Church Office hours:
Mon-Thur 9:00am to 1:00pm
Friday 9:00am to 12:00 noon
Phone: 703.339.5382
The Church office is closed Friday May 7th
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Due to COVID-19
The church building is closed
for in-person worship services and meetings
until further notice.
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Please Checkout our May 5th Weekly News Letter
Updated May 5th
NOTICE: VDOT has closed Old Colchester Road at the bridge until further notice.
The weekend of April 17th, the youth group had a bonfire, the group was small but mighty and hot dogs, chips, s’mores and chocolate filled marshmallows were consumed in big quantities! A little bit of soccer was played and just being together was awesome! We are planning to do this once a month.
Sunday School
Please join us in our virtual Sunday School for ALL AGES.
If you need a WebEx invite for Sunday School let the church office know.
Our Lenten Sunday school study encourages us to make a prayer space to be away from the distractions of life and spend quiet time with our Lord every day. See Verna Viereck's prayer space. Note the Prayer Space sign (beautifully colored!), her Bible, church bank, and flowers on the dresser, all in a bright and sunny room. What a wonderful spot to pray! Thank you, Verna, for sharing this with us. We’d love to have more of you join us Sunday mornings at 10. You can pick up your Lenten kits at church and join us via WebEx for Sunday school. Be sure we have your email address to send you the invite. Even if you don’t participate in Sunday school, the Lenten devotions can be used privately with your own family. Keep praying, everyone!”
Verna Viereck‘s prayer space
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Parable of the Long Spoons
One day a man said to God, “God, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.” God showed the man two doors. Inside the first one, in the middle of the room, was a large round table with a large pot of vegetable stew. It smelled delicious and made the man’s mouth water, but the people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with long handles and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful, but because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths. The man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. God said, “You have seen Hell.” Behind the second door, the room appeared exactly the same. There was a large round table with the large pot of wonderful vegetable stew that made the man’s mouth water. The people had the same long-handled spoons, but they were well nourished and plumb, laughing and talking. The man said, “I don’t understand.” God smiled. “It is simple,” he said, “Love.” These people learned early on to share and feed one another, while the greedy only think of themselves.
One day a man said to God, “God, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.” God showed the man two doors. Inside the first one, in the middle of the room, was a large round table with a large pot of vegetable stew. It smelled delicious and made the man’s mouth water, but the people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with long handles and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful, but because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths. The man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. God said, “You have seen Hell.” Behind the second door, the room appeared exactly the same. There was a large round table with the large pot of wonderful vegetable stew that made the man’s mouth water. The people had the same long-handled spoons, but they were well nourished and plumb, laughing and talking. The man said, “I don’t understand.” God smiled. “It is simple,” he said, “Love.” These people learned early on to share and feed one another, while the greedy only think of themselves.
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