While it is true that we should always be thankful to God for our many blessings, gratitude is a particular emphasis at this time of year. Why is an attitude of gratitude so important?

We are putting together some choir pieces and breaking out the bells. Come play!

God is with us through every transition and wants us to grow in our understanding.

We are happy to welcome our new pastor Dr. Don Ferris-McCann and his wife Dr. Lisa Ferris-McCann and look forward to being in ministry together.

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Thanks to John F. Holman of Silver Spring, MD, we have a beautiful Little Library Box set up right outside our main church doors. Finished with a good book? Bring a copy to share with the neighborhood. Or pick a new book to read just in time for summer. We look forward to enjoying this […]

Earth Day was Monday the 22nd, but this special day has gotten less attention than usual thanks to Easter being so late this year. But taking care of the earth is important and Biblical. Over the course of Lent, a small group of us studied and discussed Psalms after church. In one of our sessions […]