Nov 9, 2021 | Alexandria District Lay Leader, Arlington District Lay Leader, News & Info
Change is hard. It’s messy, it’s uncomfortable. But change can also be positive. It can allow for growth and vitality and opportunities! This past July, Bishop Lewis appointed eight district superintendents to the sixteen districts in the Virginia Conference. Now she...
Sep 22, 2021 | Alexandria District Lay Leader
From Your District Lay Leader … We begin each day with a degree of certainty and consistency – the sun will rise in the east and set in the west; the ocean’s tide will ebb and flow throughout the day, and the earth will circumnavigate the sun. We long for this...
Jun 8, 2021 | Alexandria District Lay Leader, News & Info
Let us always have the peace of God in our hearts despite what is going on around us. I know it’s been a tough fourteen months navigating through a global pandemic, and then there’s been an increase in violent crime as well as continued social justice...
Apr 14, 2021 | Alexandria District Lay Leader
Once again, I’ve chosen a recent page from the “Lead Like Jesus” devotional series to frame this month’s article, and in so doing, address some changes and opportunities in our Alexandria District and the Virginia Conference to give us a new perspective. The...
Mar 23, 2021 | Alexandria District Lay Leader, News & Info
Some of you may have seen the recent message (available through LaityNet) from our Conference Lay Leader Martha Stokes … it’s a message of hope – renewed hope, restored hope, and rekindled hope. Renewed hope in that the majority of adults in our country may be...
Feb 22, 2021 | Alexandria District Lay Leader, News & Info
During a regional Board of Laity Zoom call a few weeks ago, Martha Stokes, our new Conference Lay Leader, shared a blog from Carey Nieuwhof, the founding pastor of Connexus Church in Canada. Remember Carey, he was our keynote speaker for Bi-District Training Day...
