by Brenda Capen | Jun 15, 2020 | News, Racial Justice, Virginia News
By Madeline White The Elizabeth River District facilitated a conversation on race relations and the Church on Sunday, June 14, for a two-hour conversation. Approximately 200 people registered for the event and the conversation was streamed over ZOOM, Facebook and...
by Brenda Capen | Jun 15, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Virginia News
By Madeline White Grace UMC in Manassas, Va., was open all day on Thursday, May 28, performing an important task—acting as an outdoor testing site for COVID-19 for Manassas citizens who are under-served and uninsured. To make this a reality, it all started with...
by Brenda Capen | Jun 8, 2020 | Bishop Lewis News, News, Virginia News
Dear Virginia Annual Conference: United Methodist churches throughout Virginia continue the return to in-person worship! And we are doing so by continuing to emphasize safety. Currently, there are 126 United Methodist churches in the Virginia Conference offering...
by Brenda Capen | Jun 5, 2020 | Bishop Lewis News, News, Virginia News
Work and witness to a hurting community Pdf copy Brothers and Sisters: As president of the Southeastern Jurisdiction College of Bishops my heart rejoices over the bold, courageous, and compassionate offering of confession, lament, and call to action by our white...
by Brenda Capen | Jun 3, 2020 | Bishop Lewis News, Coronavirus, News, Virginia News
Moving to Stage 2 for In-Person Worship Services View as pdf Dear Virginia Annual Conference: I give thanks to God for all the hard work being done by Healthy Church Teams across our Conference as we continue the return to in-person worship. Drive-in services...
by Brenda Capen | Jun 2, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Virginia News
The conference Connectional Ministries office and the conference Volunteers In Mission (VIM) coordinator have received several inquiries regarding the sending and receiving of VIM teams in person June 2020 through August 2020.At this time, the Virginia Conference is...
