by Sam Duenckel | Jan 16, 2025 | News, Virginia News
January 16, 2025 The “Journey in Understanding” team is continuing their work in 2025. Since the 2024 Annual Conference, the team has held two organizational meetings. They are now in the midst of listening sessions with conference members that represent a variety of...
by Sam Duenckel | Jan 7, 2025 | News, Virginia News
January 7, 2025 The Grantmaking Cooperative of the Virginia Annual Conference (VAUMC), made up of the Common Table for Church Vitality, Church Development Team, and Virginia United Methodist Foundation are excited to award over $100,000 in total funding to the 2024...
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...