Mocha and A Message
When Pastor Sonya Williams-Giersch began serving the Gravel Springs parish near Winchester, Va., she talked to members of her two new congregations to find out about the community. “I was told there were a lot of [...]
Virginia Lutherans Go Over the Edge for Special Olympics
Fool’s For Christ is what they were called. To some, foolish is a perfect way to describe hanging from the side of 25-story building. While it may seem a little crazy, for four members of [...]
Bethel Provided 11,808 Meals in One Day. How Did They Do It?
After church on Sunday Oct. 5 instead of going out to lunch, more than 70 members of Bethel Lutheran Church in Winchester put on hairnets and plastic gloves, turning large bags of food into 11,808 [...]
President Eleasar’s Account of the Volcano Eruption in Papua New Guinea
NGI DISTRICT CONFERENCE AND THE VOLCANO ERUPTIONS: A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT ELEASAR People say Papua New Guinea is the “Land of the Unexpected” and it is quite true. There is unexpected and exotic beauty that you [...]
Ellen Clough Honored in Chicago for ELCA Scholarship
Ellen Clough, a candidate for rostered leadership from the Virginia Synod, will be honored and recognized at an ELCA banquet in Chicago on Friday Oct. 3 along with 15 other ELCA Fund for Leaders Scholars. [...]
YAGM Part 2: A Roanoke College Grad in Mexico
Even though Jill Disbro is originally from Ohio, she called the Virginia Synod home for the past four years while she attended Roanoke College. During her senior year, Jill learned that she had been [...]
Do we want God to love us anymore?
Do We Want God to Love Us Anymore? By: Chris Price, Assistant to the Bishop For the first time in almost four decades, I have been able to do a little channel-surfing on some Sunday [...]
Molly Beyer, from the Virginia Synod to Madagascar
Unless you're trying to decide which movie to watch tonight, Madagascar probably hasn't crossed your mind. For Molly Beyer, Madagascar is much more than 2005 animated film, for the next year the small island country [...]
RENEW AND RETREAT: A Retreat for Children, Youth and Family Ministry Workers
RENEW AND RETREAT A CHRISTIAN FORMATION RETREAT Co-Partnered by Camp Caroline Furnace and Roots and Wings a Christian Formation Committee of the VA Synod RETREAT PRESENTOR: Rev. Dr. Phyllis Milton, VA [...]
Malawi, a country whose people are rich in love, by: Selise Miller
On July 25, Abusa (Pastor) Kelly Derrick, Lizzie Franz, Kathleen Radtke and Selise Miller from St. Philip, Roanoke, and Heidi Speakman from Trinity, Martinsville, begin their journey to Malawi, arriving in Lilongwe on the campus [...]