Media Archives - Virginia Mennonite Missions

Finding Hope This Christmas

VMMissions President Aaron Kauffman shares a story he is carrying this Christmas: how a man in Germany named Matthias came to have hope in Jesus through the ministry of VMMissions worker David Stutzman in Mannheim, and how he is working to share that hope with others.

WATCH: Merry Christmas From VMMissions

President Aaron Kauffman brings Christmas greetings and gives a few recent highlights from the ministries of VMMissions.

Watch: A Church of Many Cultures Celebration Service

Watch the Church of Many Cultures Celebration as VMMissions celebrated nearing the end of a campaign raising $3 million for new initiatives through a service of worship and commissioning new workers. The service was held as part of Virginia Mennonite Conference Assembly at Zion Mennonite Church, Broadway, Va.

VMMissions Blesses 130 Families through Relief Effort

In March 2020, VMMissions launched the Coronavirus Immigrant Care Fund as a domestic response to immigrants in need due to job loss and other hardships related to the coronavirus pandemic. Staff person Lizzette Hernandez led a distribution committee that fielded requests, verified needs, and made distributions. All told, VMMissions distributed $38,940 to 130 families in Virginia and North Carolina.

Joy and Mourning

Growing up as a TCK, I experienced a lot of opposites. I was always overjoyed to come to the States for the summer, but at the same time I would start feeling homesick for the places and people I had left behind. The window is symbolic of all the windows into the lives of the people around me that were opened to me because of my TCK experience.

Catching the Wind of the Spirit: VMMissions Celebrates 100 Years

Hundreds gathered to celebrate the centennial year of Virginia Mennonite Missions. Leaders from partner church conferences in Italy, Jamaica, and Trinidad were featured guests at events that included a reunion brunch for present and former workers, staff, and board members, a banquet to honor financial and prayer partners, an evening worship service, and a Sunday afternoon a cappella concert.

Oksana Kittrell is greeted and receives a gift from Aaron Kauffman

Sowing and harvesting: VMMissions kicks off centennial celebration at special service

On Thursday, July 18, 2019, a crowd of over 450 gathered at Lindale Mennonite Church to kick off a series of events celebrating the 100-year history of Virginia Mennonite Missions (VMMissions). The evening’s theme was “cultivating good soil,” based on Jesus’ parable in Mark 4:1-9.