Registration Open for the 2024 Virginia Synod Assembly
Registration is now open for the 2024 Virginia Synod Assembly which will take place on zoom on Saturday, April 27 from 9 AM to 1 PM. The theme for the Synod Assembly is Strong Connections. [...]
2024 Virginia Synod Pre-Assembly Meetings Underway
In preparation for the 2024 Virginia Synod Assembly which will take place on Saturday, April 27 from 9 AM until 1 PM on Zoom, the Virginia Synod Office of the Bishop will offer pre-assembly gatherings online to help [...]
The Rev. Dr. Phyllis Blair Milton Installed as Bishop of the Virginia Synod
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 [...]
ELCA Truth & Healing Movement
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 [...]
Global Companion Synod Hosts 38th Annual Conference
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. [...]
Commission for a Renewed Lutheran Church Initial Meeting
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. [...]
Virginia Synod, ELCA Elects the Rev. Dr. Phyllis Blair Milton as Bishop
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 [...]
2023 Virginia Synod Assembly Recap
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 [...]
2023 Serving Boldly Award Recipients Selected
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 [...]
Sermon for June 11, 2023
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 [...]