by Brenda Capen | Aug 1, 2022 | News, Scouting, Scouting Bankruptcy, Virginia News
A 281-page ruling last Friday in the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) bankruptcy proceedings indicates that most of the reorganization plan meets the criteria of bankruptcy law and is constitutional. The ruling approves the United Methodist portion of the...
by Madeline White | Jul 28, 2022 | Bishop Lewis News, News, Virginia News
On Sunday, June 26, Bishop Sharma Lewis led a group of United Methodists and community leaders from Loudoun County in dedicating a cemetery memorial at Hillsboro UMC. The cemetery was originally part of the Arnold Grove Methodist Church, established and constructed by...
by Brenda Capen | Jul 8, 2022 | AC 2022 News, Districts, News, Virginia News
Following the vote of the Annual Conference on Friday, June 17, 2022, that set the number of districts to eight effective July 1, 2022, in keeping with Paragraph 415.4 of the 2016 UMC Book of Discipline, and in consultation with the Cabinet, the boundaries of the new...
by Brenda Capen | Jul 7, 2022 | News, UMVIM Training, Virginia News
A United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) Team Leader training event will take place at the Virginia United Methodist Center, 10330 Staples Mill Rd, Glen Allen, VA 23060 on Sept. 17, 2022, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kip Robinson will be the trainer for this...
by Brenda Capen | Jun 29, 2022 | AC 2022 News, Bishop Lewis News, News, Team Jeremiah, Virginia News
You are invited to a conference-wide Q&A session on topics including General Conference and disaffiliation from the denomination on Tuesday, July 12 at 7 p.m. Due to time constraints during the 2022 Annual Conference session, the Team Jeremiah Q&A session was...
by Brenda Capen | Jun 7, 2022 | AC2022, News, Virginia News
COVID Protocol As a follow-up to previous communications, the Annual Conference Planning Team, in partnership with Bishop Lewis and the conference planner, has continued to monitor the COVID pandemic in planning for the in-person 240th session of the Virginia...