by Sam Duenckel | Feb 21, 2025 | Missional Engagement, News, Virginia News
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...
by Sam Duenckel | Jan 22, 2025 | Disaster, Disaster Response, News
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...
by Sam Duenckel | Sep 30, 2024 | Disaster Response, ERT Training, News
September 30, 2024 Today, the Office of Missional and Community Engagement can offer more ways United Methodists can be supportive of communities that have been impacted by Hurricane Helene. We imagine you like us have seen images coming from around the southeast in...
by Madeline White | Sep 28, 2024 | Disaster Response, News, Virginia News
September 28, 2024 Dear Friends, We, like many of you, have seen the devastating images coming from all around the southeast in the wake of Hurricane Helene. We cannot begin to imagine the lives that have been lost, and the lives that have been uprooted for many of...
by Sam Duenckel | Sep 27, 2024 | Disaster Response, News
September 27, 2024 As Hurricane Helene continues its journey into the southeastern United States, the Virginia Conference Missional and Community Engagement Office and Disaster Response Coordinator are closely monitoring the storm as it makes landfall this weekend. We...
by Rev. JoAnn Batteiger | Aug 22, 2023 | Missional Engagement, News
“I hopped off a plane at LAX// with a dream and a cardigan.” The immortalized words of MIley Cyrus sang throughout my mind as we waited for our Uber at the Los Angeles airport one Sunday evening in late July 2023.Rev. Dr. LaKeenya Cooper and I made our way out to Los...
