Playgrounds provide a place for children and families to come together. While kids build their physical and social skills, their adults forge relationships. With funding help from the Small Church Ministry, two congregations revitalized their church playgrounds, creating welcome spaces for the community to reconnect after the distance caused by COVID-19. In late 2018, the
After several years without vacation Bible school, the Christian education committee at Culpeper Church decided to re-evaluate the traditional weeklong event and launched something new for 2021. Once a month, the church holds Sonrise Saturdays, a morning program with music, Bible stories, activities, and games. Each month has a different theme. In June, two puzzle
The small church ministry task force invites you to participate in the seminar “Hybrid Worship that Won’t Break You or the Bank” led by Steve Martin of the Lakelands Institute. This 60-minute Zoom seminar will help you navigate the difficulties of maintaining your worship reach with both those who come in person and those who
UKirk at University of Virginia UKirk at University of Virginia seeks to support students in their journeys of faith through an inclusive campus ministry and as a welcoming church community away from home. Sponsored by Westminster Church in Charlottesville, UKirk at UVA encourages students to join for worship Sundays at 11 a.m., followed by a
In July and August, following the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, more than 124,000 Afghan refugees were evacuated to the United States. Through Operation Allies Refuge, the U.S. military is coordinating care until the refugees can be resettled into more permanent accommodations. Government agencies, non-profit organizations, and faith communities also are coming to the
Dr. Deborah Rexrode, who served as associate for stewardship for six years, has accepted a new position. She started this week as director of development for the Keswick School east of Charlottesville. We will miss her generous, wise, faithful, and loving service to Christ and the Church in the presbytery and beyond. Please be in
Trinity Ghanaian Presbyterian Fellowship has organized as Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church, after 12 years as a worshiping community. The process was approved October 16 at the 109th presbytery meeting, with some of the church’s 40 members participating. Holy Trinity Church members gathered in 2017 for an outdoor worship at Camp Hanover. “We thank the leadership
Rev. Jess Cook has begun serving as the presbytery’s interim associate for youth ministry. Cook, who has more than a decade of experience working with youth in a variety of contexts, loves people, liturgy that means something, and spaces that invite us to bring our whole selves, whoever we are and wherever we come from.
Is your church active in earth care or interested in becoming more involved in being stewards of God’s earth? Become certified as a PC(USA) Earth Care Congregation by taking the “Earth Care Pledge.” Check off activities and projects in the fields of worship, education, facilities, and outreach that you’re already doing. Then submit your application
Two local congregations, from different denominations, now have one address in the Northern Neck of Virginia. Campbell Memorial Presbyterian Church and Living Water Lutheran Church have begun a partnership that allows the Lutheran congregation to use space in and operate from the Presbyterian facility. The Lutheran congregation is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in