by Brenda Capen | Jan 10, 2022 | Martha Stokes, News, Virginia News
Voice With an early January birthday, in my adult years I’ve alternated between setting intentions at the start of the calendar year or waiting until my birthday, the start of my new year. I don’t use the word “resolution,” just like I don’t say I “preach” but offer a...
by Brenda Capen | Dec 21, 2021 | News, Scouting Bankruptcy, Virginia News
United Methodist leaders have reached a settlement in the matter of the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) pending bankruptcy proceedings. Upon final court approval, the settlement would absolve any claims of sexual abuse that may have occurred in congregation-sponsored...
by Brenda Capen | Dec 7, 2021 | News, Virginia News
Advent 2021 Sisters and Brothers of the Virginia Conference, Never underestimate your ability to influence! As followers of the Son of Mary, you bear witness to the power of women to embody and carry the Gospel to the world. Work began to establish The Servant Sister...
by Brenda Capen | Dec 2, 2021 | News, Scouting Bankruptcy, Virginia News
A United Methodist Ad Hoc Committee is encouraging congregations to vote against a proposed Boy Scouts of America (BSA) reorganization plan, following months of negotiations that have failed to yield a settlement thus far. United Methodist local churches that have...
by Brenda Capen | Nov 30, 2021 | Bishop Lewis News, From the Bishop, Scouting Bankruptcy, Virginia News
November 30, 2021 Dear Virginia Annual Conference: After months of exhaustive negotiations with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in its bankruptcy case pending in Delaware, The United Methodist Church’s attempts to obtain a proper settlement pertaining to the child sex...
by Brenda Capen | Nov 11, 2021 | News, Refugee Response, Virginia News
The Afghan Refugee Resettlement Reimbursement program will reimburse up to $1,000 per local United Methodist church in the United States that is in a sponsorship relationship with Church World Service. Expenses eligible for reimbursement must fit the following...
