Dialogue

I enjoyed visiting the beautiful, historic Park Place United Methodist Church on 34th Street in Norfolk. Once the largest UMC in Virginia, the Church closed this summer due to low membership and now is the home of a wide variety of not-for-profit organizations. Pictured with Dr. Craig Wansink, VWC Professor of Religious Studies and the Joan P. and Macon F. Brock, Jr. Director of the Center for the Study of Religious Freedom and Chair of the Religious Studies Department; Rev. Greg West, VWC Chaplain; Brian Bean, Chairman of the Leadership Prayer Luncheon and leader of the UMC movement to continue the facility; and Denise Wilkinson, Professor of Mathematics, Associate Dean for Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning.