by Brenda Capen | Jun 23, 2020 | Bishop Lewis News, Coronavirus, News
View as pdf Dear Virginia Annual Conference: I am pleased to inform you that this past Sunday, June 21, we had a successful launch to Stage 2 of our in-person worship program. Thank you to the many dedicated Healthy Church Teams that made this possible and the ongoing...
by Brenda Capen | Jun 19, 2020 | Bishop Lewis News, Coronavirus, News
Read as pdf Dear Virginia Annual Conference: Following up on my May 12 letter, here are key updates pertaining to the Virginia Conference’s finances and staffing. While we continue to face strong financial challenges, I am cautiously optimistic that the toughest...
by Brenda Capen | Jun 16, 2020 | News, Racial Justice, Virginia News
By the Rev. Drew Colby Late Saturday night, May 30, I got texts from a couple church members making me aware of protests that were getting serious in our town [Manassas, Va.]. By Sunday morning it was clear that the night ended with some violence, vandalism, and...
by Brenda Capen | Jun 16, 2020 | News, Racial Justice, Virginia News
By the Rev. Michelle Matthews I have heard some folks say that protests, rallies, vigils, and marches are really just passive, functionally neutral, non-active responses to perceived injustice. The implied question being: “If folks are really that outraged,...
by Brenda Capen | Jun 16, 2020 | News, Racial Justice, Virginia News
By the Rev. Grace Han I moved to the United States from South Korean when I was 7 years old. Because I moved here as a child, I could speak English without an accent, rather than my parents did—with a noticeable Korean accent. I was always aware of that...
