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TOP FIVE
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[December 19, 2024]
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*Last Top FIVE newsletter of 2024 will by Thursday, December 19, 2025*
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Bishop Sue shares Christmas greetings
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Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson shares Christmas greetings with the VAUMC. She asked the VAUMC to "be the true light of Christmas and Christ-bearers to the world!"
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3 United Methodists killed in Nigeria
A young adult church member was shot and two toddlers died in a fire as fighting between members of The United Methodist Church and the breakaway Global Methodist Church escalated in rural Nigeria.
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Bishops forgo pay raises to shore up funds
The United Methodist Church’s ministries are dealing with deep budget cuts.
That includes bishops, who are trying to help bolster the Episcopal Fund by going without a salary increase next year. The board of the denomination’s finance agency approved the bishops’ request as well as much smaller spending plans next year for the denomination’s agencies.
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Learn more about Discernment Day
Is God nudging you to do more? Do you think God is calling you, but you’re not sure how to answer?
By virtue of our baptisms, we are all called by God in a myriad of ways – as laity serving in local churches, missionaries serving abroad, meeting the needs of the local community, to the set-apart ministry of the licensed and ordained and so much more.
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March 15, 2025 : Ebenezer UMC, Stafford
Discernment Day is an opportunity for you to explore your sense of call with others who are discerning. Through prayer practices, age appropriate small groups, and topical discussion groups, you will be provided space to learn more, connect with others, and discern your next steps.
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Save the Date for VAUMC Climate Summit
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Stakeholders in VA Conference UMC, including conference boards & related agencies, districts & churches, are invited to connect & learn why they are key to the VAUMC response to God’s call for Climate & Racial Justice, Sustainability in Climate Change, & The Net Zero by 2050 Resolution on March 8, 2025.
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Youth are encouraged to join (individually or as a youth group) and will have workshop sessions designed specifically for teens on the theme of faith + science and Creation Care.
Theme: Thinking & Action: How we as the Virginia United Methodist Church rethinking our understanding & action around Climate change/justice & its intersection with racial justice.
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Subscribe to VAUMC communications
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Offerings are:
• Obituaries (sent out as they are received by the Communications Office)
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Public Notice Board
Have questions to crowd-source or looking for something? Find announcements or send in a posting to share conference-wide. Learn more...
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