On June 17th, 2015, Dylann Roof, a member on the rolls of St. Paul Lutheran Church – ELCA - in Charleston, SC entered Mother Emanuel AME church for a prayer meeting. He proceeded to shoot [...]
April 6, 2021 As vaccination rates begin to rise and infection rates decline in some areas, the urge to return to public spaces and remove limitations is understandably strong. While there is certainly light [...]
The Virginia Synod staff has recorded a full worship service for local use for the Second Sunday of Easter, April 11. The purpose is to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus as a synod and provide [...]
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Triduum Together worship services for Holy Week. The services will be hosted on Facebook, YouTube and Zoom on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7 PM. Zoom [...]
On Tuesday, March 22, Governor Northam issued Executive Order 72 Amendment 4 on COVID-19 related restrictions. The new guidelines take effect on April 1. Links to documents from the Governor’s Office are available at: https://vasynod.org/covid-19/state-federal-guidance/. [...]
As a part of our recognition of Women's History Month, Assistant to the Bishop Kelly Bayer Derrick interviewed the former Assistant to the Bishop Jean Bozeman. Pastor Bozeman, who was the first woman ordained by [...]
The Asian and Pacific Islander Association of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has issued a statement addressing the increase in violence directed toward Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. The ELCA Conference of [...]
As we approach one year of living with the impact of COVID-19, the effectiveness of the vaccines and the recent decline in the number of COVID-19 cases in Virginia are promising. We encourage everyone to [...]
The Virginia Synod is excited to announce that one of the four recipients of ELCA World Hunger Big Dream Grants for 2021 was awarded to ForKids in Norfolk. ELCA World Hunger’s Big Dream grants, one-time [...]
Micah Street Church is an new ecumenical congregation co-sponsored by the Virginia Synod, the ELCA Churchwide organization, and Micah Ecumenical Ministries in Fredericksburg. This new congregation focused on those experiencing homelessness launch in early 2020 [...]
