How Can Toilet Seats Change the World?
Toilet Seats are showing up in front yards in the Virginia Beach area this month. No, there isn’t a strange littering problem or a new decorating craze. Four decorated toilet lids are being used by [...]
10 Houses and $700,000 Later: Lutherans And Habitat For Humanity in the Roanoke Valley
For the past 10 years a beautiful partnership has formed between Habitat For Humanity, Thrivent Financial, and the Lutherans of the Roanoke Valley. For over a decade Lutherans from 10 different churches in the Roanoke [...]
Bishop Mauney Announces Synod Assembly by Video
Click the video above to watch the video of Bishop Mauney Announcing the 2015 Synod Assembly. For your convenience the transcript has been provided below "Hello, my name is Jim Mauney and I am the Bishop [...]
The Jordans: Always adapting, now adopting
The Virginia Synod partners with 8 wonderful organizations who minister to people of all walks of life. In order to celebrate and bring awareness to these partnerships we will be highlighting one mission partner each [...]
Childlike Faith Taken Literally: Toddler Theology
Usually we don't think of Theology as being for toddlers, but Cathy Dudley has a clear understanding that Jesus is for everyone, and she wants others to understand that as well. When she heard that [...]
Stories are Shared at Conference Gatherings
Three conferences in the Virginia Synod have already had their 2015 Conference Gathering (don't know which conference you're in? View our map). The theme this year, "Finding My Voice!" is intended to help attendees learn how [...]
Four Friends Enjoy 7th Day Together Because of One Girl’s Boldness
Lauren Reese has spunk, that's for sure. When she got to her confirmation class at Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church in Staunton and there was only one other student her age, she decided to take matters [...]
ELCA looks ahead to 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation
CHICAGO (ELCA) – As a church that believes the good news of Jesus Christ provides “the freedom and the courage to boldly participate in what God is up to in the world,” members of the [...]
Mission Partner of the Month: Caroline Furnace
The Virginia Synod partners with 8 wonderful organizations who minister to people of all walks of life. In order to celebrate and bring awareness to these partnerships we will be highlighting one mission partner [...]
What youth events mean to me by Korin Freeman
(Korin Freeman orginially wrote this article for the Luther Memorial News at Blacksburg.) When I look back on the last five years, I look all the way back to my very first youth event: [...]