by Sam Duenckel | Sep 16, 2026 | laity, Virginia News
Greeting Pastors and Lay Servants and Lay Speakers,Annual Charge Conferences are upon us, and it is time for Lay Servant and Lay Speakers and Certified Lay Ministers (who are not in a pastoral roll) to submit their annual reports with the churches Charge Conference...
by Sam Duenckel | Sep 16, 2026 | News, Virginia News
Ministers: Get Your Tax Planning Done Before Your Upcoming Charge Conference!—The Housing Allowance Exclusion Benefit As Charge Conference season approaches, ministers and staff-parish relations committees need to plan now for clergy compensation to comply with the...
by Sam Duenckel | Sep 14, 2026 | Ministry Toolbox
When the Methodist movement began, people who were not pastors found new ways to grow in faith and help lead the church. We call these people lay people or laity. Dr. Daine Lobody, a retired church history professor, says John Wesley’s Methodism was like “a school for...
by Sam Duenckel | Sep 3, 2026 | Obituaries
Rev. Robinson “Bob” McAden passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 3 at the Hermitage in Roanoke, he was 95. Rev. McAden was a long time pastor and DS in the Virginia conference serving Cave Spring UMC, Main Street UMC in Waynesboro, First Church in...
