by Madeline White | Apr 5, 2023 | News, Virginia News
April 5, 2023 Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson and the Virginia Annual Conference Common Table are pleased to announce plans for a reorganization in the conference Connectional Ministries Office. After faithfully serving for several years as both Director of Connectional...
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 | 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 3, 2023 | Bishop Sue News, News, Skunk on the Table, Virginia News
Skunk on the Table is a video, podcast and article series with a focus on simple and clear conversations about topics of interest to the Virginia Conference and denomination. In the second episode of the series, Bishop Sue shares her thoughts on disaffiliation, advice...
by Sam Duenckel | Jan 19, 2023 | News, Virginia News
Hannah Nixon, Grace UMC Editor’s note: This is another in an ongoing series of articles about the continuing relationship between churches in Virginia and congregations in Ukraine and Russia. Even in a time of conflict, the work of Christ continues. In the early...
by Brenda Capen | Dec 14, 2022 | News, Scouting, Scouting Bankruptcy, Virginia News
This letter provides important and notable developments about the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) agreements with local churches. For churches that have not implemented new facilities use or affiliation agreements in 2022, please note that existing agreements will...
