On Saturday, October 21, the Virginia Synod gathered at First Presbyterian Church in Waynesboro with Bishop Elizabeth Eaton (Presiding Bishop of the ELCA), Synod Bishops from around the ELCA, and ecumenical guests to celebrate the Installation of Rev. Dr. Phyllis Blair [...]
The ELCA’s Truth & Healing Movement is an opportunity for members of the ELCA to increase our understanding of our colonizing impacts on Indigenous people in the past and present. Over the next several months, there [...]
The Islands District Kimbe Circuit of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Papua New Guinea held its 38th Annual Conference on August 3-6, 2023. The Islands District is the global companion synod of the Virginia Synod. [...]
The Commission for a Renewed Lutheran Church (CRLC) met for the first time July 13-15, 2023, and opened with worship, Holy Communion, and a blessing of the commission’s work. The CRLC welcomed co-chairs the Rev. [...]
The Rev. Dr. Phyllis Blair Milton, Pastor at Holy Communion in Portsmouth Virginia, was elected June 11 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Virginia Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America [...]
Report from the Virginia Synod Assembly June 9-11, 2023 Lutherans from all around the Virginia Synod gathered at Roanoke College for the 2023 Virginia Synod Assembly. The Synod welcomed Deacon Sue Rothmeyer, Secretary of [...]
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 [...]
Bishop Bob Humphrey has prepared a sermon for congregational use on Sunday, June 11, 2023. This is the final day of the 2023 Synod Assembly. You can download the manuscript here. You can download the [...]
As of 2020, Virginia’s food insecurity rate stood at 7.7%. That means that over 658,000 people in our state had to worry where their next meal would come from on any given day. Fortunately, there [...]
May is Asian American Pacific Islanders Heritage Month. The follow are resources shared by the The Rev. Teresita “Tita” C. Valeriano (she,her, “siya” in Tagalog) who is the Program Director of Asian and Pacific islander [...]
