by Brenda Capen | Feb 10, 2020 | News, Virginia News
By Forrest WhiteSeventeen years have passed since Andrew Spotts rose to the rank of Eagle Scout – the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouts of America – as a member of Troop 799 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Richmond. Time, he said, has deepened his...
by Brenda Capen | Feb 10, 2020 | News, Virginia News
Warren R. Harper will conclude service as Virginia Conference Lay Leader in June 2020. The search process for the next Conference Lay Leader is underway. The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church states that the Conference Lay Leader is “the elected...
by Brenda Capen | Jan 17, 2020 | Bishop Lewis News, From the Bishop, News, Virginia News
January 17, 2020 Dear Virginia Annual Conference, On January 3, 2020, the Protocol of Reconciliation & Grace Through Separation (the “Protocol”) was released. You can find the document on the conference website. It is important to emphasize that the Protocol does...
by Brenda Capen | Jul 8, 2019 | News, Virginia News
By Forrest White Looking back across the darkest times, Jay Timmons remembers waking up panicked in the wee hours of countless mornings, unable to escape what haunted him. Because it wasn’t a dream. It was reality, a hellish fight fought alongside Rick Olson, his...
