Chrismons: See the Reason for the Season
For some, the start of the Christmas season begins as soon as they see their first Christmas ad on TV. For others, the season returns as they watch the Advent Wreath lit. For me, it's [...]
Lost and Found 2016: “God is Great God is Good”
For families that say grace before mealtime, the prayer "God is great, God is good, and we thank him for our food, by his hands, we all are fed, give us Lord, our daily bread" [...]
Confirmation Class Field Trip
This past Election Tuesday was a day for five confirmation students to reflect on the role of the church outside their home congregation with a unique trip. For over 20 years, Epiphany Lutheran in Richmond [...]
White Sock Drop with Bethel Lutheran of Winchester
In September, Bethel Lutheran of Winchester celebrated "White Sock Drop" Sunday where they collected over 500 pairs of brand new socks. The congregation had been told by friends at Teens Opposing Poverty that each pair [...]
Gathering of the Ministerium Reformed and Reforming: Past Faithfulness-Future Vision
Each October rostered leaders from across the Virginia Synod gather for the annual event Gathering of the Ministerium. In Virginia Beach, Rostered leaders worshiped together in song, word, and sacrament. They also discussed theology and practice [...]
Virginia Synod Serves
This past week was the Virginia Synod's 4th annual Week of Service, which coincides with "God's Work, Our Hands" Sunday, the ELCA Day of Service on September 11. This year's dedicated day of service also [...]
By God’s Grace: This is Most Certainly True!
The annual conference Power in the Spirit took place just last week on the campus of Roanoke College in Salem from July 14-16. Together attendees from across the state gathered to explore God's call to [...]
Life on the Launchpad
In its twelfth year, LAUNCH is continuing to serve recent high school graduates who have grown up with Virginia Synod's middle school and high school youth events. Known to draw a smaller crowd than most [...]
A Garden of God
At this year’s Kairos, there was a small group room that rapidly became engulfed in flowers and pastel cards bearing the words of Psalm 92:12-15. These tokens, assembled by Small Group 7, were a part of [...]
WITH People, Not FOR People
The body of Christ in Danville is truly acting together, each part with different gifts and roles, but all for the same purpose-showing everyone the love of Christ and following Jesus. What is unifying [...]