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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.

Our council of elders are responsible for the care, oversight, leadership, and shepherding of the spiritual condition and fiscal well-being of the church. RBC elders are men who have been examined and meet the biblical qualifications as set forth in 1 Timothy 5:17, Titus 1:9, 1 Peter 5:1-3, Acts 20:28, and Mark 10:42-45. Along with our pastors, deacons, staff, and lay-leaders, they serve, lead, pray for, and minister to our congregation in word and in deed.

Two candidates, John Smith and Sujay Philips, have completed a year-long candidacy process. As the final stage of that process, we would love your feedback on both or either of these men. If you have affirmations or concerns, please email the elders at elders@restonbible.org.

Sujay Phillips was born in 1971 in Bellary, India. Raised in a loving home, he grew up with a cultural understanding of Christianity. He graduated with a mechanical engineering degree from Bellary. At 23 yrs., Sujay professed faith in Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior by the grace of God under the loving, caring and faithful mentorship of Mr. Janardhan Rao. By God’s providence, Sujay met his wife Leena through his parents, and they were married in 1996. Sujay and Leena have two children, Sheryll and Samuel.

By God’s providence, Sujay came to the United States in the year 2000 in pursuit of a better future for their family. God has been so faithful in providing for their needs beyond measure. The greatest blessing for Sujay here in the U.S. has been the immense joy of knowing the heart of God more intimately leading to a passionate, faithful walk with God. He has been attending Reston Bible Church since 2011 and loves RBC because RBC is a Bible-believing, Bible-honoring, Bible-centered, Bible-teaching church.

Sujay loves God with all his heart, mind, soul and strength and loves his neighbor as himself. His desire is to serve and care, listen and pray, exhort, encourage and build the body of Christ at RBC. His desire is for RBC to be the beautiful bride of Christ where individuals are rooted in Christ, marriages are strong in Christ and families are united in Christ, for the glory of God resulting in RBC being a shining light in our communities.

John Smith grew up in a military family and attended the base Chapel for Sunday services. While he learned a lot about God, it wasn’t until his junior year in high school, after his dad had retired from the military and his family settled down in Washington state, that John’s faith became real. A neighbor invited him to Sunday school where John heard the Gospel, and a short time later, asked Jesus to be his Savior.

John attended the U.S. Air Force Academy and by God’s grace was invited to be a part of a Bible study where he grew in his faith. Following pilot training, John married his high school sweetheart, Jana. For the next 25 years, they moved around the country, including a tour in the United Kingdom, and raised 8 kids, 4 boys and 4 girls. In the midst of this journey, their third child, and second son, Zane, died from leukemia at the age of two.

He and his family first came to RBC in 1995 when John was on a 4-year tour at the Pentagon. John retired from the Air Force in 2007 and is back supporting the Air Force at the Pentagon as a contractor. He has served in various positions at RBC including AWANA, Helping Hands, the Men’s Ministry, Shepherd Groups, and the Deacons.

John is amazed at what happened at the cross where God, who created the universe, humbled Himself by becoming a man, demonstrated His holiness by judging our sin, and then demonstrated His love for us by paying our death sentence Himself, all that we might have the opportunity by faith to restore our relationship with Him.