Dec 21, 2020 | Alexandria DS Notes, News & Info
“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.” Philippians 4:4 (New Revised Standard Version) In the wonderful Christmas anthem, “O Holy Night,” there is a line that masterfully captures how I feel...
Nov 20, 2020 | Alexandria DS Notes, News & Info
“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...
Sep 29, 2020 | Alexandria DS Notes, News & Info
“Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.” – Romans 15:7 (New Revised Standard Version) Our theme for charge conferences this year is “See All the People.” We receive this theme from the Virginia annual conference, who is...
Aug 26, 2020 | Alexandria DS Notes, Books, News & Info
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi (Bold Type Books, 2016) is a history that is most timely as people across the country are ready and even eager to learn more about a system of racial oppression that has...
Aug 25, 2020 | Alexandria DS Notes, News & Info
“We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over Him. The death He died, He died to sin, once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in...
Jun 16, 2020 | Alexandria DS Notes, News & Info
In a recent statement from the United Methodist Council on Bishops about the scourge of racism, one sentence stands out to me among many important sentences. The sentence that catches my attention comes from Bishop Latrelle Easterling of the Baltimore-Washington Area,...
