by Sam Duenckel | Mar 30, 2023 | News, Virginia News
Reported by Jennifer Cooper, Blacksburg UMC In the fall of 2022, Blacksburg United Methodist Church (BUMC) received a request from its Ukrainian sister church, Spring of Life UMC, for winter gear because about 50% of the electric grid in Ukraine had been destroyed by...
by Sam Duenckel | Mar 20, 2023 | News
March 20, 2023 Steven D. Brown resigned from the conference chancellor position on March 17, 2023 after serving faithfully in this position since July 1, 2012. Founding partner of the Richmond, Va. office of Isler Dare, Brown has over 31 years of experience in cases...
by Sam Duenckel | Mar 10, 2023 | News, Refugee Response, Serving
For the latest news and updates regarding serving Afghan who here as parolees, please click here. Learn...
by Sam Duenckel | Feb 23, 2023 | News, Serving
article by: Ted Smith On September 9th, 2023, Tabernacle UMC (Mission Rivers district) resumed mission travel to connect with our Mexico mission partner. Our Mission partner is located in Mexico about 4 & ½ hours south of Mexico City. The mission partner is called...
by Sam Duenckel | Feb 23, 2023 | News, Virginia News
Mel (Miloslav) Munchinsky, Eurasia/Central Asia Partnership Coordinator, General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church Over the stark reality of the Russian/Ukrainian War, which started a year ago, congregations and individuals in the Virginia...
by Sam Duenckel | Feb 22, 2023 | News, Serving, Training
The Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Conferences are offering training for youth and children’s ministry leaders, and they have offered to include leaders from the Virginia Conference. Please note this is not a VAUMC event, but we wanted to share the...