Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Today begins the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. In this way, many Christians become aware of the great diversity of ways of adoring God. Read More...
What's New
What's New
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Jon Barton - Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Black Alumni / ae Association Bicentennial
Jon Barton - Friday, January 06, 2012
Ministry on the Ground
February 14-16, 2012
Union Presbyterian Seminary Black Alumni/ae Association Bicentennial Conference
on the campus of Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, VA
Come learn from expert church leaders new ways of ministry and enjoy fellowship!
Experience and explore practical ways of engaging the church in ecumenism,
technology, and administration in challenging economic times.
Save with early registration by January 15, 2012!
Register online at www.regonline.com/ministryontheground or
go to www.upsem.edu for more information or to register by mail.
804-278-4245
All are welcome.
NCCCUSA Working to End Poverty
Jon Barton - Thursday, December 29, 2011
As the year comes to a close with the celebration of Christmas and the hope for a better year in 2012, we pause to thank you for your interest and participation in the National Council of Churches Poverty Initiative. In a year of severe challenges to the middle class and especially those living below the poverty line, we have organized and advocated for fairness and justice in the affairs of our government. We are profoundly disappointed at the failure of Congress to act decisively to alleviate the suffering of the poor among us. We end the year confident that God will continue to work through us all to share the abundance of the earth with the whole family of humanity. We know our work is unfinished and we resolve to continue to pray and advocate with you in the New Year. If we don’t believe we can end poverty now—we never will.
Here is a look back at a year of intensive advocacy in solidarity with those who struggle the most for a fair share of the abundance of God’s creation. In 2011, the NCC Poverty Initiative: Read More...
Dr. Ed Ayers to Address Annual Meeting
Jon Barton - Saturday, October 22, 2011
Dr. Ayers will be the keynote speaker for the upcoming Annual Meeting of the Virginia Council of Churches. His address will be on Thursday, November 3 at 10:00AM in the L. Douglas Wilder Library on the campus of Virginia Union University.Dr. Edward Ayers
President and Professor of History
University of Richmond
In July 2007, Edward Ayers assumed the presidency of the University of Richmond. Previously Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia, where he began teaching in 1980, Ayers was named the National Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 2003.
An Evening with Mr. John Rollison
Jon Barton - Friday, October 21, 2011
Special Evening program with Mr. John Rollison Wednesday, November 2 at 7:30 PM in the Panther Grill, Henderson Hall, Virginia Union University. John Rollison
(1723—1780)
York County
Entrepreneur and Landowner
Born to a free mother, John Rollison (d. 1780) lived in York County and worked as a shoemaker, although he had other business concerns as well. In a time when property ownership could be tenuous for African Americans in Virginia, he owned multiple lots in Williamsburg and York County as well as material luxuries and a slave. In addition to raising his own children, Rollison was the guardian of his orphaned nephew.
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