by Sam Duenckel | Feb 11, 2025 | News, Virginia News
At a meeting on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, members of the Virginia Conference Church Development Team (CDT) engaged in a time of holy conversation and decided to enter into a season of intentional listening and discernment. Since 2008, CDT’s purpose has been rooted...
by Sam Duenckel | Feb 11, 2025 | News, Virginia News
February 11, 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...
by Sam Duenckel | Feb 5, 2025 | News, Virginia News
United MethodistCreation Justicemovement 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...
by Sam Duenckel | Feb 3, 2025 | News, Virginia News
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,...
by Sam Duenckel | Jan 30, 2025 | News, Virginia News
by Sam Duenckel | Jan 30, 2025 | Bishop Sue News, News, Virginia News
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...