Early Church

10/12/2025

Worshipping in the woods this weekend! You can join us for the Sunday service this morning at Brethren Woods - hope to see you there!

(don't go to our normal meeting spot at the UC - no one will be there!)

12/16/2024

Early Church Service Time Change! Beginning in Advent 2024, Fellowship 9am & Worship 10am. Join us!

06/17/2020

If you haven't registered for this event yet, there's still time!

What a gift to be partnering with such terrific churches for this Friday! God is up to something.
If you'd like to join us, you can register here:
https://inthecoracle.z2systems.com/np/clients/inthecoracle/event.jsp?event=175
Church of the Advent, Washington, DC, Bethany Community Church, The District Church, Ikon Community Church, Early Church, The Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church (PABC), Restoration Anglican Church, Sowebo Community Church

06/04/2020

11:30 Central Time is 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time...so this event is happening in about 30 minutes!

"We need to engage in more costly peacemaking,
rooted in radical discipleship,
which seeks to dismantle systems of oppression."
-Glen Guyton

Glen Guyton, executive director of Mennonite Church USA, will be sharing a message on racism and injustice during a livestream today, June 4, on MC USA's page. Join Glen for this call to the church to .

Sorry again for the inconvenience today! Hope to see you tomorrow.

06/04/2020

As we have witnessed the recent and persistent violence upon black bodies, we are offering this collection of laments that come from many voices across MC USA. They are written by pastors, leaders, lay people, students — people from different races, cultures, languages.

We invite you to pray and lament along with them, hoping you will find the words you need to pray deeply in this time.

http://mennoniteusa.org/menno-snapshots/lament-violence-of-racism/

06/04/2020

“We urge you to act now. We need to engage in more costly peacemaking, rooted in radical discipleship, which seeks to dismantle the systems of oppression.”

Read Executive Director Glen Guyton’s open letter to the people of Mennonite Church USA: http://mennoniteusa.org/menno-snapshots/more-costly-peacemaking/

06/04/2020

I'll share a few posts from the MCUSA page in case anyone hasn't had a chance to connect with them yet.

"May we continue to pray for, seek out and lend our voices and bodies to God’s healing, justice and peace."

Read Mennonite Church USA's full statement on racial injustice here: http://mennoniteusa.org/news/mc_usa-statement-on-racial-injustice/

04/17/2020

Thanks for visiting! Check us out at earlychurchva.org instead!

03/22/2019

Video for Lent Week 3 - Becoming Weaker - Jean Vanier

Jean Vanier is often referred to as a living saint. His life work, building Christian community among the physically and mental disadvantaged, has inspired a generation of Jesus followers to re-evaluate how we think of worth and power. What does it mean to us that our Lord, not able to carry his own cross, looked to Simon for help?

Station IV from The Way of the Heart series.