by Sam Duenckel | Nov 7, 2024 | Bishop Sue News, News, Virginia News
Bishop Sue and Conference Lay Leader Martha Stokes held a 30-minute Vespers Service of Prayer on November 6, 2024. This was a space for prayer, rest, processing, and community following the election season.You can find the Order of Worship and the prayers used from...
by Sam Duenckel | Oct 3, 2024 | News, Virginia News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 3, 2024 GLEN ALLEN, VA— The Virginia Conference of The United Methodist Church is pleased to announce that Lilly Endowment Inc. awarded a $1.25 million grant to the conference through its Nurturing Children Through Worship and Prayer...
by Madeline White | Sep 28, 2024 | Disaster Response, News, Virginia News
September 28, 2024 Dear Friends, We, like many of you, have seen the devastating images coming from all around the southeast in the wake of Hurricane Helene. We cannot begin to imagine the lives that have been lost, and the lives that have been uprooted for many of...
by Sam Duenckel | Jan 24, 2024 | News, Virginia News
Alexandria Fixture Has Reached Milestone with Faith and Fortitude It pre-dates the United States and has built a centuries-long legacy of community service and social justice. Through ups and downs and multiple locations, Alexandria’s first Methodist church has...
by Madeline White | Aug 18, 2023 | Bishop Sue News, From the Bishop, News, Virginia News
August 17, 2023– Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson released a video statement to the Virginia Conference on August 17, 2023 asking the conference to join in prayer for Christians in Pakistan. She shared that 21 churches right now have been burned. “There is disturbing...
by Madeline White | Jun 30, 2023 | CEMCA, News, Virginia News
The Commission on Ethnic Minority Concerns and Advocacy (CEMCA) mourns the death of affirmative action, not just in higher education but as an infrastructure for repairing America’s racism. The US Supreme Court’s decision ruling the use of affirmative action as...
