Mar 18, 2021 | News & Info
The Board of Missions is excited to announce Digital Evangelism Grants to help local churches connect with new people in their community through digital media! These grants are designed to help churches focus on connecting with and engaging in relationships with...
Mar 24, 2021 | Arlington DS Notes, News & Info
John 15:12 (New Revised Standard Version) 12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” Last Supper, Courtesy of Rijksmuseum, Europeana CC0 In the Great Commission, where a resurrected Jesus gives his final instructions to the...
Mar 22, 2021 | Alexandria DS Notes, News & Info
This was initially given as part of a worship service for Clergy at their March Clergy Meeting. Numbers 21:4-9 In this reading for the fourth Sunday of Lent from the Book of Numbers, as the people of Israel wander in the wilderness for 40 years, the longest year is...
Mar 23, 2021 | News & Info
Adapted from the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Philadelphia PA, An Episcopal church that aspirational values are Community engagement and social justice; Unconditional welcome and inclusion; A community that calls forth the gifts of its entire people;...
Mar 23, 2021 | News & Info
Several months ago, one of our clergy, Rev. Chenda Lee, associate pastor at Fairlington UMC, created a Facebook challenge called the dangling earrings challenge (#danglingearringschallenge) to speak out against the constant barrage of sexism against clergywomen at 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...
