Creative fundraisers, overnight lock-ins, super bowl parties, services project. If you drive throughout the Synod, you can see outstanding youth groups in our congregations actively engaged in any of the aforementioned activities. One youth leader [...]
Some congregations can have a pastor for decades, but a parish in Southwest Virginia has had eight leaders in their church only stay for one year. No, the members aren't scaring off these religious leaders. The Rural [...]
Mary Proctor, a 2012 graduate from Abingdon High School and 2015 graduate from James Madison University, is undergoing a tremendous feat this summer. She has been dedicating this new year to mentally and physically prepare [...]
To the Congregations of the Virginia Synod, At the 2015 Virginia Synod Assembly, a resolution was passed instructing the Synod Council to provide a detailed plan for study and discernment off the bishop election [...]
On January 3, 2016 the congregation of St. Stephen Lutheran in Williamsburg embarked on a virtual trip to Jerusalem - planning a 12 week program, arriving on Easter Sunday. As a congregation, they walked, biked, [...]
Dear Sisters and Brothers, In this Lenten Season I want to remind you of World Malaria Sundaywhich will be April 24, 2016. World Malaria Day is April 25, 2016. As a synod we gave over [...]
Over 500,000 of our school aged children in Virginia qualify to receive a free or reduced priced lunch during the school year. Many of these children count on the meal that they receive during school, [...]
“Everyone deserves the right to have fresh, healthy food,” said Gina Patrick, an employee of Appalachian Sustainable Development, an organization who was awarded a $4,500 ELCA Domestic Hunger Grant for their Healthy Families - Family [...]
The following reflection was written by Pastor Leslie Scanlon after attending the Vibrant Faith Conference in Richmond. "In today’s workshop, there was a lot of talk about the “seasons" of adulthood (young adults, middle adults, [...]
The following reflection was written by Pastor Leslie Scanlon after attending the Vibrant Faith Conference in Richmond. "In today’s workshop, there was a lot of talk about the “seasons" of adulthood (young adults, middle adults, [...]
