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Sundays 9:00 & 11:00 · 14 Chapel Lane, Meridian Hill
What to expect
An unhurried hour,
start to finish
Old buildings can feel like they come with rules. Ours come to this: sit anywhere, sing if you like, and let us worry about the rest. Here's the whole morning.
Arrive when you can
Doors open thirty minutes early. A greeter at the red door will hand you everything you need — one sheet of paper, no apps.
Wear whatever you own
You'll see suits next to hiking boots in the same pew. The stone has seen a hundred and fifty years of fashion; nothing surprises it.
Worship, about 75 minutes
Songs, scripture, a short sermon, and communion. Everything is printed and announced — you will never be the only one sitting or standing.
Stay for coffee — or don't
Coffee and something baked in the parish hall afterward. Nobody will corner you, ask you to stand up, or put you on a mailing list.
Service times
Choose your hour
Sunday · traditional
9:00 am
Choir, organ, candles, quiet. The service our great-grandparents would recognize. Nursery available; no kids' church at this hour.
Sunday · with kids' church
11:00 am
Same liturgy, modern music, full children's program from nursery to grade 5. The best hour for first-time families.
Wednesday · compline
7:00 pm
Twenty minutes of sung night prayer by candlelight. Come straight from work; leave in a different frame of mind.
Finding us
On the hill,
behind the oaks
Look for the bell tower above the treeline — the red door at the top of the gravel path is the one you want.
14 Chapel Lane, Meridian Hill
- By car
- Free lot off Chapel Lane (60 spaces) plus street parking on Garrison Row. Accessible spaces sit beside the ramped south entrance.
- By transit
- The 4 and 11 buses stop at Meridian Green, a two-minute level walk. Sunday service every 15 minutes.
- Accessibility
- Step-free entry via the south door, a lift to the parish hall, hearing loop in the nave, large-print orders of service at the welcome table.
Kids & nursery
Small people,
big welcome
Wiggly kids are a sign of a living parish — nobody will shush yours. If they'd enjoy their own space, here's how Sunday works for them at the 11:00 service:
Nursery · birth to 3
Staffed by background-checked volunteers, two per room, every service. Pager system so you're one buzz away.
Kids' church · age 4 to grade 5
Children start in the service with you, then follow the banner out after the second song — stories, craft, and a snack until communion.
Check-in · five minutes
First visit? Arrive ten minutes early and Rev. Ruth's team will walk you through it. Name tags for kids, matching tag for you.
Say hello first
Questions before Sunday?
Write to us and a real person — usually Rev. Ruth — will reply within a day or two. No newsletter ambush, promise.
Received, with thanks.
Someone will write back within a couple of days. In the meantime — the red door opens Sunday at 8:30.