My wife, Jonnie, and I grew up in Clarksville, Arkansas. Jonnie was 15 and I was 16 when we had our first date in August 1956, and we’ve have been together ever since! We married in August 1961, moved to Little Rock, and I attended medical school and trained in General Surgery. During this time, […]
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Getting to Know our Shepherds: Eddie Creighton
I graduated from the University of Arkansas and taught school at Hot Springs Central and Little Rock Central before moving to Melbourne to be in the Ford business for the next 35 years. Katherine graduated from Arkansas State Teachers College (Now University of Central Arkansas) and taught school in Little Rock and Melbourne before retiring […]
Read moreGetting To Know Our Shepherds: Craig Lair
Wendy and I first visited Chenal in the summer of 1993 at the invitation of a friend, and began attending full-time when we moved to Little Rock in 1995. During our 24 years at Chenal, we have seen the church mature from a small group that met informally in the current Wortham Center to the […]
Read moreGetting to Know our Shepherds: Jay Chesshir
I (Jay) grew up in Nashville, AR, and graduated from the University of Arkansas. Lara grew up in Hot Springs, graduated from Rhodes College, and was finishing her MBA at UALR when we met and married. Lara has worked in medical and dental practice management for over twenty-five years. I worked in finance and became […]
Read moreGetting to Know our Shepherds: Bil Cash
I (Bil) grew up in Batesville. Marilyn is from El Dorado. I moved to El Dorado to take a job. We got to know each other as participants in a Rotary Exchange Program. We spent six weeks traveling together in the central part of France. I moved to Memphis to take a job and we got […]
Read moreGetting to Know our Shepherds: Roger Williams
I (Roger) am originally from Florence, Alabama and Keri is originally from DeRidder, Louisiana. We met while working together at a department store in Huntsville, Alabama and were married in 1988. We have two daughters, Caysie and Kayla. I have been in the retail department store industry for 35 years which enabled us to live in […]
Read moreGetting to Know our Shepherds: Bruce Binkley
Kim and I met during our Sophomore year at Harding University. Kim is originally from the Dallas area and I grew up in Tulsa – but I was actually born in Piggott, Arkansas! After graduating in 1980, we moved to Oklahoma where I worked in the energy industry until retirement in 2013. I retired as […]
Read moreElder Selection & Reaffirmation Process Complete!
In case you missed it, we are pleased to announce that our elder selection/reaffirmation process has concluded. While more than 30 names of godly servants were submitted, we used the same process of discernment that we employed the last two times we added elders. We used a “Natural Cutoff” process. That is, we tallied the […]
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The Missions Team needs your help! Are you currently serving at a local organization outside of CVC? Please consider filling out our survey. We’ll use the results to compile a Service Directory that we hope will make it easy for CVC members to connect with service opportunities in our community. Thanks!
Read more2019 Baby Dedication
On Sunday, January 20th, CVC will be honoring the three families who welcomed new little ones during 2018. This is a time when we celebrate with these families, witness for the parents as they pledge to bring their children up in the Lord, and as a church, pledge to do our part to help raise […]
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