Children ages 5 through 5th grade are invited to room 207 after worship at 11:15am for lessons and activities.

The Didache, or The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, offers a glimpse into the faith and hope, the discipline and rituals, and the anxieties and challenges facing gentiles being trained for full, active participation in the earliest Jewish-Christian communities, 50-70 CE. Reflecting on the beliefs and practices of some of our earliest ancestors in the faith will offer us fresh perspectives as we seek to follow Christ today.

Sundays after worship at 11:15am in the Pastors' Gallery. For youth and adults.

Wear comfortable clothes for this time of guided contemplation and centering prayer for spiritual rest and renewal. Utilizing breath work and simple affirmations, this session should leave participants feeling more spiritually aware and physically relaxed.

Our session will last approximately 45 minutes. Free and open to the public.

Children ages 5 through 5th grade are invited to room 207 after worship at 11:15am for lessons and activities.

The Didache, or The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, offers a glimpse into the faith and hope, the discipline and rituals, and the anxieties and challenges facing gentiles being trained for full, active participation in the earliest Jewish-Christian communities, 50-70 CE. Reflecting on the beliefs and practices of some of our earliest ancestors in the faith will offer us fresh perspectives as we seek to follow Christ today.

Sundays after worship at 11:15am in the Pastors' Gallery. For youth and adults.

Start the new year with a new or renewed spiritual practice!

In this workshop you'll gain insights on journaling as a spiritual practice before then engaging a few brief writing prompts encouraging you to pour out your hidden heart to God. This experience should leave you feeling more self-aware and spiritually present.

Bring your favorite writing tools, e.g. journal, paper, pen, laptop, etc.

The Didache, or The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, offers a glimpse into the faith and hope, the discipline and rituals, and the anxieties and challenges facing gentiles being trained for full, active participation in the earliest Jewish-Christian communities, 50-70 CE. Reflecting on the beliefs and practices of some of our earliest ancestors in the faith will offer us fresh perspectives as we seek to follow Christ today.

Sundays after worship at 11:15am in the Pastors' Gallery. For youth and adults.

Children ages 5 through 5th grade are invited to room 207 after worship at 11:15am for lessons and activities.

Pandemics and war, social turmoil and corrupt governments, natural disasters and environmental collapse--it's hard not to watch the signs of the times and feel afraid. But we can journey through that fear to find hope. With the warnings of a prophet and the lively voice of a storyteller, Choctaw elder, Episcopal Bishop, and theologian Steven Charleston speaks to all who sense apocalyptic dread rising around and within.

We'll continue this discussion with chapter 3, "Tenskwatawa: The House of the Stranger."

Join us for a traditional Christmas Eve Candlelight Service featuring your favorite carols, the good news of Christ’s birth, and the celebration of the sacrament of communion.

An earlier service will be held at 5pm and live-streamed on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.

Join us for a traditional Christmas Eve Candlelight Service featuring your favorite carols and the good news of Christ’s birth.

An earlier service will be held at 5pm and live-streamed on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.

A second service which includes the celebration of communion will be held at 9pm.

Join us for worship on this Fourth Sunday of Advent as we celebrate the season with a Christmas pageant and carols. A reception will follow with hot chocolate and other treats!

Wear comfortable clothes for this time of guided contemplation and centering prayer for spiritual rest and renewal. Utilizing breath work and simple affirmations, this session should leave participants feeling more spiritually aware and physically relaxed.

Our session will last approximately 45 minutes. Free and open to the public.

Join us for a series of informal discussions of various letters written as acts of witness in times of crisis. In this session we’ll be discussing Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s After Ten Years.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was arrested in 1943 because of his public repudiation of the Nazis and was later linked to an attempted assassination of Hitler. He was hanged in April 1945 at Flossenbürg concentration camp. In this 1942 Christmas letter to close friends in the resistance, Bonhoeffer attempts to define the Christian faith in the face of such great evil. 1st Floor Conference Room.

A copy of the letter can be found here.

The Richmond Brass and Percussion Consort presents Holiday Favorites with featured solos by Dr. Lisa Edwards Burrs and Mark LaFratta.

The concert is free and open to the community. Attendants are invited to bring a canned good item to be donated to the Foodbank.

Tap Dancing Grannies from the Colonial Heights Senior Center present their Christmas Show from 6-6:30 in the Fellowship Hall.

A special in-person Grace Cafe meal will be served from 5-6pm in the Fellowship Hall. Menu: Ham, Hashbrown Supreme Casserole, Green Beans, Roll, Cake. Please call church office to pre-order.

Ring in the season with this program of Christmas favorites!

Join Director of Christian Formation, Charlotte Elia, to learn the history and theology of some of your favorite Christmas carols.

Sundays after worship at 11:15am in the Pastors' Gallery. For youth and adults.

Children ages 5 through 5th grade are invited to room 207 after worship at 11:15am for lessons and activities with “Apollo the Caterpillar.”

Join us for a special evening of our blissful sleep meditation using cozy music from the Minecraft gaming soundtrack.

Wear comfortable clothes and bring a mat and a pillow for this time of guided contemplation and centering prayer for spiritual rest and renewal. Participants should leave feeling more spiritually aware and physically relaxed.

Our session will last approximately 45 minutes. Free and open to the public.

Join us as the music department at Chester Presbyterian takes a musical trip around the world showcasing how various nations, including ours, celebrate Christmas.

Children ages 5 through 5th grade are invited to room 207 after worship at 11:15am for lessons and activities with “Apollo the Caterpillar.”

Join Director of Christian Formation, Charlotte Elia, to learn the history and theology of some of your favorite Christmas carols.

Sundays after worship at 11:15am in the Pastors' Gallery. For youth and adults.

Wear comfortable clothes for this time of guided contemplation and centering prayer for spiritual rest and renewal. Utilizing breath work and simple affirmations, this session should leave participants feeling more spiritually aware and physically relaxed.

Our session will last approximately 45 minutes. Free and open to the public.

Regarded as one of South Africa’s most distinguished pianists, Prof. Nina Schumann from the University of Stellenbosch will present a talk and concert. Since being diagnosed with breast cancer and focal dystonia in 2012 and Parkinson’s Disease in 2018, Schumann has made it a priority to raise awareness to those who might be facing similar challenges. Completing a US tour this fall, Nina will be in the Richmond, VA area to share at this concert, both her story of challenge as well as her extraordinary musical talents.

Wear comfortable clothes for this time of guided contemplation and centering prayer for spiritual rest and renewal. Utilizing breath work and simple affirmations, this session should leave participants feeling more spiritually aware and physically relaxed.

Our session will last approximately 45 minutes. Free and open to the public.

Join us for a series of informal discussions of various letters written as acts of witness in times of crisis. In this session we’ll be discussing James Baldwin’s Letter from a Region in My Mind.

This essay from the famed novelist and social critic was originally published by The New Yorker on November 17, 1962. Here Baldwin examines the relationship of race and religion drawing on his own experiences with the Christian church and his conversations with Elijah Muhammad and others connected with the Nation of Islam. 1st Floor Conference Room.

A copy of the letter can be found here.

Come enjoy our beautiful Wyatt Chapel for this mostly silent meditation anchoring us in God's presence.

Director of Christian Formation Charlotte Elia will lead us in a simple song from the Taizé community to enter our time of silence and another song to help send us back into the world.

Participants will be seated in the pews. No mats or cushions meeded!

Children ages 5 through 5th grade are invited to room 207 after worship at 11:15am for lessons and activities with “Apollo the Caterpillar.”