This article is written by Rev. Aaron Fuller, who serves as Pastor at St. Andrew Lutheran and Holy Communion Lutheran Churches, both in Portsmouth, VA. In addition he serves bi-vocationally as a chaplain in the U.S. [...]
We’ve had a pretty incredible year in the Virginia Synod! Now that 2016 is here we thought we would pause to reflect back and celebrate fifteen of the great moments of 2015: 15. Synod [...]
I am an assistant wrestling coach at a local high school in Virginia Beach. This past Thursday, after getting home from practice, I got a phone call from a number in Harrisonburg. Curious, I picked [...]
"All is calm, all is bright." (Some are calm, some are bright) "He has filled the hungry with good things" (Lots are still hungry, children in Virginia, Syrian and Sudanese refugees, children fleeing El Salvador, [...]
Grown women riding bicycles down the aisles of Walmart--that's the joy of Christmas. Those same women buying the bicycles as Christmas gifts for two girls they will never meet--that's the joy of Jesus. [...]
Bible study this morning is by Sarah Krell, the elder daughter of Pastor Chip Gunsten, who died on December 11. She has asked each year for this week of the year to write a devotion [...]
On December 11, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton released an open letter to the Muslim American Community that we have made available to you: Dear Muslim Sisters and Brothers, Grace and peace to you. I [...]
This is the second of three articles written for the Virginia Synod by Dr. Mary Sue Dreier, the speaker of the 2015 Synod Assembly for the theme of "Knowing Your Congregational Neighborhood to Do God's [...]
Vicar Suzanne with her new friends from Ecuador "From the moment I stepped foot onto the concrete playground of the Refugio, I was embraced by a multitude of beautiful souls; the youngest [...]
This year Bishop James Mauney officially announced that he will be retiring after his current term as Bishop of the Virginia Synod ends in May of 2017. This news has led to appreciation for our [...]
