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By JON HEDDLESTON
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
SUNDAY—I missed Connecticut today for the first time since my family and I moved to Rappahannock. It wasn’t the state I missed or the iob 1 left behind. It was the church the church where we were members for nearly four years.
It was the first church I joined as an adult. As I recall, my wife virtually had to drag me there.
But as time passed and we got involved, I learned what a fundamental part of life a church can be: A place for faith, freedom of worship, friends, prayers, meaningful sermons and songs.
We became an American family of four in that small church in Connecticut—a strong family unit, I believed, because of our church experience there.
It took going to church here in Rappahannock to make that all come back to me. Going to church here for the first time hurt—and it helped, too.
People in Rappahannock proved last week they’ll fight for the right of churches and religious freedoms to exist. They spoke out during a public hearing regarding Rappahannock’s proposed zoning ordinance.
In regard to churches, valid questions were raised: Should a church location be decided by right or by special-use permit? Will the proposed zoning ordinance be written in a manner that will allow rebuilding of any church destroyed by
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