by Brenda Capen | Mar 25, 2021 | Church and Society, News, Virginia News
A letter from the Virginia Conference Board of Church and Society Governor Ralph Northam signed legislation abolishing the death penalty in the Commonwealth on March 24, 2021, making Virginia the first state in the south to do so. The Virginia Conference of the United...
by Brenda Capen | Mar 22, 2021 | Coronavirus, News, Virginia News
The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) released a guideline defining ‘Clergy/ Faith Leaders’ as Frontline Essential Workers on Feb. 23, 2021. With the new guideline, clergy are available to schedule a...
by Brenda Capen | Mar 19, 2021 | Bishop Lewis News, News, Racial Justice, Virginia News
Dear Virginia Annual Conference, As I reflect upon living in the Atlanta area for 28 years, my heart was heavy and saddened to hear of the shootings on Tuesday by a lone gunman at three Atlanta-area spas. Six of the eight persons killed were Asian Americans....
by Brenda Capen | Mar 16, 2021 | Scouting, Virginia News
The experiences of Annual Conference are everywhere; particularly when you are not looking for them. This works for me when I show up each Saturday of Conference with my Boy Scout uniform on. This happened this year when a conference attendee came up to me and...
by Madeline White | Mar 16, 2021 | News, Virginia News
View the short, humorous corresponding video to this article at www.vaumc.org/return or on the conference Facebook page as part of the COVID Connection video series. View video and article at https://vaumc.org/zoomfatigue/. The Return to In-Person and the Mission...
by Madeline White | Mar 3, 2021 | News, Virginia News
By: Madeline Pillow White View “Bright Spot” video about the new church charge at the link. The youngest church in the conference is now The Kingstowne Communion in the Alexandria District. In early January 2021, an organizing charge conference was held...