Announcement from Pastor Dave Delaney
Dear people of the Virginia Synod, We have been in the process of thinking ahead to a transition in leadership for synodical Ministry with Youth and Young Adults for some time, and I’m now ready [...]
Our Journey to Emmaus
All ages are invited into a synod-wide faith formation experience: Our Journey to Emmaus. Participants will engage the Road to Emmaus (Luke 24) in seven movements over seven Sundays [...]
Online Winter Celebration 2021: J.O.Y. in Your World
Online Winter Celebration, our Virginia Synod youth event for 9th through 12th graders occurred last weekend. This year's event may have looked a lot different as participants gathered online using Zoom, but the joy of Winter [...]
Virtual Kairos 2020
Virtual Kairos, our Virginia Synod youth event for rising 9th through 12th graders, concluded last week. This year’s event may have looked a lot different as participants gathered virtually, but so much of what makes [...]
2020 Virtual Youth Assembly
On Saturday, June 13th, the Virginia Synod Virtual Youth Assembly connected over 70 youth and adult leaders throughout our synod in a new way. Attendees joined in a Zoom meeting from their homes, a change [...]
7th Day 2020: “Ordinary to Extraordinary”
7th Day, the Virginia Synod youth event for 5th and 6th-grades was held this past weekend, March 7-8 at Eagle Eyrie Baptist Convention Center in Lynchburg. Over 150 youth and adults made up Shepard [...]
Winter Celebration: Space for Faith
Winter Celebration, the Virginia Synod youth event for high schoolers was held this past weekend on January 24-26 at Eagle Eyrie Baptist Convention Center in Lynchburg. This year over 300 youth and adult participants engaged [...]
Lost and Found 2019: “You’re Welcome”
Lost and Found, the Virginia Synod youth event for 7th and 8th graders was held November 22-23 at Eagle Eyrie Baptist Convention Center in Lynchburg. This year nearly 200 youth and adult participants got to [...]
Junior High Servant Event 2019
From July 21-26, participants from across the Virginia Synod attended the Junior High Servant Event – our Synod’s week-long servant experience for rising 7th – 9th graders. This annual event has been hosted in Virginia [...]
Lutheran Summer Music Camp
On June 23, Carolina Bowen, a rising 12th grader and member of College Lutheran, Salem, checked in at Lutheran Summer Music camp at Valparaiso University in Indiana. After transformational experiences the past two summers, this [...]