by Brenda Capen | Mar 5, 2020 | News
With new cases being diagnosed seemingly every hour, the question of “How concerned should I be about Coronavirus?” is being asked by many around the world. The first cases of Coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, were diagnosed in China in December 2019. Since...
by Brenda Capen | Mar 4, 2020 | News
The Virginia Annual Conference delegation to the 2020 General and Jurisdictional Conferences and alternates adopted a motion in support of the Protocol of Reconciliation & Grace Through Separation as well as the Christmas Covenant on February 15, 2020. The motion...
by Brenda Capen | Jan 17, 2020 | Bishop Lewis News, From the Bishop, News, Virginia News
January 17, 2020 Dear Virginia Annual Conference, On January 3, 2020, the Protocol of Reconciliation & Grace Through Separation (the “Protocol”) was released. You can find the document on the conference website. It is important to emphasize that the Protocol does...
by Brenda Capen | Jul 8, 2019 | News, Virginia News
By Forrest White Looking back across the darkest times, Jay Timmons remembers waking up panicked in the wee hours of countless mornings, unable to escape what haunted him. Because it wasn’t a dream. It was reality, a hellish fight fought alongside Rick Olson, his...
by Brenda Capen | Jul 2, 2019 | News
By Forrest White The Rev. Tom Berin addresses the newly elected General and Jurisdictional Conference delegates. In the house divided that is The United Methodist Church, denomination members agree on at least one thing – at some point, in the days following the 2019...
by Brenda Capen | Jan 23, 2019 | News
By Forrest WhiteThe Rev. Michelle Matthews and members of The Kingstowne Communion in Alexandria weren’t able to worship together because of the wintry weather on Sunday morning, Jan. 13, but it didn’t stop them from doing what they always do – looking for ways to...
