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...

2024 Virginia Annual Conference: Wrap-up

You can view all the proceedings of VAUMC 2024 by visiting the archived livestream of the 242nd session: https://vaumc.org/ac2024/.  You can view photos from the event at the conference Flickr page.  The 2024-2025 Appointments can be found here.  The theme for the...

Annual Conference 2024: Session 5 Wrap-up

The final session began with Singing Our Faith. Bishop Sue called the session to order at 8:41 AM. Bishop Sue called the body to the resolution from Friday afternoon. There was a motion to suspend the rules, which was approved. A motion was made to create a Commission...

Annual Conference 2024: Session 4 Wrap-up

The Memorial Service began with Bishop Sue leading the procession of families of those being remembered during the service.  The names of the honored dead: bishops, clergy members, clergy spouses, and lay members were read as candles were lit. Mr. William T. Greer...

Annual Conference 2024: Session 3 Wrap-up

The June 21 morning session opened with Singing our Faith. Bishop Sue opened the session at 8:41 AM and called on Blair Ellis, Mission Rivers District,  to pray. Rev. Jenny Day and Rev. Lauren Wright, co-Chairs of COSROW,  shared the Monitoring Report. They shared...

Annual Conference 2024: Session 2 Wrap-up

Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson opened the business session for June 20 reminding us what the three movements of the Spirit are: The theological movement from prevenient grace to sanctification. This is the movement of the Holy Spirit in the human heart. The historical...