On behalf of the Virginia Synod Council, members of the Office of the Bishop staff have traveled across the Virginia Synod over the past several months to present the 2026 Serving Boldly Awards to this [...]
The Virginia Synod, the Northeastern Pennsylvania, and the Florida-Bahamas Synod collaborated to create an Advent and Epiphany devotional resource built around Galatians 5 and the fruits of the spirit. In the season of Advent, you [...]
New Academic Partnership for the Lay Ministry Academy After months of research and prayerful discernment, the Lay Ministry Academy is starting a new partnership with Luther Seminary's Faith + Lead for the LMA Part 1 [...]
The Virginia Synod is excited to announce that the Virginia Synod Council has called Pastor Tina Toburen to serve as the next Director for Youth and Young Adult Ministry. Pastor Toburen will begin serving on [...]
The Serving Boldly Award, created by the Virginia Synod (ELCA) Council in October 2020, is given to lay leaders who embody and demonstrate a commitment to the gospel of Jesus Christ [...]
The 2026 VSWO Convention is June 11 - 13 at St. John Lutheran Church in Abingdon, VA and a part of the event will focus on volunteering. This year attendees will have the opportunity to [...]
In a world that is yearning for hope and hungry for God’s word, invite your congregation to journey with you through the Sundays after Pentecost using the following resources to help you and your congregation [...]
Pentecost & Prayer The Virginia Synod is blessed to be in a companion synod relationship with the New Guinea Islands District of Papua New Guinea. Together we live as God’s people and as faithful followers [...]
During the season of Easter, Bishop Milton invites you to join her in reading The Acts of the Apostles. Although nearly 2000 years have passed since the events recounted in The Acts of the Apostles, [...]
The Virginia Synod will not hold a Synod Assembly in 2026. The primary gathering of the synod in 2026 will take place at Summer Power in the Spirit from July 16-18 on the campus of [...]
