News and Information
News and Information
Find articles written by our District Superintendents, Lay Leaders, Staff, and more here.
Dismantle the Architecture of White Supremacy
Dismantle the Architecture of White Supremacy 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...
A Call to Rest
A Call to Rest 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor...
A Peaceful March … Keep us in the Moment
A Peaceful March … Keep us in the Moment Some of you may have recently received (or seen) the following invitation from our District Superintendent. “I invite you to join Bishop Lewis, several DS’s and many United Methodists and other people of faith for a peaceful...
These are challenging times!
These are challenging times! We are faced with a pandemic that has put all of us at risk of grave illness but has revealed how unjustly we treat each other. I am heart sickened by what I see. How can we be so unjust? What can I say or do to make a difference? I am...
June Books to Consider
June Books to Consider Here are a few recent books to consider if you want to expand your Christian discipleship by going deeper in the area of racial justice: Austin Channing Brown, I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness (Convergent Books, 2018)....
March for Justice
March for Justice On Tuesday, June 9, the youngest congregation in our district, “Beyond The Walls” Church, which was launched on September 1, 2019, as a satellite of Woodlawn-Faith UMC, sponsored a March for Justice in the Gum Springs community of Fairfax County....
Returning to the Church Building
Returning to the Church Building “Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in the Lord’s holy place?” (Psalm 24:3) The 2020 pandemic has stretched us in ways we could not have...
What Would Love Do?
What Would Love Do? There is so much information coming at us. After reviewing the church building opening requirements from both the Governor’s office and from our Conference (should be out later this week), there is a lot more information coming at us. So much of...
A Plan for Resuming In-Person Worship in the Virginia Conference
A Plan for Resuming In-Person Worship in the Virginia Conference As a physician and a lay leader in Northern Virginia, I was asked to serve on a working group to develop guidelines to help churches resume in-person worship, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our...
In God’s Hands
In God’s Hands Uncertain times can leave us anxiety ridden. We look for someone that we can trust, someone who will speak truth. We look for someone who will tell us how to go forward. These are the times to refocus on God. He is our...