by Brenda Capen | Nov 2, 2022 | News, SEJ 2022, Virginia News
By Heather Hahn Contributions by Madeline Pillow White Nov. 2, 2022 | LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (UM News) The Rev. Thomas M. Berlin, lead pastor of Floris United Methodist Church in Herndon, Virginia, has been elected as bishop in The United Methodist Church’s Southeastern...
by Brenda Capen | Nov 2, 2022 | SEJ 2022
By Madeline White Bishop Sharma D. Lewis, episcopal leader of the Richmond Area, presided over the afternoon session beginning at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. Ballot #1 was shared, and there was no election. Three hundred and fifty-two (352) votes...
by Brenda Capen | Nov 2, 2022 | SEJ 2022
By Jessica Brodie LAKE JUNALUSKA, North Carolina—Delegates, reserves, bishops, volunteers and members of the media filled the seats of Stuart Auditorium early Wednesday, Nov. 2, for the first day of the 2022 session of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference. The...
by Brenda Capen | Nov 1, 2022 | News, Virginia News
The Center for Clergy Excellence is excited to announce that the Rev. Lyn Harding will be joining the staff as the Program and Administrative Coordinator. Harding was ordained Deacon in Full Connection in 2013. She has served in the local church at Reveille, Shady...
by Brenda Capen | Oct 29, 2022 | AC 2022 News, AC 2022 October, News, Virginia News
Two called special Annual Conference sessions were held on Oct. 29, 2022. The first session passed three resolutions that closed three local churches under Paragraph 2549 of the 2016 Book of Discipline. The three churches that closed are New Hope UMC, Rocky Mount, VA,...
