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June Elaine (Kunes) Meyers grew up just north of Pittsburgh PA, in New Kensington. She loved her hometown and spoke of it often, living with both sets of grandparents and most of her extended family within walking distance. 

After high school she began working for Westinghouse Electric Company as an executive secretary. Her grandkids loved seeing her top secret government clearance pass, as she worked in the department that developed the US Navy’s first nuclear submarine. 

June got married in 1963 and spent part of her honeymoon on the New Jersey shore, where her husband got a teaching job.  

June lived in Point Pleasant, NJ for 30 years, devoted to her family which grew to include three children. She was very involved in her church, including the establishment of a thrift shop to serve the community.  In 1995 she relocated to northern Virginia, where she soon became surrounded by all her children and their growing families. 

June loved the Lord and her family most of all. She loved having the eleven grandchildren over for many sleepovers, filled with good food, dressing up from her costume box, reading stories and much laughter. 

The Lord created June with a merry heart and gifts of service and giving which she blessed many people with generously. She served in her senior Sunday school class and in a discipleship ministry at McLean Bible church where she attended for many years before coming to Reston Bible Church, where two of her children served on staff, in the last decade. 

June went on ministry trips to Brazil, Spain, Morocco, Turkey, Egypt and Israel. Her adventurous spirit and uncomplaining work ethic blessed everyone around her. 

Even after her health challenges slowed her down, June kept up an active ministry of encouragement via social media and private messages to the countless missionaries and friends she loved so dearly.

She thanked the Lord every day for His good gifts, and especially that she could spend her last years living with her younger daughter’s family, surrounded by love and care.

Reston Bible Church will host a memorial service at 11:00am on Monday, December 15. Those not able to attend in person may view the livestream at live.restonbible.org, facebook.com/restonbible, or youtube.com/@restonbible

In lieu of flowers, you can sponsor a child for camp through Open Arms Worldwide (www.openarmsworldwide.org) or by strengthening the church in the Middle East through The Joshua Fund (www.joshuafund.com). 

From the Doering Family:

William “Chip” Allen Doering of Reston, Virginia, went to be with the Lord on Monday, October 21, 2024 at his home as the result of a cardiac event.

Chip was born in Whidbey Island, WA.  After growing up in many places as part of a Navy family, the Doerings landed in the greater Washington, DC area.  Boy Scouts was an important part of Chip’s childhood.  He was a graduate of the University of Maryland and son of predeceased parents Eugene “Gene” and June and younger brother to Rick.  

Chip and Rick were a team of pranksters and loved a good laugh. He was often the instigator, stoking those around him and joining in the laughter.  He rarely missed an opportunity to spend time with his family and friends, traveling as far as Germany or wherever the family adventures would take him.  Most recently Chip was with us for Kyle and Izzy’s wedding in September.  We all deeply felt that we were a priority to Chip and he to us. Chip relished his newest name, Uncle Woodchip, christened by his great nephew Gavin.   He will be sorely missed by all of us who loved him.   Chip’s interests included sailing, birding, rooting for Navy (beat Army) and playing games always exclaiming while losing “I hate this game”, of course with a grin on his face.  A gentleman to the end, we all miss Chip sorely.  

Chip was a regular participant in Tres Dias spiritual enrichment weekends and well-loved member of the Tres Dias community.  He attended Northern Virginia Tres Dias (NVTD) Men’s Weekend # 5 in October 2003 and served faithfully thereafter on 31 Tres Dias weekends – 26 Northern Virginia Tres Dias weekends, 3 Tres Dias of Central Virginia weekends and 2 Southern Ontario Tres Dias weekends. He served as the leader (Rector) on NVTD# 35 in November 2018.  He was planning to lead a Prayer Team on the NVTD# 43 Men’s Weekend.

A memorial service will be held for Chip at 1:30pm on November 13 in the RBC Youth Building.

We hope you know how grateful we are to the Lord for the generosity of the church body here at Reston Bible Church. Your faithful giving plays a vital role as we seek to know Jesus Christ and make Him known in Northern VA and around the world.

For those who prefer to give online, we want to let you know that we are moving to a new giving platform called Subsplash. This change will make online giving easier than ever and allow the church to save money on processing fees.
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If you have a recurring gift already established with myRBC (Church Community Builder, or CCB) action is required as we make this switch!

To transfer your recurring gift from myRBC to Subsplash, please complete the 3 steps below before Friday, August 30:

1. Activate your Subsplash Giving account.
2. Set up your new recurring gift in Subsplash.
3. Delete your old recurring gift from myRBC (CCB).

For detailed instructions and FAQs, please visit www.restonbible.org/give.

If you have any additional questions about this change or would like help transferring your recurring online gift to Subsplash, please contact Jennifer Reynolds, church accountant, at jenniferreynolds@restonbible.org or 703-404-5010.