Lost and Found, the Virginia Synod youth event for 7th and 8th graders was held November 16-18 at Eagle Eyrie Baptist Convention Center in Lynchburg. This year nearly 200 youth and adult participants got to [...]
Welcome to Do Justice, a semi-monthly newsletter of the Virginia Synod, lifting up God’s call and command that we, God’s people, do justice. You will find helpful info about justice ministries in congregations, around [...]
This past Saturday kicked off the second session of the 2018 Fall ACTS (The Ambassadors Community for Theological Study) course in Waynesboro, Wytheville, and Yorktown. ACTS is intended to enrich and equip laity for intentional [...]
Welcome to Do Justice, a semi-monthly newsletter of the Virginia Synod, lifting up God’s call and command that we, God’s people, do justice. You will find helpful info about justice ministries in congregations, around [...]
Happy are those who find wisdom, and those who get understanding... She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called happy. (Proverbs 3.13, 18) [...]
Candidates in the Virginia Synod are up to some amazing things, and we’re taking some time to learn what their call to ministry is like from the stories they share. This is simply one way [...]
This week from October 15th through the 17th, rostered ministers from across the Virginia Synod gathered for the annual Gathering of the Ministerium in Virginia Beach. In an effort to build and maintain collegial relationships and to [...]
Election Day is less than one month away and voter registration deadlines are approaching in many states, including Virginia. We are called to conversation and prayer around our role as U.S. residents and as people [...]
Dear siblings in Christ, Our social media streams, tv and radio waves, podcasts, papers, and conversations brim with painful news. Again, and again, powerful people and institutions seem to enable and protect those who abuse [...]
This week we're hearing from The Rev. Colleen Montgomery, Pastor at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church about her recent visit to Keen Mountain Correctional Center and the important ministry GraceInside provides. On Monday, October 1st, Pastor Kelly Bayer [...]
