by Sam Duenckel | Feb 11, 2025 | News, Virginia News
Beginning January 1, 2026, the Virginia Conference will change how the Conference-sponsored health benefits for active clergy are funded. Currently, the majority of the funding for the active clergy health benefits comes from an apportionment. In 2026, the...
by Sam Duenckel | Feb 5, 2025 | News, Virginia News
United MethodistCreation Justicemovement Applications for the 2025 Virginia Annual Conference Green Church and Sustaining Green Church Awards are now open and are due by March 15, 2024.The VAUMC Creation Justice Work Group is eager to recognize your church’s...
by Sam Duenckel | Feb 3, 2025 | News, Virginia News
Editor’s Note: This article is the third in a series regarding the journey of recovery after an arsonist started a devastating fire at Rose Park UMC in 2023. A link to the previous article is below. February 3, 2025by: Rev. Liz PetryOn Sunday, January 26, 2025,...
by Sam Duenckel | Jan 30, 2025 | News, Virginia News
by Sam Duenckel | Jan 30, 2025 | Bishop Sue News, News, Virginia News
January 30, 2025 A Pastoral Letter to the Virginia Conference to See Each Other, Lean on Community On my recent trip to Rome as the ordinands and I followed the travels of the Apostle Paul, I stood in the catacombs and imagined what it must have felt like for those...
