Tentative General Conference dates publicized
Special Session of General Conference 2019, St. Louis, MO After the pandemic-caused postponement, the new prospective dates for The United Methodist Church’s General Conference are Aug. 31-Sept. 10, 2021. The Council of Bishops disclosed the proposed dates, including...
Update on AC 2021 Motion to Create Work Group for Legal Expenses
Released on Behalf of the Legal Expenses Oversight Work Group The Virginia Annual Conference approved a motion by the Rev. Janine Howard during the June 18-19, 2021 session to create a Legal Expenses Oversight Work Group. The motion calls for the work group to review...
Facebook Resource Hub
This Facebook group has been created by the conference Board of Communications and the conference Communications Office with the goal of providing a space to share information and resources about various topics related to church communications, technology, discipleship, and more.
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In this video, learn how to forward email from one mailbox to another.
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Post-Pandemic Digital Presence
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Logo Library
Logos used by the Virginia Conference. Includes cross and flame informaiton
Self-Filming Best Practices
Steps and suggestions to assist you in filming yourself using your phone, iPad, tablet or computer.
Media Library
Need photos for your social media or marketing campaigns? Access a number of pictures with United Methodist Communications Media Library
Message from Martha – July 15, 2021
Friends, how many of you have used the #tbt or #throwbackthursday hashtags in your social media posts? I don’t often use them, but I am today with a special opportunity to look forward as well as remembering the past. If you have seen the Laity Celebration...
Relaunch Webinar Season 2
VAUMC PRG continues to find ways to assist local churches in their effort to Relaunch! At this moment, we are seeing that connecting with our local churches through webinar format is most effective. Therefore, we are planning to host a monthly Wednesday afternoon...
United as One: Virginia Annual Conference 2021
(View as pdf) When available, you can view the archived livestream of the 239th session at www.vaumc.org/AC2021. Other content from AC 2021 including pictures and other resources can be accessed on the same webpage. The 239th session of the Virginia Annual Conference...
Remarks from Martha Stokes, Conference Lay Leader
(View as pdf) Bishop Lewis and members of the Annual Conference: During my high school years, Rev. and Mrs. Robert Callis, Jr. were appointed to Fieldale UMC. Mrs. Callis, who had been an early Local Licensed Elder in the Virginia Conference, was instrumental in...
PRG Best Practices
Visit this page for ‘Best Practices’ as the church lives into the post-pandemic world.
An Update on Financial Matters
(View as pdf) June 1, 2021 Dear Virginia Conference: I am pleased to report that the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church (VAUMC), through several financial management actions taken in response to the pandemic and earlier, is financially stable. As such,...
Ready to support our work to combat oppression?
A message from Susan Henry-Crowe at the General Board of Church and Society In recent weeks, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to how steep our climb has been on oppression in this country, but also how far we still have to go. There is a long history of oppression of...
SEJ College of Bishops calls for special session
(View as pdf) The College of Bishops of the Southeastern Jurisdiction (SEJ) of The United Methodist Church, in accordance with ¶521 of the 2016 Book of Discipline, calls for a special session of the jurisdictional conference on July 21, 2021. The meeting will begin at...
Accelerating the Return to In-Person Worship in the Virginia Conference
Effective May 28, 2021 an updated short and concise five-page Technical Assistance Manual (TAM) has the requirements for in-person worship.
Church and Society launches ‘All of Us’ Campaign
“I came to the United States when I was 8 years old and my first two years were full of fear… My dream is to be able to see my kids grow up without the fear and anxiety that I did being here in the United States. We should not hesitate to do what is morally right and...
Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church Response to Updated Governor’s Order
PRG is asking all 1,175 churches to discern and make their own decisions as it relates to the relaxed face masking rule and the other relaxed rules that we expect to be in place on May 28, 2021.
Considerations for Mask Exemption during Indoor Preaching
Churches are asked to start the conversation to evaluate the circumstances in their local setting and to decide if unmasked indoor preaching is appropriate for their congregation.
Ted Talks on Racial Justice and Reconciliation
The following list of Ted Talks was compiled by Andrew Kissell. They explore everything from implicit bias, to cancel culture, to a humorous look at deconstructing racism.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9igxRHbV_Hg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5GCetbP7Fg...
Cabinet Response to May 13 CDC Guidelines
The Bishop and Cabinet along with the new Post-COVID ReEntry Group (PRG) will be reviewing our policies to see how the new guidelines might be incorporated in our approach.
Grants Available for Local Church Racial/Ethnic Ministries
NASHVILLE, Tenn. May 13, 2021/Discipleship Ministries/ – Grants up to $10,000 will be available this fall from Discipleship Ministries to strengthen leadership training, small groups, worship, stewardship and spiritual formation in ethnic local United Methodist...
Support Peace With Justice Sunday on May 30
Be A Peacemaker Blessed are the peacemakers. Whether between nations, races, faiths, or individuals, violence and its effects take a tragic toll in our world. As Christians, our faith calls us to bring peace to the world, love our neighbors, welcome the stranger,...
Personnel Committee for Center for Clergy Excellence shares staffing update
Kristen Dowdy Seibert On behalf of the Virginia Conference, the Personnel Committee of the Center for Clergy Excellence (CCE) would like to communicate our gratitude to Kristen Dowdy Seibert for over a decade-long tenure of excellent work. Kristen will be leaving the...
Upcoming Transition/Indoor Singing Guidelines
During the month of June, churches will be invited to celebrate the work of the HCTs and bring them to a close while transitioning to local church Post-COVID Re-entry Groups.
Sexual abuse in UM Scout troops is nearly non-existent––LET’S KEEP IT THAT WAY
By Steven Scheid Secular headlines about sexual abuse in Boy Scout troops and the bankruptcy filing by Boy Scout of America lead many people to believe that there is an alarming rate of sexual abuse within Scout troops, including troops chartered by the United...
PRG Relaunch Webinars
In preparation for this transition, the new conference PRG team will host a series of four webinars. Visit this page to view the webinars.