by Brenda Capen | Sep 20, 2021 | News, Scouting, Scouting Bankruptcy, Virginia News
September 20, 2021 A document with Frequently Asked Questions about The United Methodist Church and the Boy Scouts has been developed and can be found here. For additional information, please contact the Rev. Dr. Steve Summers, Assistant to the Bishop and Director of...
by Brenda Capen | Sep 10, 2021 | News, Virginia News
On June 18, 2021, the Virginia Annual Conference approved a motion by the Rev. Janine Howard to create a Legal Expenses Oversight Workgroup. The motion calls for the workgroup to review the current agreement for services with the Conference Chancellor, to recommend...
by Brenda Capen | Sep 10, 2021 | News, Scouting, Scouting Bankruptcy, Virginia News
FACILITIES USE AGREEMENT As mentioned in Bishop Lewis’s September 8, 2021 letter, The United Methodist Church must re-evaluate its relationship with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) given their pending settlement of 84,000 child sexual abuse claims in the bankruptcy...
by Brenda Capen | Sep 8, 2021 | Bishop Lewis News, From the Bishop, News, Scouting Bankruptcy, Virginia News
September 8, 2021 Dear Virginia Annual Conference: As you may have heard, on August 19, 2021, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein approved an $850 million settlement involving the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and its local councils regarding approximately...
by Brenda Capen | Sep 3, 2021 | Bishop Lewis News, From the Bishop, News, Refugee Response, Virginia News
(View as pdf) Virginia Conference members, Our admiration and gratitude go out to our military, diplomats, and civil servants who have been working on the front line of the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. This work is soul-rending and heartbreaking as well as...
by Brenda Capen | Sep 2, 2021 | News, Scouting, Virginia News
Sanuthi Henkanaththegedara (age 9), a Webelos Cub Scout in Pack 2831 sponsored by Woodlake United Methodist Church of Midlothian, VA , was awarded the USA President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) to recognize her “Lake Barga Biodiversity Project.” The U.S....
