Upcoming Events

Chair Dancing

September 17, 2019
10:30 am - 11:30 am

Meet others in the Merrifield community as you participate in low-impact seated exercise!

Cafe

September 22, 2019
12:15 pm

Join us for coffee, snacks, and conversation after the worship service.

World Communion Sunday

October 6, 2019
11:00 am

Your special offering will help equip gifted and qualified students from around the globe to become the world-changers God created them to be.

First Sunday in Advent

December 1, 2019
11:00 am

We will kick off Advent with the lighting of the hope candle.

Church News

Welcome, Dr. Don!

We are happy to welcome our new pastor Dr. Don Ferris-McCann and his wife Dr. Lisa Ferris-McCann to our midst as we serve the Lord in our community and our world. We look forward to being in ministry together.

Ruth’s Farewell Letter

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1

Annual Conference Livestream

The Virginia United Methodist Conference is taking place in Roanoke today through Saturday. The theme this year is Moving Forward in God’s Mission based on Matthew 28:18-20. Bruen Chapel’s Harry Elanko will be our lay delegate and our outgoing and incoming pastors will be there as well. Please pray for both lay and clergy delegates […]

Trinity Sunday

It was great to have Rosemary Welch with us today to preach on the trinity, one of the more complex and mysterious aspects of the Christian faith. What does “God in three persons, blessed trinity” mean to you and your faith? How do you understand this? Here is a meditation by the Rev. Dr. Safiyah […]

Ruth’s Pentecost/Korean BBQ Send Off

Thanks to everyone who came out on Sunday to send Pastor Ruth Burgess off to retirement in style. It was a great time to celebrate the birth of the church and the retirement of a faithful servant of the Lord who we have been blessed to called pastor for 11 years. Check out the pictures […]