Youth Take the Plunge Into the Community
“I knew I was just trouble when Caitlynn Van Nurden walked up to me one Sunday with the other youth nearby and said ‘hey pastor,’” said Rev David Penman, the pastor of St. Timothy Lutheran [...]
Partnerships Provide Care For Older Adults in Shenandoah County
The Shenandoah Valley of Virginia is astoundingly beautiful with rolling hills, green pastures and country back roads. The rural nature of this area that brings such beauty also has the ability to be a source [...]
A Day for All People With the Virginia Center for Public Policy
A group of Virginia Synod folks who participated in the Day for All People. On Wednesday January 20, a group of Lutherans from across the state attended the Virginia Center for Public Policy’s, [...]
United Lutheran Appeal Contributions by Congregation 2015 Appeal
2015 was the final year of The United Lutheran Appeal (ULA), a fundraising effort of the Virginia Synod to bring out eight mission partners together under the same umbrella. We believe that the ULA has [...]
Family Stays in Virginia For Faith
Nikki Smith has watched not one, but two of her children be on planning team for Winter Celebration and this year it was her turn. Three planning groups would have looked radically different if she [...]
MLK Day, Off of Work and On for Service: Volunteers Work To Benefit Luke’s Backpack
On Monday, Jan. 18, in Shenandoah County, one group of people decided to take their day off and volunteer in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. so that children would have food during the weekends [...]
Winter Celebration is Cancelled
UPDATE: Click here to watch the faith testimonies from the 2016 Winter Celebration Planning Group. We are cancelling Winter Celebration for Jan. 22-24 due to the extreme weather conditions. We are all sad about [...]
Winter Celebration is still *ON* as of Wednesday Morning
To Virginia Synod Winter Celebration Week 2 participants: As of Wednesday Morning, we are going ahead with our event this weekend. Unless forecasts dramatically worsen, Eagle Eyrie *WILL* be open. Congregations are welcome to arrive [...]
The Wideness of God’s Kingdom: Justice Conversations in 2016
This article is written by Rev. Aaron Fuller, who serves as Pastor at St. Andrew Lutheran and Holy Communion Lutheran Churches, both in Portsmouth, VA. In addition he serves bi-vocationally as a chaplain in the U.S. [...]
The Top 15 Moments of 2015
We’ve had a pretty incredible year in the Virginia Synod! Now that 2016 is here we thought we would pause to reflect back and celebrate fifteen of the great moments of 2015: 15. Synod [...]