Hurricane Response Update October 24, 2024
The following is an update from Pastor John Wertz, Jr. on Disaster Response (Oct. 24, 2024). I wanted to provide you with an update from our partners on the ground in North Carolina and Eastern [...]
ELCA Strong Connections with the Lutheran World Federation
Reflections on the Retreat for Newly Elected Leaders by Bishop Phyllis Milton Every year, the Lutheran World Federation hosts a Retreat for Newly Elected Leaders in Geneva, Switzerland and in Wittenberg, Germany. This is an [...]
PNG Reflection for the Virginia Synod: Pastor Kelly Bayer Derrick
PNG Reflection for the Virginia Synod from Pastor Kelly Bayer Derrick "Through Christ We are called Together" This is the motto of our Virginia Synod + New Guinea Islands District companion relationship. There is so [...]
PNG Reflection for the Virginia Synod: Pastor Derek Boggs
PNG Reflection for the Virginia Synod from Pastor Derek Boggs My trip to Papua New Guinea was quite an adventure. I’d never experienced that part of the world before, and it was amazing. The pineapple [...]
PNG Reflection for the Virginia Synod: Pastor Wanda Childs
PNG Reflection for the Virginia Synod: Pastor Wanda Childs [...]
Week Two in ELCPNG
The second week in Papua New Guinea gave the team the opportunity to travel through the New Guinea Islands District and visit with Lutherans in our partner congregations. One day the group traveled to the Bialla district where [...]
Week One in ELCPNG
Pastors Kelly Bayer Derrick, Wanda Childs, Michael Church, and Derek Boggs have arrived in the Papua New Guinea Islands. The whole ELCA group, friends from North Carolina, North/West Lower Michigan, Central States, Virginia Synod, gathered [...]
2024 Serving Boldly Award Recipients
The Serving Boldly Award, created by the Virginia Synod (ELCA) Council in October 2020, is given to lay leaders who embody and demonstrate a commitment to the gospel of Jesus Christ in their congregation [...]
April Showers Bring May Flowers
Shared by Carolyn Robinson, Community Outreach Team, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lynchburg, VA Isaiah 117 Homes provide physical and emotional support in safe and loving homes for children awaiting foster care placement. These children often have [...]
Easter Message from Bishop Milton
Seeing is Believing (John 20:1-18) “You’ve turned my mourning into dancing. Removed all my sackcloth and clothed me with joy!” - Martin Ball “Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went to [...]