by Brenda Capen | Nov 7, 2022 | News, Virginia News
Luray United Methodist Church and Our Brothers and Sisters in Stavropol By Walt Surratt, Luray UMC (Editor’s Note: Some Virginia Conference congregations have an ongoing relationship with United Methodist congregations in Ukraine and Russia. A previous story focused...
by Brenda Capen | Nov 4, 2022 | News, SEJ 2022, Virginia News
By Jessica Brodie LAKE JUNALUSKA, North Carolina Nov. 3, 2022—With episcopal elections finished, delegates to the 2022 Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference turned their attention to three resolutions, ultimately passing all of them Thursday night even amid much...
by Brenda Capen | Nov 3, 2022 | News, SEJ 2022, Virginia News
By Jessica Brodie LAKE JUNALUSKA, North Carolina—It took the entire afternoon and into the evening, but on the 25th ballot of the 2022 session, the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference elected South Carolina’s Dr. Robin Dease as its third and final bishop. Dease’s...
by Brenda Capen | Nov 3, 2022 | News, SEJ 2022, Virginia News
By Jessica Brodie LAKE JUNALUSKA, North Carolina – Nov. 3, 2022—Day Two of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference started with much hope there would be the third and final episcopal election that morning. But after two invalid votes and the withdrawal from...
by Brenda Capen | Nov 3, 2022 | News, SEJ 2022, Virginia News
By Jessica Brodie LAKE JUNALUSKA, North Carolina (Nov. 2, 2022)—SEJ elected Dr. Connie Shelton as its second bishop late Wednesday, ending a day filled with 12 ballots, passage of a $1.5 million jurisdictional budget, committee reports and a bit of contention over...
