For the first time in probably 15 years, we got to celebrate our birthday with our grandfather in Danville, VA.  Jack Greene turns 90 year...

We had our first meeting for the new chapter here last week.  It was a "vision casting" where we were wanting to share the minis...

The CS staff has been working feverishly on a new site set to launch tomorrow.  The new site is set to be simpler, cleaner, and (hopefully...

Jennifer is going on a missions trip with TMCJ to Albania!  The ministry has taken several trips to the country, but this is the first in ...

Every 2 years the international community gathers in a different locale for a conference.  In 2012 it was in Hawaii, this year we are bles...

CS just got back from a missions trip to the Dominican Republic.  They had a great time and the interesting part is the one of the attende...

We have a new staff member who has just begun their ministry work.  Ana Barend, former chapter director, has accepted the position of ...

This past week, Christian Surfers reached 10,000 "likes" on Facebook!  We're excited to reach this milestone so quickly, sin...

As many of you know, Jennifer manages the CS online store, which houses all of our tee shirts, stickers, Bibles, and other books and media...

There's been so much snow here this winter, I'm obligated to do a post about it.  Ezra has been psyched to get out of school so of...

Christian Surfers has started a new project for 2014, an effort to get a small group of people on board with a project that could have a l...

Our sending church, Atlantic Shores in Virginia Beach, is doing something a little different with their bulletin and making it a monthly ...

I'm happy to super excited to announce that Christian Surfers has officially joined forces with Mission Thrift here in the Outer Banks...

Usually it takes us about a year to get our ministry stats in, this year we are turning over a new leaf and have got them done within 2 we...

Jennifer and I split up anniversary duties each year.  I'm responsible for planning the odd years and she the even ones.  Being our 9t...

We spent Christmas as usual in Virginia Beach amongst the Cruciano and Dantonio families.  I always comment how awesome it is to have both...

Sometimes I feel like since I post and inform people of this each year, everyone knows it, but maybe the opposite is true... here's ho...

Our friends at West Wetsuits have extended yet another holiday deal for us.  They've got some suits at extreme discounts (mostly small...

We spent the holiday in Danville, VA, hanging out with LC's side of the family.  Her parents just had their 65th anniversary, so neat ...

I wanted to give you a little insight into Ezra's school.  He gets up at 6am each day to get on that big yellow bus, and is learning a...

So excited that we've had our first meeting in the Outer Banks for the local chapter of Christian Surfers!!!  We had been meeting with...

Z just completed his first season of rec league soccer.  He had a blast making new friends and occasionally getting his foot on the ball -...

Our friends from Rhode Island, the Barend family, came to visit the Outer Banks again this weekend.  They are contemplating a move here as...

Jennifer and I had a wedding to attend (a FL coworker), and it turns out it was just down the road from Angela and Josh in Richmond.  A...

At conferences we never get enough time to get together and meet as a staff (the best we did last weekend was a lunch together with 1/2 th...

We just finished with the conference over the weekend in Ft. Lauderdale.  It was a great time to connect with other CS leaders from aro...

A few chapters from Southern NC ventured up to Hatteras this weekend.  Led by "Bobo" Silos of the Wrightsville Beach chapter, th...

Most times in Christian Surfers we pay for our own travel to and from ministry events.  We're slated to go to the Action Sports Con...

Jen's father has been in the hospital all week, and on Saturday had open-heart surgery.  Thank you all for your many and continued pra...

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The San Onofre Campout is wrapping up today, which means the work is just beginning for the East > West missions team.  Actually, there...

Our little fella is a big schoolboy now!  He took off bright and early (um… actually not so bright, just early, his bus comes at 6:50AM) o...

After moving here this winter and having a game plan all set for chapter startup, things kinda… fizzled.  I had some folks in mind that I ...

Had the opportunity to help out at a surf camp last week.  I was in Virginia Beach for Tidewater Learning Center 's week of study skil...

Birthday party month!  We've got about 20 b-days to celebrate, and this Sunday was Caris' turn.  Our little lady has turned 3, and...

Even though it's a few weeks to her actual birthday, we had a party for young Selah Gomez this weekend in Virginia Beach.  It was a bi...

Several weeks ago I was invited to a one-day surf camp.  Kinda funny actually… the group running the camp had contacted Christian Surfers ...

Over the past few months, we've tried to get all the CS staff locked in on our social media pages.  We've had a Facebook page for ...

A few years ago I got an invitation to the San Onofre Campout, had a great time connecting with West Coast leaders and spending time '...

Christian Surfers, along with other like-minded "boarding" ministries, are getting together in SFL for a combined conference thi...

We are in the middle of a Facebook "LIKE" campaign this month.  A generous donor offered $1 for every new like we can generate, ...

Our good friends, Cal and Coral Fisher, visited us this past week.  Cal is the Christian Surfers International Regional Coordinator, meani...

The Missions Board at our sending church, Atlantic Shores Baptist , was super nice to schedule a housewarming party for us this past weeke...