by Brenda Capen | Sep 1, 2020 | News, Virginia News
View as pdf To the Laity of the United Methodist Church, This is an extraordinary time in the history of our church and world. As Conference Lay Leaders we gathered in February optimistically anticipating a future guided by vision and filled with action. We returned...
by Brenda Capen | Aug 31, 2020 | News, Virginia News
View Annual Conference Registration Tutorial by Bryan Compton, IT ManagerEmail questions to helpac2020@vaumc.org All Annual Conference clergy and lay members need to register from September 2- September 9, 2020, in order to participate fully in the virtual September...
by Brenda Capen | Aug 20, 2020 | News
In January of 2019, when many in the Washington, D.C. area were facing scarcity due to being furloughed, Sydenstricker United Methodist Church in Springfield reached out to families and individuals, providing home-cooked meals as well as non-perishable food and...
by Brenda Capen | Aug 20, 2020 | News, Racial Justice, Virginia News
Virginia law will protect consumers and expand access to affordable credit, a long-term racial justice priority From left, Senator Mamie Locke (D-Hampton), Jay Speer, Director of Virginia Poverty Law Center, Delegate Lamont Bagby (D-Henrico). Seated, Governor Ralph...
by Brenda Capen | Aug 17, 2020 | News, Virginia News
View as pdf Effective August 28, 2020, Nick Ruxton, videographer/digital media specialist, will be resigning from his conference position. The Rev. Dr. Ted Smith, conference director of Connectional Ministries, shared that the annual conference and the conference...
by Brenda Capen | Aug 17, 2020 | News, Racial Justice
Bishop Sharma Lewis has asked us to tell our stories about racism. Here’s mine. –By Joseph L. Bass, EdD, Laity, Ebenezer UMC, Suffolk, Virginia; email ABetterSociety1@aol.com Systematic racism is one of our major challenges in the United States. Having...
