Mission in Charlottesville

  On Sunday, October 13th, Charlottesville Mennonite Church dedicated their new ministry house called Crossroads. The house was refurbished over a number of years by volunteer labor from inside the church and from other Mennonite communities. The house is primarily being used to host families with patients at the University of Virginia Medical Center in…

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Relief Sale: Fasting and Feasting for Hunger

Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale: Fasting And Feasting To Raise A Half Million $$$ For The Hungry This Year I have long been in awe of all the dedicated volunteers who make the Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale a success each year. The money raised for Mennonite Central Committee at this annual event may seem negligible in…

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iCLT News: The Best View

The Best View Summer…. vacations…family reunions…picnics…For many, summer is the season of relaxing, resting and disconnecting from the regular rhythms. Growing up in Germany this was a given whether you were in your first year with a company on your 25th year. Even Jesus sought to get away from it all at times, sending the…

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Sharing our Surplus

In early 2017 some of us proposed setting up a special giving table at the Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale as a way of adding to the total revenue generated for Mennonite Central Committee through this fall auction and craft and food sales. With the approval of the Sale’s executive committee a Sharing Our Surplus (SOS)…

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Two of Three Resolutions pass

Two of Three Resolutions pass at Virginia Mennonite Conference 2023 Summer Delegate Assembly July 21, 2023 | June Miller | Virginia Mennonite Conference Harrisonburg, VA – On the final day of the assembly Virginia Mennonite Conference (VMC) delegates passed two of the three resolutions. “Year of Worship, Healing, Reflection and Renewal” passed with 91% approval.…

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