Camp Rainbow Connection shares new journey

September 27, 2024 Camp Rainbow Connection (CRC) is a ministry that offers a week-long respite camp for adults with intellectual disabilities. CRC has a history of 40 years of connection with the VAUMC. CRC is now embarking on a new journey to become a separate...

Jean Gilley

Jean Catherine Hancock Gilley, formerly of Stuart, Va., and recently of Mechanicsville, Va., completed her earthly journey, age 91 years, and was called to the waiting embrace of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Thursday, September 5, 2024. She was a life partner in...

Sandra S. Shelton

Sandra Shelton was the wife of Rev. Emerson Shelton. Sandra “Sandy” Stokes Shelton was born in Richmond, Virginia, on July 18, 1940. She was the youngest child of Herman Earl and Ida Mae Simms Stokes. Sandra embodied strength and resilience, leaving a lasting legacy...

Joan Lillian Quass (aka: “The Blanket Lady”)

The life of Joan Lilian Quass will be celebrated with a service of witness to the resurrection at 2pm on Saturday, August 24, 2024. Mrs. Quass was known as the Virginia Annual Conference UMC “Blanket Lady” for her role in initiating the collection of baby blankets for...