PNG Reflection for the Virginia Synod: Pastor Wanda Childs
PNG Reflection for the Virginia Synod: Pastor Wanda Childs [...]
Week Two in ELCPNG
The second week in Papua New Guinea gave the team the opportunity to travel through the New Guinea Islands District and visit with Lutherans in our partner congregations. One day the group traveled to the Bialla district where [...]
Week One in ELCPNG
Pastors Kelly Bayer Derrick, Wanda Childs, Michael Church, and Derek Boggs have arrived in the Papua New Guinea Islands. The whole ELCA group, friends from North Carolina, North/West Lower Michigan, Central States, Virginia Synod, gathered [...]
Two Virginia Lutherans Serving as YAGMs
This August, two Virginia Synod young adults - Carolina Bowen (College, Salem) and Tim Hoffstaetter (Faith, Suffolk) will join 23 other passionate young adults in a year of international service with the ELCA Young Adults [...]
2024 Serving Boldly Award Recipients
The Serving Boldly Award, created by the Virginia Synod (ELCA) Council in October 2020, is given to lay leaders who embody and demonstrate a commitment to the gospel of Jesus Christ in their congregation [...]
Synod Assembly 2024
Over 300 Lutherans around the Virginia Synod gathered online via Zoom for the 2024 Virginia Synod Assembly. The Synod welcomed The Rev. Tim Brown, Director of Congregational Stewardship of the ELCA, as our Churchwide Representative. TheAssembly [...]
April Showers Bring May Flowers
Shared by Carolyn Robinson, Community Outreach Team, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lynchburg, VA Isaiah 117 Homes provide physical and emotional support in safe and loving homes for children awaiting foster care placement. These children often have [...]
Easter Message from Bishop Milton
Seeing is Believing (John 20:1-18) “You’ve turned my mourning into dancing. Removed all my sackcloth and clothed me with joy!” - Martin Ball “Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went to [...]
Connecting to God: Strumming Distractions
Each week, a rostered minister from the Office of the Bishop will share a Lenten Devotion about how they connect to God through self-care practices. This week we hear from Pastor Dave Delaney. _______ Sitting [...]
Connecting to God: Disciplines of Healing
Each week, a rostered minister from the Office of the Bishop will share a Lenten Devotion about how they connect to God through self-care practices. This week we hear from Pastor Colleen Montgomery. ______ I’ve [...]