News and Information
News and Information
Find articles written by our District Superintendents, Lay Leaders, Staff, and more here.
Camp Highroad Updates
Summer camp has finished for the year, and we are so grateful we were able to serve our campers and their families again! We went into this summer intentionally planning for a low year due to the pandemic. This made it easier to plan and to inform parents and staff...
How You Can Help Afghan Refugees Now
by Kenn Speicher, Arlington & Alexandria District Mission CoordinatorThe surge of Afghan refugees is happening now, and many are allies who served bravely with U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Our faith calls us to help all whose lives and safety are endangered, and...
For Every Season
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and...
Love Your Neighbor – Get Vaccinated
Summer is here and we are excited to be out and about! Vacations, time at the beach, traveling, all the fun of this time of year. We are thankful that the rate of new COVID-19 cases is dropping, and people are feeling anxious to get back to “normal” activities. But...
Beloved Discipleship: Building Beloved Community
In the early stages of the development of Beloved Discipleship, it was clear that Beloved Discipleship needed to be rooted in Beloved community. A concept that while attributed to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. not many know what King’s thoughts were about Beloved...
Peace, Be Still
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...
With a Grateful Heart
“I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now.” – Philippians 1:3-5 (New Revised Standard Version) Just about every morning for the...
Cautious Hope
“So they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy, and ran to tell His disciples.”Matthew 28:8 (New Revised Standard Version) When the women left the empty tomb on the first Easter morning, given the news by the angel that Jesus has been raised from the dead,...
Almost There!
5 May the God of steadfastness and encouragement, grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus, 6 so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.Romans 15:5-6 New Revised Standard Version I...
Happy Earth Day 2021
Happy Earth Day, April 22, 2021! How will you and your church celebrate? Perhaps your church will have a worship service on one of the Sundays before or after Earth Day. Even in early May. It’s never too late to celebrate God’s wonderful creation. Perhaps include a...