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Global Companion Synod Hosts 38th Annual Conference

By |2023-09-12T09:16:09-04:00August 25th, 2023|News, PNG|

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. [...]

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Commission for a Renewed Lutheran Church Initial Meeting

By |2023-07-26T08:46:42-04:00July 26th, 2023|News|

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. [...]

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Virginia Synod, ELCA Elects the Rev. Dr. Phyllis Blair Milton as Bishop

By |2023-06-16T09:50:25-04:00June 16th, 2023|News|

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 [...]

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2023 Virginia Synod Assembly Recap

By |2023-06-12T10:04:25-04:00June 12th, 2023|News|

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 [...]

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Let Congress Know:  Virginia Needs A Strong Farm Bill

By |2023-05-18T16:15:08-04:00May 18th, 2023|News|

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 [...]

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Asian American Pacific Islanders Heritage Month 2023

By |2023-05-09T09:27:38-04:00May 9th, 2023|News|

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 [...]

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New Ecumenical Representative Appointed

By |2023-01-31T16:05:19-05:00January 31st, 2023|News|

Bishop Bob Humphrey has appointed the Rev. Terrie Sternberg as the Ecumenical Representative for the Virginia Synod. Her term began in November. Pastor Terrie will represent the bishop at various functions, co-chair the Virginia Lutheran-Episcopal [...]

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