2315 Strasburg Road Front Royal, VA  22630 540-635-5393 Buckton Presbyterian Church, 2315 Strasburg Road, Front Royal, VA  22630 Buckton Presbyterian Church is a member congregation of Shenandoah Presbytery within the bounds of the Synod of the Mid-Atlantic in the Presbyterian Church, (U.S.A.)  © Copyright 2010 Buckton Presbyterian Church, all rights reserved.   I joined the Elkton Presbyterian Church where my wife had been a member for many years. I was ordained an Elder at Elkton Presbyterian Church and served on Session as Chairman of Property and Maintenance. The Commissioned Lay Pastor Program was brought to my attention while I was at Elkton Church. I enrolled in the Commissioned Lay Pastor Program and completed it in March of 2011. After one year in the CLP program, I preached at Elkton in the month of June 2010. I served as pulpit supply at the Buckton Presbyterian starting in September 2010.   After completing the CLP program I was commissioned as pastor of the Buckton Presbyterian Church on May 10, 2011. I am also still employed at the Page Co-op Farm Bureau in Luray Va.       My wife, Joanne is originally from Pittsburg, PA. Joanne has been Director and teacher at the Saint Mark Lutheran Church Pre-School and Child Care Center in Luray Virginia for 19 years.  She has two children, Clay and Sandy. She also has two grand children; Landon and Hannah.            I have five children, James Jr., Jennifer, Stephen, Kevin and Christina. I have five grand children. They are Gabriel, Sarah, the twins (James and Joshua) and Austin.      I believe, with all my heart, God has called me to pastor the Buckton Presbyterian Church. I now understand that God not only calls you to minister. He calls you to a particular place.      My wife and I are blessed to be a part of the Buckton Presbyterian Church. God sent us the ultimate gift of love. We are called by God to share that love. My wife and I experience that love at Buckton.      While at Hebron Colony Ministries I saw lives changed and broken spirits healed through the preaching and teaching of the Word of God. I believe with all my heart that it is my calling through the power of the Word of God brought to us in the Bible to bring God’s message of love to the Buckton Church and community and to nurture and encourage God’s children and my brothers and sisters along their Christian journeys.