by Brenda Capen | Oct 4, 2022 | Congregational Vitality, News, Virginia News
Dwayne Stinson and his lobster. By Dwayne Stinson, Associate Director of Influencing Ministries There’s a lobster in my office. He’s red, about two feet long, with large pinched claws and oh, by the way, he’s inflatable. I got him last week at the Hatchathon which the...
by Brenda Capen | Oct 3, 2022 | Bishop Lewis News, Congregational Vitality, News, Virginia News
Main Points: Hope UMC was one of two new church plants that was announced at the 2022 Virginia Annual Conference. The vision for Hope UMC is to be a multicultural and multigenerational church in Vienna, VA. By the Rev. Sammy Addo-Donkoh Hope United Methodist Church in...
by Brenda Capen | Oct 3, 2022 | AC 2022 October, Disaffiliation
As a reminder to the Virginia Annual Conference members, on Saturday, October 29, 2022, two Special Annual Conferences will be held: At 9 a.m, an Annual Conference will convene for the sole purpose of closing church property using Paragraph 2549.3. At 9:30 a.m., an...
by Brenda Capen | Oct 3, 2022 | AC 2022 October, Disaffiliation
As a reminder to the Virginia Annual Conference members, on Saturday, October 29, 2022, two Special Annual Conferences will be held: At 9 a.m, an Annual Conference will convene for the sole purpose of closing church property using Paragraph 2549.3. At 9:30 a.m., an...
by Brenda Capen | Sep 30, 2022 | Bishop Lewis News, From the Bishop, Missional Engagement, News, Virginia News
A Message from Bishop Lewis (Download image- right click and save image. Or click here to edit on Canva.) As we hear and see the catastrophic destruction caused by Hurricane Ian, I am asking the Virginia...