Because of your gifts to the Alma Hunt Offering for Virginia Missions in 2020, churches were able to meet real needs in real time that arose because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We recently received this letter from David Schleyer from New Hope Church in Lorton, VA, explaining how they used
Submitted by Richard Sandberg When Louisa County Public Schools reopened for the 2020-21 school year, they did so with students attending two days per week. Louisa Baptist Church opened a day camp to accommodate families needing childcare on the days their children did not attend in-person classes. The Alma Hunt
The Alma Hunt Offering for Virginia Missions will look different in the coming year, reflecting the changing world in which we live as we face the challenges of a global pandemic. This annual state missions offering is a joint venture of Woman’s Missionary Union of Virginia (WMUV) and the Baptist
Submitted by Karen Smith Dan River Baptist W.E.E. School is a part of the education and outreach ministries of Dan River Baptist Church in Halifax, VA. Clearly, if children know about Christ and his love, parents also learn about Jesus. While COVID-19 state guidelines forced us to close the
Our overall desire is that this year’s Alma Hunt Offering funds will allow churches to bless people in their communities with some sort of small assistance. If you are planning to submit an application for one of the Alma Hunt Offering for Virginia Missions grants, please visit the Apply
For many people, the idea of travel and work is not a freedom but a right. For many families who have come to the United States in pursuit of opportunity, work, and even freedom of religion, they see it as a privilege. We can better understand this dynamic when we
Early this year, a team of interested volunteers converged on Cape Charles and shared together their dreams and visions for Northampton County on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. They discussed how churches on both sides of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel could work together as one for revitalization and renewal
When my wife, Jenny, and I made the decision together as one to plant South Ridge Church in Fredericksburg, VA, in mid-2016, we knew there was no turning back on what we believed was a call from God. Over the course of opening our home to vision gatherings, we have
All in Jesus’ name—hand in hand and heart to heart—we build relationships and trust with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of The Dakotas through loving kindness, listening ears, and words of encouragement. We do this together as one. Diane Korman, a ministry site leader, made her tenth trek to South
