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 Valley Ridge District of the Virginia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church

The Valley Ridge District connects members of 118 United Methodist Churches in Alleghany, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Highland, Montgomery, Roanoke, Rockbridge, and Rockingham Counties and the cities and towns of Buena Vista, Clifton Forge, Covington, Lexington, Roanoke, Salem, Staunton, and Waynesboro with the Virginia Annual Conference, the United Methodist Church, and the World in ministry to others on behalf of Christ.  At our best, we are the spirit-filled, resilient, connected, missional, faithful, diverse, deeply rooted, committed, disciple-making, Jesus-seeking, generous, justice-seeking, world-changing people of God called The United Methodist Church.

The clergy and laity of the Valley Ridge District are supervised by a Conference-appointed District Superintendent. The Virginia Conference comprises eight districts serving over 875 local United Methodist congregations across most of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Virginia Conference Bishop:  Sue Haupert-Johnson

District Superintendent:  J. Douglas Forrester

Fishersville Office

Address: 26 Orr Drive, Fishersville, VA 22939

Phone: 540-932-1055 

Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM and Friday 7:30 - noon

Roanoke Office

Address: 402 Second Street, SW, Roanoke, VA 24011

Phone: 540-989-3335 

Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 8:00 AM- 5:00 PM - Thursday 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM 

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From the District Office

Don't Dream It's Over

Posted: 2 December, 2024 by Doug Forrester

The Sermon for the Valley Ridge District Conference 

Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, I lived within a certain set of assumptions, ones that were rarely, if ever questioned, explored, or critiqued. They just were. These assumptions were taught to me in school and reinforced at home, or taught to me at home and reinforced at school, and the children and youth of my generation were expected to consistently abide by them. These assumptions included things such as being told at the dinner table that when I said I was full, I must at least finish the meat on my plate. When I competed in little league baseball and was standing in the batter's box, a pitch was a strike if umpire said so, regardless of how obviously low and outside it was.