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...
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...
