Making Sense of it All: Rev. Sarah Moody Varnell Talks About the United Methodist Church
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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- <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2036-summer-apostol-lifting-up-artists"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/180,80,731,631/10324_summer.rev.1632849389.webp 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/180,80,731,631/10324_summer.rev.1632849389.jpg 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/180,80,731,631/10324_summer.rev.1632849389.jpg" alt="Summer Apostol Emory & Henry Class of 2018" width="345" height="225" data-max-w="551" data-max-h="551" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2036-summer-apostol-lifting-up-artists">Summer Apostol: Lifting Up Artists</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Summer Apostol thinks art ought to be everywhere.</span> <a href="/live/news/2036-summer-apostol-lifting-up-artists" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
- <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/1672-eamph-educators-are-helping-to-shape-virginias"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/114,0,2599,2486/9074_College_Seal.rev.1705252475.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/114,0,2599,2486/9074_College_Seal.rev.1705252475.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/114,0,2599,2486/9074_College_Seal.rev.1705252475.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/114,0,2599,2486/9074_College_Seal.rev.1705252475.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/114,0,2599,2486/9074_College_Seal.rev.1705252475.jpg" alt="" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/114,0,2599,2486/9074_College_Seal.rev.1705252475.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/114,0,2599,2486/9074_College_Seal.rev.1705252475.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2485" data-max-h="2486" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/1672-eamph-educators-are-helping-to-shape-virginias">E&H Educators Are Helping to Shape Virginia’s Education System</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> Emory & Henry has a long and impressive tradition of preparing grads to be outstanding educators, and these two stories further prove the impact of E&H teachers. <a href="/live/news/1672-eamph-educators-are-helping-to-shape-virginias" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>