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...
Free Choir Robes & Sheet Music
Toms Brook United Methodist Church in the Shenandoah River District has a large selection of sheet music for pick up at the church. (3263 S. Main St - Toms Brook, VA 22660) • There are four filing cabinets containing over 450 different titles of music alphabetically...
Join Giving Campaign for Lent
March 5, 2025 Virginia Conference clergy and laity -- This Lenten Season, you are invited to join a Southeastern Jurisdiction-wide (SEJ) initiative to support the Western Jurisdiction during the ongoing and future disaster recovery efforts from the California...
Foundation Announces Staffing Changes
February 27, 2024 (Glen Allen, VA) – The Virginia United Methodist Foundation (VAUMF) is pleased to announce two staffing changes in the office. The Rev. Chris Allen of Tampa, Fla., will start March 31, 2025, in the new role of Vice President of Lending and...
Journeying Together: Group Spiritual Direction for Clergy
February 25, 2025 Beloved Clergy of the Virginia United Methodist Annual Conference, How is it with your soul? We know how hard it is to be a giver and we are grateful for the many ways you share God’s love with your families, your congregations and communities. We...
Bishop, Appointive Cabinet share Pastoral Letter to Federal Workers
February 24, 2025 View Letter as PDF A Pastoral Letter to Federal Workers Summarily Dismissed from their Jobs To our fellow Americans who find themselves unemployed and concerned for their futures after being fired by the Trump Administration: We see you and we share...
VAUMC Announces Partnership with Cross Connection
February 21, 2025 The Office of Missional and Community Engagement is pleased to announce a partnership with Cross Connection (formerly Carolina Cross Connection) as they expand their ministry with the development of three Access Experience weeks and three Awareness...
Free Choir Robes
Herndon United Methodist Church in the Northern Virginia District has a selection of CHOIR ROBES for donation to a new home: 44 children's choir robes, color green with white collar for each, one size fits most. 1 matching adult director robe 1 matching adult organist...
Applications for the 2025 Virginia Annual Conference Green Church and Sustaining Green Church Awards are now open
United Methodist Creation Justice movement Applications for the 2025 Virginia Annual Conference Green Church and Sustaining Green Church Awards are now open and are due by March 15, 2024. The VAUMC Creation Justice Work Group is eager to recognize your church's...
Joy Came This Morning
Editor's Note: This article is the third in a series regarding the journey of recovery after an arsonist started a devastating fire at Rose Park UMC in 2023. A link to the previous article is below.February 3, 2025by: Rev. Liz PetryOn Sunday, January 26, 2025, the...
Immigration Guidance Resource
Bishop Sue Shares Pastoral Letter to VAUMC Clergy & Laity
January 30, 2025 A Pastoral Letter to the Virginia Conference to See Each Other, Lean on Community On my recent trip to Rome as the ordinands and I followed the travels of the Apostle Paul, I stood in the catacombs and imagined what it must have felt like for those...
Hope for Creation: Building Resilience and Advancing Climate Justice
January 28, 2025We invite all to participate in the upcoming VAUMC Climate Summit: Hope in Action for Creation Justice on Saturday, March 8th, 2025, at Randolph-Macon College. As I sit in the warmth of my home, reflecting on the past year and the work God calls us to...
Support California in Disaster Relief
UMCOR is communicating with the California-Pacific Conference of the United Methodist Church and preparing to support relief and recovery efforts once the fires have been contained. Right now, we encourage you to continue to pray, give, and stay connected as the...
Nominations Now Open for The Harry Denman Evangelism Award
The Virginia Annual Conference is now accepting nominations for The Harry Denman Evangelism Award for Clergy, Laity and Youth.The Harry Denman Evangelism Award recognizes a person whose life and ministry exemplifies the teaching of Christ and the Great Commission....
New DSes announced
Rev. Lindsey Bayham Freeman Rev. Kyungsuk Cho January 19, 2025 Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson is pleased to announce the appointment of two new District Superintendents to serve the Virginia Annual Conference beginning July 1, 2025: Rev. Lindsey Baynham Freeman will serve...
MissionInsite Update
January 17, 2025VAUMC clergy,Please be aware that MissionInsite will be releasing a new version on Monday, February 3, 2025.You may have already received a January 13 communication directly from MissionInsite related to this upcoming shift.For your planning purposes,...
Journal 2024
2024 Journal in one filePages by Section (pdf files):I. II. and III. Conference Officials, The Common Table for Church Vitality, and Boards, Commissions and CommitteesIV. Rolls of Conference MembersV. Daily ProceedingsVI. Business of the Annual ConferenceVII....
‘Journey in Understanding’ team continues work
January 16, 2025 The “Journey in Understanding” team is continuing their work in 2025. Since the 2024 Annual Conference, the team has held two organizational meetings. They are now in the midst of listening sessions with conference members that represent a variety of...
The GBHEM Scholarship Portal is Now Open
The GBHEM Scholarship Portal Is Now Open The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM) scholarship application portal is open for United Methodist students seeking scholarships for undergraduate and graduate study at colleges, universities and seminaries...
2024 Grant Award Winners announced by VAUMC Grantmaking Cooperative
January 7, 2025 The Grantmaking Cooperative of the Virginia Annual Conference (VAUMC), made up of the Common Table for Church Vitality, Church Development Team, and Virginia United Methodist Foundation are excited to award over $100,000 in total funding to the 2024...
COB Immigration Letter – US Conferences, Epiphany 2025
Vespers Prayer Service held following election season
Bishop Sue and Conference Lay Leader Martha Stokes held a 30-minute Vespers Service of Prayer on November 6, 2024. This was a space for prayer, rest, processing, and community following the election season. You can find the Order of Worship and the prayers used from...
VAUMC called to prayer amidst presidential election
October 29, 2024VAUMC called to prayer amidst presidential election Dear Virginia Conference clergy and laity,In preparation for election day, Bishop Sue, the Cabinet, and all the conference leadership invite you into a rhythm and posture of prayer now through...
Submit Resolutions for the 2025 Session of the Virginia Annual Conference
October 22, 2024 The Resolutions Committee invites conference boards and agencies, clergy and lay members of the annual conference, and local church laity to submit resolutions for the 2025 session. A vote of the 2023 session of the Virginia Annual Conference...
Update to Action Taken at Annual Conference 2024
October 15, 2024 At the 2024 Virginia Annual Conference in Hampton, Va. a motion was made and approved by the body of the Annual Conference for a Commission of Truth Telling and Reconciliation to be formed during 2024-2025 in order to listen to stories of harm and...
New Life International at St Andrews United Methodist Church Celebrates Consecration of New Church Building
This article is reprinted by permission of the author.October 8, 2024New Life International at St Andrews United Methodist Church Celebrates Consecration of New Church Building in Alexandria, VirginiaIn a joyous and spiritually uplifting ceremony, New Life...
Soul Feast Webinar Recording: October 7
"Chewing the Bread of the Word, the nature and Practice of Spiritual Reading." Bishop Sue led the first session discussing Chapter 2 from Soul Feast: An invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life by Marjorie J. Thompson. We are reminded that we should read God's Word...
VAUMC awarded a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 3, 2024 GLEN ALLEN, VA— The Virginia Conference of The United Methodist Church is pleased to announce that Lilly Endowment Inc. awarded a $1.25 million grant to the conference through its Nurturing Children Through Worship and Prayer...
Open Enrollment begins Oct. 7 and will end Oct. 31
Open Enrollment for Benefit Plan Elections 2025 will begin on Monday, October 7th and end on Thursday, October 31st.Open Enrollment is the annual period when all benefits eligible Virginia Conference active clergy, pre-Medicare eligible retired clergy, and lay...
Conversation on Conflict Transformation
October 2, 2024As the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election draws nearer, the VAUMC will share resources with the conference on topics ranging from how to have hard conversations to the impact on community organizing and advocacy in light of the current social and political...