by Brenda Capen | Jun 16, 2020 | News, Racial Justice, Virginia News
By the Rev. Michelle Matthews I have heard some folks say that protests, rallies, vigils, and marches are really just passive, functionally neutral, non-active responses to perceived injustice. The implied question being: “If folks are really that outraged,...
by Brenda Capen | Jun 16, 2020 | News, Racial Justice, Virginia News
By the Rev. Grace Han I moved to the United States from South Korean when I was 7 years old. Because I moved here as a child, I could speak English without an accent, rather than my parents did—with a noticeable Korean accent. I was always aware of that...
by Brenda Capen | Jun 15, 2020 | News, Racial Justice, Virginia News
By Madeline White The Elizabeth River District facilitated a conversation on race relations and the Church on Sunday, June 14, for a two-hour conversation. Approximately 200 people registered for the event and the conversation was streamed over ZOOM, Facebook and...
by Brenda Capen | Jun 15, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Virginia News
By Madeline White Grace UMC in Manassas, Va., was open all day on Thursday, May 28, performing an important task—acting as an outdoor testing site for COVID-19 for Manassas citizens who are under-served and uninsured. To make this a reality, it all started with...
by Brenda Capen | Jun 8, 2020 | Bishop Lewis News, News, Virginia News
Dear Virginia Annual Conference: United Methodist churches throughout Virginia continue the return to in-person worship! And we are doing so by continuing to emphasize safety. Currently, there are 126 United Methodist churches in the Virginia Conference offering...