by RJ Jun | Sep 23, 2022 | Disaster Response, News, UMVIM Training
November 5 UMVIM Leader Training Updated: Oct 31, 2021: This training event has been canceled due to extremely low registration. Please stay tuned for several planned UMVIM Team Leader training events for the first quarter of 2023. There will be a United Methodist...
by Brenda Capen | Sep 13, 2022 | communications, Digital Hub, digital ministry, News
By Hunter Bryn, Conference Digital Media Specialist Copyright, copyright, copyright…the super fun, confusing, set of laws that may make your head spin. Copyright protects original works of authorship. In simple terms, if you create it; you own it and no one else may...
by Brenda Capen | Sep 9, 2022 | News, Scouting, Scouting Bankruptcy, Virginia News
Bishop John Schol, who leads the United Methodist Church’s BSA Leadership Team, shared with U.S. Bishops a September 8 Reuters article sharing that Judge Silverstein approved the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) settlement. Schol and the UMC BSA Leadership Team will...
by Brenda Capen | Sep 1, 2022 | Disaffiliation, News, Virginia News
In recent weeks, the Virginia Conference has received more than two dozen letters from an organization called the National Center for Life and Liberty (NCLL) demanding that 26 churches be able to promptly disaffiliate under Paragraph 2548.2 of the Book of Discipline...
by Brenda Capen | Aug 30, 2022 | News, Scouting, Scouting Bankruptcy, Virginia News
August 30, 2022 Though a final ruling in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) settlement has yet to be made, Judge Silverstein said in a 284-page opinion that the United Methodist piece of the settlement meets the tests of bankruptcy law. The Virginia Conference will...
by Brenda Capen | Aug 29, 2022 | News, Virginia News
As the world watches with horror and concern the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, United Methodists in Virginia are actively engaged in ministry and mission with fellow Jesus followers in both countries, and new energy for such connections is being felt. Following...