by Brenda Capen | Nov 11, 2021 | News, Virginia News
The Virginia Conference had the honor to host a group of bishops from the Korean Methodist Church on Nov. 9. President Bishop Chul Lee (president bishop of the Korean Methodist Church) Bishop Chungsuk Kim (bishop of South Seoul Annual Conference and senior pastor of...
by Brenda Capen | Nov 2, 2021 | News, Racial Justice, Virginia News
(View as pdf) The Council of Bishops has chosen “Dismantling Racism” as it theme this Advent season. They ask conferences and congregations to prayerfully consider incorporating this theme into preaching and teaching and adapting any of the following...
by Brenda Capen | Oct 26, 2021 | News, Virginia News
Beth Woodrum and Chris Woodrum at Chris’s Coffee & Custard. Members of Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church, Roanoke, presented over 60 gift cards to all teachers and staff at Mount Pleasant Elementary School earlier this year. Each year the church dedicates 100...
by Brenda Capen | Oct 12, 2021 | Martha Stokes, News, Virginia News
I received my first pastoral visit when I was 5 or 6 years old. My father, along with my grandparents, had been counting the offering downstairs in the fellowship hall of Fieldale Methodist Church. I usually stayed with them because I loved getting to pull the noisy...
by Brenda Capen | Oct 8, 2021 | News, Virginia News
The first academy class. The first class of the Virginia United Methodist Discernment Academy met October 6-7 at the conference center in Glen Allen. Three elders, five licensed local pastors, a provisional member, two certified candidates and a lay person gathered...
by Brenda Capen | Oct 7, 2021 | News, Scouting, Scouting Bankruptcy, Virginia News
October 7, 2021 An updated document with Frequently Asked Questions about The United Methodist Church and the Boy Scouts has been developed and can be found here (pdf). For additional information, please contact the Rev. Dr. Steve Summers, Assistant to the...