05/19/2026
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ.
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ก, ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ก.
Founded in 1881 by Black residents in the years after emancipation, Haden Chapel was built by people seeking a place to worship freely and build community through faith. Today, it remains deeply connected to descendant families, former attendees, and community members whose roots, memories, and ancestors are tied to this sacred place.
The church cemetery contains marked graves and likely unmarked graves of generations who helped shape this community. Family members, local supporters, and Ministers Kristel Harris and George Gorman are working together to preserve Haden Chapelโs history and reopen the church as an independent community church rooted in the Black church tradition and open to all.
We ask churches, clergy, organizations, historians, and community members to help preserve this important piece of Fluvanna County history by writing letters of support.
Please send letters to:
Pastor George Gorman [email protected]
AND
Minister Kristel Harris [email protected]
Historic places matter most when they remain connected to the communities that built them.
Thank you for your support!
