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...
by Sam Duenckel | Aug 16, 2023 | Disaster, Missional Engagement, News
UMCOR is coordinating with the California-Pacific Annual Conference to process an initial grant for emergency supplies such as shelf-stable food, water, hygiene items and tools to help survivors recover belongings as first responders continue to provide initial aid in...
by RJ Jun | Jun 6, 2023 | AC2023, Missional Engagement, News
241st Session of the Virginia Annual Conference Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Your Help is needed! We are 9 days away from our gathering in Roanoke, VA, and we need your help! All the Mission opportunities provided through the Conference cannot be...
