Nov 20, 2020 | News & Info
Rising Hope was recently awarded a grant from the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia. The grant will support the Build Back – Dream Forward Initiative, which seeks to bring together voices to eradicate systemic racism and injustice and create a more equitable...
Nov 20, 2020 | News & Info, Alexandria District Lay Leader
During the last four weeks, I’ve had the honor and privilege to attend just about all of our Zoom charge conferences (only missed two – sorry!); and I want to share some of the highlights I heard during our time of conferencing and what was covered during your ‘State...
Nov 20, 2020 | News & Info, Alexandria DS Notes
“The Lord is my strength and my shield; in Him my heart trusts; so I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I will give thanks to Him.” – Psalm 28:7 (New Revised Standard) As we pause amid the many troubles and trials that have come to be 2020, it is good...
Nov 20, 2020 | News & Info, Arlington DS Notes
May all the gifts and benefits that come from God our Father, and the Master, Jesus Christ, be yours. Every time I think of you—and I think of you often!—I thank God for your lives of free and open access to God, given by Jesus. There is no end to what has happened...
Nov 17, 2020 | Arlington District Lay Leader, News & Info
I have a tall stack of books at my bedside. Some are books on the reading list for Neighborhood Seminary. Some are Sunday School books. Some are books recommended by United Methodist Women. They each have provided new insights or engaging ways to look at the work of...
