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...
by Brenda Capen | Feb 25, 2021 | News, Racial Justice, Virginia News
Bishop Kelly was featured in a conference ‘Bright Spot’ video. View here… By Madeline Pillow White United Methodist Bishop Leontine Kelly preaches during evening worship at the first reunion of the former Central Jurisdiction of the Methodist Church in College Park,...
by Brenda Capen | Feb 25, 2021 | Coronavirus, News, Virginia News
Date: February 24, 2021 Download pdf copy of TAMDownload Word copy of TAM The work group created by Bishop Sharma D. Lewis to help move back to in-person worship safely has issued its first update to its Technical Assistance Manual (TAM) since December 11. The new...