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Please plan to join us as we witness through Christ; welcome everyone through the Holy Spirit; worship with joy; and work with God to meet the needs of our community.

Our Newsletters and Livestreamed Sunday Worship Services are available on this website. Here you will find information concerning our church and its ministries. We hope you find your time spent here a blessing. Our church is a warm and loving church, and we want you to feel comfortable and at liberty to call on us for anything you need. Feel free to browse through the various areas of our website and learn about our fellowship. Be sure to check out our photos that are representative of our community involvement.

God's blessings.

REGULAR SCHEDULE

8:30am - Sunday School

9:30am - Worship with Holy Communion

Office Hours

Mon-Wed. 9pm-2pm or by appt.

Announcements

  • Allow me to introduce Pastor John Connolly

     

    Pastor John is a US Navy Chaplain and Minister of Word and Sacrament in the N.C. Synod of the ELCA.  The Piedmont of North Carolina is home to him, growing up in Gastonia through his school years and spending much of his childhood on his grandparents farm in Taylorsville, NC.  After enlisting in the Navy, he attended UNC Charlotte and earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.  He worked for the next 15 years as an engineer in Mooresville and Charlotte before responding to God's call to pursue ordained ministry.  Following seminary, he returned to the Navy following in his father's footsteps as a Chaplain where he served with both the US Navy and USMC units.  He currently serves in Norfolk, VA, at Navy Warfare Development Center writing, editing, and managing religious ministry related doctrine on behalf of the US Navy Chaplain Corps.  He also frequently serves as a supply pastor for congregations in Virginia and North Carolina.  Pastor Connolly is the author of several books:

    The Liturgy of Pastoral Care,

    My Grandfather's Watch, and 

    Rolling Holy-The Cyclist's Prayer Book.

    He is married to Emma, who he met at UNCC.  They have one daughter, Maggie, a junior at Virginia Tech.  Pastor John will be leading our Worship Services and Shepherding us as of October 5, 2025.  He has traveled the world and wants to live in "God's Country". (his words).

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