by Brenda Capen | Aug 29, 2022 | News
Pictured above: The Thrasher Roanoke Korean Church which meets on Sunday afternoons at Thrasher Memorial UMC in Vinton celebrated their 5th anniversary on August 13 and 14. Saturday night was Praise Night with music and a message. Shown left to right are the speaker,...
by Brenda Capen | Aug 25, 2022 | Disaffiliation, News, Team Jeremiah, Virginia News
On August 23, 2022, the Judicial Council, The United Methodist Church’s top court, issued a strong and clear ruling that churches seeking to disaffiliate over matters of human sexuality must do so under Paragraph ¶ 2553 of the Book of Discipline. The 2019 General...
by Brenda Capen | Aug 4, 2022 | Journals
2022 Journal in one file Pages by Section (pdf files): I. II. and III. Conference Officials, The Common Table for Church Vitality, and Board, Commissions and Committees IV. Rolls of Conference Members V. Daily Proceedings VI. Business of the Annual Conference...
by Brenda Capen | Aug 1, 2022 | News, Scouting, Scouting Bankruptcy, Virginia News
A 281-page ruling last Friday in the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) bankruptcy proceedings indicates that most of the reorganization plan meets the criteria of bankruptcy law and is constitutional. The ruling approves the United Methodist portion of the...
by Brenda Capen | Jul 20, 2022 | BMCR
Introduction We have become familiar with murder. Do you remember how you felt the first time you heard reports of a mass shooting? Do you remember the shock you felt? The fear? The anger? That was a natural and perhaps even a God-sent reaction. When something...
