We are an engaging mix of personalities, interests, backgrounds, and abilities, forming a dynamic and welcoming community. We are a people of good humor, quick to laugh and eager to recognize in each other the presence of God in our midst. We like each other and enjoy our time together in worship, service, and play. We value the significant diversity of opinions present within what is, on the surface, a rather homogeneous group.

We are a community centered in worship, at home with the resonant liturgies of the Book of Common Prayer through which we confess our love of God and our commitment to follow the call of Christ. We dress our worship in wondrous flowers and great music, and we value preaching that is energetic, spiritually and intellectually challenging, and rooted in scripture, tradition, and reason.

We are a University parish, eager to minister to and be energized by the students and strengthened by the presence among us of gifted faculty, staff, and administrators.

We are an integral part of the Charlottesville community, concerned with and responsive to the needs of our fellow citizens.

We are a progressive church, committed to social justice, locally and globally.

We are an inclusive church, embracing God’s people regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socio-economic level, physical or mental ability.

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