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 [...]
The Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary of Lenoir-Rhyne University announces accreditation has been reaffirmed by the Association of Theological Schools. LTSS received the maximum 10-year term from ATS, which oversees more than 270 graduate schools [...]
Because [St.] Francis was not an intellectual, he did not begin with universal philosophies and ideas and abstractions. He began with the specific, the particular, the concrete: this person, this squirrel. I believe love [...]
Midwinter Power in the Spirit launched for the first time last week as a fully online event featuring a full week of prayer, study, worship, and conversation. Running from Sunday, January 31 to Thursday, February [...]
During the past year, Virginia Synod congregations of all sizes have embraced digital ministry in response to the pandemic. The habits and patterns of church participation formed during the pandemic, and the expectations for competency [...]
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 [...]
ForKids, a nonprofit serving families and individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty throughout 14 cities and counties in Southeastern Virginia has been awarded a $45,000 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s World Hunger Big Dream grant. The [...]
Like most of you, as we celebrated the Epiphany of our Lord, I watched in disbelief at the images of a mob of protestors storming the steps and scaling the walls of our U.S. Capitol. [...]
