Roscoe Lilly - Senior Pastor

BASIC INFO

I grew up in a small, rural town in North Carolina. In fact it was so small there wasn't even a traffic light and we were the first house to get mail delivered on our street. After graduating high school, I moved to Virginia and attended Liberty University where I met my beautiful wife, Maryanna. After college we married and moved to Atlanta for a few years before coming back to my wife's home state of New York in 2003. We started NorthStar that year with just 6 people. A year later, 2004, my precious little Annabelle was born, and then in 2007 we had sweet Adeline, and they have forever stolen my heart.

BIRTH DATE

December 13, 1978

EDUCATION

B.S. in Religion from Liberty University with a minor in Business Administration; Master of Arts in Religion and a Master of Divinity from Liberty Theological Seminary; Currently working on a doctorate degree

INTERESTS AND FAVORITES

PLACES: Any place on a river fly fishing or in the mountains back packing. But mostly I love any time at home playing with my two daughters. Lastly, places that only Mary and I know.
WHATS ON YOUR IPOD?: U2, Coldplay, Sanctus Real
WHAT DO YOU TiVo/DVR?: LOST and Everybody Loves Raymond
BOOKS: All of them. I can't stop reading.
SPORT TEAMS: NewYork Red Sox?
MOVIES: It seems like if the DVD player is on these days it is a Disney princess movie.
HOBBIES: Fly-fishing, backpacking, skiing, and reading.

DISLIKES

Jesus Junk (99cent stuff that has Christian symbols or Jesus stamped on it.)

ODD FACT

I write and eat with my left hand, but I do everything else like a right hander.

SCRIPTURES TO LIVE BY

Matthew 5:16 "Let your light shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven."

Ephesians 2:10 "For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."

Isaiah 1:17 (Message) "Learn to do good. Work for justice. Help the down-and-out. Stand up for the homeless. Go to bat for the defenseless."

Titus 3:14 (Amplified) "Our people must learn to apply themselves to doing good deeds and helping others who have urgent needs, so they won't be living idle, unproductive lives."