by Brenda Capen | Sep 28, 2021 | Missional Engagement, Op/Ed, Serving Blog
Contributed by Heather Gomez (Lay member of Post-COVID Re-Entry Group [PRG] team) Then Jesus said to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” Luke 4:21 First a humble confession – I have an unfortunate bad habit of...
by Brenda Capen | Sep 3, 2021 | Bishop Lewis News, From the Bishop, News, Refugee Response, Virginia News
(View as pdf) Virginia Conference members, Our admiration and gratitude go out to our military, diplomats, and civil servants who have been working on the front line of the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. This work is soul-rending and heartbreaking as well as...
by Brenda Capen | Aug 24, 2021 | Missional Engagement, News, Op/Ed, Virginia News
By the Rev. RJ Jun, Associate Director of Serving In the span of a week, my Twitter feed was lighting up with the news with Haiti, Afghanistan, wildfire in California, and then the flood in Tennessee. Sometimes it feels like an unending cycle of ‘tragic news’ when we...
by Brenda Capen | Aug 11, 2021 | News, Refugee Response, Virginia News
Mustard Seed Migration Grants Continue 80-Year Tradition of Welcoming the Stranger Atlanta, Ga. (August 2021) – Maria Chavalan Sut, an indigenous Guatemalan woman living in sanctuary at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church, Charlottesville, Virginia, was recently...
by Brenda Capen | Jan 27, 2021 | Missional Engagement, News
By the Rev. Seungsoo “RJ” Jun Did you know the Virginia Annual Conference played a role in the launch of Cambodia churches forming a Provisional Methodist Conference? As shared by the Rev. Glenn Rowley, former conference Director of Justice and Missional Excellence...
