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Making Sense of it All: Rev. Sarah Moody Varnell Talks About the United Methodist Church

Posted by Billy Chandler

The United Methodist Church has been in the news recently.

Members are at odds over governing doctrine regarding the LGBTQ community, and recently headlines told the story that more than 250 churches left the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Emory & Henry is one of two colleges associated with the Holston Conference.)

Rev. Sarah Moody Varnell admits that the story has had some twists and turns that no one saw coming, and the issues have still not been entirely sorted out. But she is hopeful that, in the end, the teachings of Christ will inform all decisions. “For Jesus, no people are ‘issues.’ All people are God’s people.”

To have a better understanding of the issue, take a moment to listen to an interview with Sarah on the Duck Pond Wall.

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Rev. Sarah Moody Varnell
E&H Class of 2005

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  • <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/1369-got-a-minute-catch-up-with-veteran-teacher-mary"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,222,1788,2011/8545_image0000001.rev.1600188531.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,222,1788,2011/8545_image0000001.rev.1600188531.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,222,1788,2011/8545_image0000001.rev.1600188531.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,222,1788,2011/8545_image0000001.rev.1600188531.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,222,1788,2011/8545_image0000001.rev.1600188531.jpg" alt="Mary Lampkins, E&H Class of 1988." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,222,1788,2011/8545_image0000001.rev.1600188531.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,222,1788,2011/8545_image0000001.rev.1600188531.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1788" data-max-h="1789" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/1369-got-a-minute-catch-up-with-veteran-teacher-mary">Got a Minute? Catch up with veteran teacher Mary Lampkins (’88)</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> Mary Lampkins (E&H ’88) says her older siblings had to endure her “playing teacher” when she lined them up for pretend school as early as when she was five years old. But she has used an impressive career in education to prove that she wasn’t just playing. And in 2020, Mary retired after 32 years of teaching in the Washington County, Virginia, school system. <a href="/live/news/1369-got-a-minute-catch-up-with-veteran-teacher-mary" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
  • <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/1348-got-a-new-york-minute-find-out-what-matt-whitenack"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,635,635/8472_StatenIslandHeaadshot_3.rev.1598281525.webp 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,635,635/8472_StatenIslandHeaadshot_3.rev.1598281525.jpg 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,635,635/8472_StatenIslandHeaadshot_3.rev.1598281525.jpg" alt="Matt Whitenack, E&H '96, on the Staten Island Ferry." width="345" height="225" data-max-w="635" data-max-h="635" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/1348-got-a-new-york-minute-find-out-what-matt-whitenack">Got a New York Minute? Find out what Matt Whitenack is doing in the Big Apple.</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> Matt (E&H ’96) is a travel advisor in New York City…and he’s finding ways for us to travel virtually during the pandemic! <a href="/live/news/1348-got-a-new-york-minute-find-out-what-matt-whitenack" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>