St. Mark, Yorktown “Pew to 5k”
How happy are the feet... Members of St. Mark Lutheran in Yorktown led by their pastor, The Rev. Rachel Manke, participated in a "Pew to 5K" program this fall. The group began a training schedule 6 weeks earlier [...]
Do Justice: November 7, 2019
Welcome to Do Justice, a semi-monthly newsletter of the Virginia Synod, lifting up God’s call and command that we, God’s people, do justice. You will find helpful info about justice ministries in congregations, around [...]
ACTS 2019 Fall Course: New Testament
This past Saturday concluded the 2019 Fall ACTS (The Ambassadors Community for Theological Study) course in Waynesboro, Wytheville, and Hampton/Yorktown. This year’s fall course, “New Testament", focused on listening to the many different voices that [...]
Bishops’ Relational Agreement
Over the past year, I have worked alongside my bishop colleagues in Region 9 to utilize our position to address systemic issues facing women rostered ministers. Guided by the work of a core team of [...]
Gathering of the Ministerium 2019
This past week from October 21st through the 23rd, rostered ministers from across the Virginia Synod gathered for the annual Gathering of the Ministerium in Virginia Beach. In an effort to build and maintain collegial [...]
National Council of Churches Christian Unity Gathering
The National Council of Churches (NCC) Christian Unity Gathering was held in Newport News and Hampton this week. This year's gathering marked the 400th year of the first enslaved Africans to arrive in America at [...]
Do Justice: October 15, 2019
Welcome to Do Justice, a semi-monthly newsletter of the Virginia Synod, lifting up God’s call and command that we, God’s people, do justice. You will find helpful info about justice ministries in congregations, around [...]
Virginia Synod Representatives Visit Companion District in Papua New Guinea
Representatives from the four Synods of the ELCA (Virginia, North Carolina, Central States, and North West Lower Michigan) gathered in Cairns Australia and then proceeded to Port Moresby, PNG Capital City and finally on to [...]
What is Tent of Nations Sunday?
The 2019 Assembly of the Virginia Synod, ELCA resolved to encourage congregations of our Synod to designate a Sunday in October 2019 as “Tent of Nations Sunday.” The suggested date is Sunday, October 20, 2019, [...]
Always Being Made New: The Campaign for the ELCA
We have so much to celebrate as we complete Always Being Made New: The Campaign for the ELCA, the first comprehensive campaign for this church. Through the generosity of members and congregations across this church, ELCA [...]