By: Pastor David Derrick Each October rostered leaders (pastors, associates in ministry, diaconal ministers, deaconesses) from around the Virginia Synod gather for an annual event called the Gathering of the Ministerium. The word ministerium itself [...]
With the disappearance and death of Hannah Graham at Charlottesville, the ongoing conversations about safety on college campuses have become more frequent in Virginia and across the nation. Virginia Governor Terry [...]
When Pastor Sonya Williams-Giersch began serving the Gravel Springs parish near Winchester, Va., she talked to members of her two new congregations to find out about the community. “I was told there were a lot of [...]
Fool’s For Christ is what they were called. To some, foolish is a perfect way to describe hanging from the side of 25-story building. While it may seem a little crazy, for four members of [...]
After church on Sunday Oct. 5 instead of going out to lunch, more than 70 members of Bethel Lutheran Church in Winchester put on hairnets and plastic gloves, turning large bags of food into 11,808 [...]
NGI DISTRICT CONFERENCE AND THE VOLCANO ERUPTIONS: A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT ELEASAR People say Papua New Guinea is the “Land of the Unexpected” and it is quite true. There is unexpected and exotic beauty that you [...]
Ellen Clough, a candidate for rostered leadership from the Virginia Synod, will be honored and recognized at an ELCA banquet in Chicago on Friday Oct. 3 along with 15 other ELCA Fund for Leaders Scholars. [...]
Even though Jill Disbro is originally from Ohio, she called the Virginia Synod home for the past four years while she attended Roanoke College. During her senior year, Jill learned that she had been [...]
Do We Want God to Love Us Anymore? By: Chris Price, Assistant to the Bishop For the first time in almost four decades, I have been able to do a little channel-surfing on some Sunday [...]
Unless you're trying to decide which movie to watch tonight, Madagascar probably hasn't crossed your mind. For Molly Beyer, Madagascar is much more than 2005 animated film, for the next year the small island country [...]
