Triduum Together
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Triduum Together worship services for Holy Week. The services will be hosted on Facebook, YouTube and Zoom on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7 PM. Zoom [...]
Reviewing New Executive Order from Governor Northam
On Tuesday, March 22, Governor Northam issued Executive Order 72 Amendment 4 on COVID-19 related restrictions. The new guidelines take effect on April 1. Links to documents from the Governor’s Office are available at: https://vasynod.org/covid-19/state-federal-guidance/. [...]
Created, Clothed, Called: Virginia Synod’s First Woman Pastor
As a part of our recognition of Women's History Month, Assistant to the Bishop Kelly Bayer Derrick interviewed the former Assistant to the Bishop Jean Bozeman. Pastor Bozeman, who was the first woman ordained by [...]
Asian and Pacific Islander Association of the ELCA Statement on anti-Asian Racism
The Asian and Pacific Islander Association of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has issued a statement addressing the increase in violence directed toward Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. The ELCA Conference of [...]
COVID-19 Guidance for Virginia Synod Congregations: March 1, 2021
As we approach one year of living with the impact of COVID-19, the effectiveness of the vaccines and the recent decline in the number of COVID-19 cases in Virginia are promising. We encourage everyone to [...]
ELCA World Hunger Big Dream Grant Awarded to ForKids in Norfolk
The Virginia Synod is excited to announce that one of the four recipients of ELCA World Hunger Big Dream Grants for 2021 was awarded to ForKids in Norfolk. ELCA World Hunger’s Big Dream grants, one-time [...]
Micah Street Church Ashes in the Park: Neighbor Serving Neighbor
Micah Street Church is an new ecumenical congregation co-sponsored by the Virginia Synod, the ELCA Churchwide organization, and Micah Ecumenical Ministries in Fredericksburg. This new congregation focused on those experiencing homelessness launch in early 2020 [...]
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary Earns 10-year Accreditation
The Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary of Lenoir-Rhyne University announces accreditation has been reaffirmed by the Association of Theological Schools. LTSS received the maximum 10-year term from ATS, which oversees more than 270 graduate schools [...]
Particularly Scandalous Response to the January 6th Capitol Riots?
Because [St.] Francis was not an intellectual, he did not begin with universal philosophies and ideas and abstractions. He began with the specific, the particular, the concrete: this person, this squirrel. I believe love [...]
A Profile of African Americans Lutherans: Dr. Rosa J Young
Dr. Rosa J Young (1890-1971) was a tireless missionary and educator who helped start 20 Lutheran churches and 30 Lutheran schools in rural Alabama, as well as Concordia College in Selma. Rosa J. Young, the first [...]