Welcome to the Roanoke District!
Welcome to the website for the Roanoke District of The Virginia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church.
The clergy and laity of the Roanoke District are supervised by a Conference appointed District Superintendent. The Virginia Conference is composed of 16 districts serving over 1,200 local United Methodist congregations across most of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Virginia Conference Bishop: Sharma D. Lewis (on medical leave)
Interim Bishop: Peter (Pete) D. Weaver (began March 2019)
District Superintendent: Kathleen Overby Webster
District Lay Leader: Gary Morris
Associate District Lay Leaders: Shirley Brown and Denise Pappas
Roanoke District Office
Address:
4502 Starkey Road SW Suite 101
Roanoke, VA 24018-8538
Phone: 540-989-3335
Fax: 540-989-0672
E-Mail: RoanokeDistrict@vaumc.org
Office Hours
8:30 AM-4:30 PM, Monday-Friday
From the District Superintendent
Posted on 17 April, 2019 by Rev. Kathleen Overby Webster
The Quiet Center in Our Clutter
Though we were all in different locations at 6 AM, the district superintendents gathered together in spirit for a focused time of prayer on the Sunday before the April Cabinet meeting. Bishop Lewis had begun this practice in her first year as our Bishop and Bishop Weaver continued it this month. Wherever we are early on the Sunday morning before each Cabinet meeting focused on appointments, we come together in a Covenant Prayer shaped by these understandings:
- God is in control of the appointive process
- We allow the Holy Spirit to move in our discussion
- We make bold and creative appointments and think outside the box
