reminded that God’s grace is here!
Celebrate The Star: Hope, Love, Joy and Peace
This season, you and your friends, family, and neighbors are invited
to an unforgettable Christmas celebration.
Everyone in the community is invited to attend Elizabeth River Baptist Churchfor a four-week series based on the Advent themes of Hope, Love, Joy and Peace called The Star: A Journey to Christmas, starting Sunday, November 30 at 11:00 am.
Over two thousand years ago, a star burst through the darkness and signaled the long-awaited, yet still unexpected birth of a Savior. Elizabeth River Baptist Church believes Christmas can still truly give us a taste of the most wonderful time of world history. The true light came into the darkness and stress and pain of the world—our world. That world then, just like our world now, including our lives, needs the light to illuminate, clarify, guide, and heal. This is the journey of following the star to Christmas—and beyond!
In a season often marked by frenzied busyness, Advent is an opportunity to set aside time to prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ. The relevant messages in this series are designed to help us place our focus on a far greater story than our own—the story of God’s redeeming love for our world.
November 30 – December 7, 2025
Lottie Moon was sent as a Southern Baptist missionary to China from 1873 to 1912. She saw firsthand the world’s greatest problem — LOSTNESS. Meeting so many people who had never heard the gospel compelled her to write letters to American churches describing the need for a greater missionary presence.
She pleaded for increased prayer and financial support to send and sustain more missionaries. This challenge
Your 2024 GIFTS AT WORK…..Together, we celebrate these 2024 highlights from around the world. Every year, Southern Baptist churches collect an offering to send and support missionaries to be steadfastly present among those who have never heard the gospel.
3,577 MISSIONARIES ON THE FIELD 2,409 CHURCHES PLANTED 68,628 BAPTISMS
144,969 PROFESSED FAITH IN JESUS 84,430 NEW LEADERS 1.6 Million HEARD THE GOSPEL PRESENTATION
Reverse Advent Calendar
A reverse advent calendar is the opposite of a normal advent calendar. With a normal advent calendar, you open a door each day to see a picture, take out a chocolate or get some other prize. With a reverse advent calendar, you begin with an empty box. Every day for 24 days, you add one item a day. After 24 days when the box is full, you bring it with you to church on Christmas Eve. Elizabeth River Baptist Church “Little Church Pantry” will appreciate your advent donations as we reach out and ministry to the needs of others in our community.
Here is a list of items specialized to the needs of our “Little Church Pantry”.
December 1 macaroni and cheese December 2 canned fruit December 3 hot chocolate/coffee/tea
December 4 canned tuna December 5 dessert mix December 6 jar of applesauce
December 7 canned sweet potatoes December 8 boxed potatoes December 9 canned beans
December 10 box crackers December 11 package of rice December 12 package of oatmeal
December 13 package of pasta December 14 spaghetti sauce December 15 canned soup
December 16 canned vegetables December 17 peanut butter/jelly December 18 package of cookies
December 19 canned/jar gravy December 20 deodorant December 21 wrapped rolls toilet paper
December 22 toothbrush/toothpaste December 23 shampoo December 24 wrapped bar bath soap
EXPERIENCING GOD
Join us as Elizabeth River Baptist Church begins a Bible study on Henry Blackaby’s Experiencing God, starting Sunday, January 11, 2026, at 9:30 am. This Bible study will meet at the Elizabeth River Baptist Church annex. Please call the church office at 757-420-8478 for more information.
God is inviting you into an intimate love relationship through which He reveals to you His will, His ways, and His work. When you recognize where God is working, you can join Him in what He is doing. Carefully listening to His voice will anchor you in His plan and set you free to live it with boldness and freedom. Then you will experience God doing through you what only He can do.