This is one of the satellite campuses for the Mclean Bible church in Tyson's. It is a very diverse…read morechurch good for all ages and ethnicities. It has lots of ways to get involved by groups,community service, etc. The campus pastor here in Rockville is great, really enthusiastic about the word of God. Also amazing campus band. Definitely check this place out!

Pastor Mike Kelsey is the best. I really like his teaching style. Really passionate for the Lord…read more Fantastic worship team. Love how the church focuses so much on helping out those in the community. Very dedicated to serving the "least of these".

This is church is so warm and friendly. Rev. Ryan Phipps is an amazing minister. His sermons are…read morerelevant, bible based and great for kids and adults alike. The table time is a wonderful reminder and time for service. We feel at home in this church. Very diverse and welcoming for everyone! Please visit!

I wish this church focused more on the Bible. The music is…read moregreat and people are nice, but I don't really agree with the messages I have heard or read from their main pastor. The messages often are more focused on life and less on what the Bible teaches us. This church does what they can to take the Bible and society and bend the Bible a little to make society feel more comfortable. I believe you have to be careful when compromising the Bible's message and using verses out of context. We are warned about this in the Bible. if the beach is the Bible, the tide is society, and the church is the person in the water then this church has been swept away from the Bible as their context towards righteousness and has lost their way a little. Churches need to make the Bible their guide not what feels right. This church wants everyone to just be happy, and they do a disservice by compromising the message of the Bible to try to make it what people want to hear. They use a lot of emotion, but you should never have to compromise the Bible to meet societies desires. I think they are great people, but they have let politics come into their message too much, and I wonder if their focus is more towards politics than equipping members to have a deeper relationship with Christ through his message. I wish them the best, and I hope the new pastor the best. There are some other great alternatives around that are more upbeat and modern, but they maintain their commitment to the Bible a little better.

Deacon Bill Vita was in charge of our RCIA and he led our group in a way that infused knowledge,…read morehumor and accessibility to those venturing into new spiritual domains. Monsignor Mark Brennan was a pillar in our community and made confessions and church sermons meaningful and engaging. They have so many services for the least amongst us. They used to run an ex Ellen's soup kitchen 6 days a week, which closed during CoVID. They still offer the food pantry every Monday. Bingo on Fridays. Multiple English , French and Spanish services.

Visited this Church for the first Mass of Fr. Mario Majano. St. Martin's parish has a vibrant…read morecommunity with a happy Spanish mix of parishioners, also. They have a nice school. Thank you for celebrating a joyful Mass!

We attended several other area churches before choosing Sugarloaf finding them to be more welcoming…read moreand friendly. The wide topic of sermons range from theology and philosophy to relevant history; I find them completely fascinating and broadening to my world view. Being raised Protestant and reciting a list of what was supposed to believe every Sunday always bothered me, even as a child. It's liberating to be with others that refuse to believe that any one religion has a monopoly on the truth.

This is a welcoming congregation for introverts! At other congregations, a shy person could attend…read moreservice and sneak out the back. At SCUU, everyone wants to get to know you and see you again soon. They really put the community in "spiritual community!"

If you're looking for a friendly, welcoming church that is bible based, you have found it! Rock…read morecreek is filled with wonderful people and Godly teaching. Jeff is a fantastic preacher and teacher, and is focused on reaching people for Christ where they are. Come check us out!

Great church, teaches the truth straight from the book. Very welcoming and friendly people will…read moresoon become your family.

I first was introduced to this center when I visited Washington DC for a conference. The late…read moreminister of the Vedanta Society of Hollywood was a family friend and recommended this place to me. I was rather impressed with the area. When I later moved to the DC area, I frequented there often when there was a function or visiting minister. I wish I had been there for the visiting minister from Russia! This place is rather cliquey, but has the spirit of service. They also have a nice youth group, and several volunteer activities. I will say this Vedanta Center has a nice parking lot, which is more than I can say for some of the Vedanta Center in the US.

I went to nursery school and Hebrew school at Har Shalom. I was Bar Mitzvahed here…read more I love our building. It is truly beautiful. Our sanctuaries and social hall are amazing. Our community has always been a very welcoming place. One Yelper Ana wrote about concerns about Rabbi Raskin. I share her concerns. The Rabi does not like to meet with people regardless of whether or not they're of his faith. I was in an awful car accident, through the fault of another driver, and am truly blessed to be alive, The Rabbi did not return my calls and would not meet with me in my home as I recovered despite my attempts to contact him. He finally called when I left a message for somebody else telling them how disappointed I was. The rabbi still would not meet with me despite my home being less than a mile from our synagogue and walkable for any healthy person. This was well before Corona. Months later, it is easily walkable for me. Why would I want to meet with such a clergyman? I saw an Orthodox Jew wearing a Yamika on the street and he gladly said the Mishaberach with me, when my Rabbi would not. I hope this review motivates the Rabbi to change the way he does his job for the good of our synagogue community.

Our family has had such an overwhelmingly positive experience at the Sherman Early Childhood Center…read moreand Congregation Har Shalom over the past few years. We feel so very fortunate to have found this beautiful place and could not recommend this unique community more highly to other families. The Sherman ECC at Har Shalom: We did a lot of research into the various preschool options in the Potomac-Rockville-Bethesda area before we found the Sherman ECC. This preschool is a magical place, a life-changing experience for your family and your child. We feel such an overwhelming amount of gratitude to the extraordinary teachers at the Sherman ECC for their dedication to our children. Beth Hoch is the Director of the Sherman ECC and she is simply spectacular. Beth has a genuine gift for educating young children and interacting with families. We interviewed dozens of preschool directors when we were researching the preschools in the area, and Beth truly stood out as someone inherently gifted in her role as Director of the ECC. Congregation Har Shalom: After joining the Sherman ECC, we started attending community events and prayer services at the Har Shalom synagogue. We had the same fabulous experience at the synagogue. Rabbi Adam Raskin fosters a true sense of community and friendship throughout the synagogue and his sermons are genuinely interesting and accessible to people at all levels of religious observance. He is also very approachable: the kids run up to him during services for a chocolate or many chocolates, he walks around shaking hands with congregants, and he also visits with everyone individually after prayer services. The prayer services and other community events are often also led by Cantor Henrique Ozur Bass, another spectacular member of the Har Shalom clergy. Cantor Ozur Bass is extremely approachable, supportive, kind, friendly and funny. It has been such an absolute pleasure to participate in his prayer services over the past few years. He leads the children in singing Jewish songs and melodies every Friday morning, and we used to love attending as a family before COVID. Rabbi Rachel Simmons recently joined the synagogue and has done a nice job with holding events that young families can attend, from rockin' Shabbat to ice cream socials to Yoga Shabbat.

This review is about the classes at Jewish ROC, not about services. I haven't attended any…read morereligious services here. I went here because there was an ad in the Post for Kabbalah classes. I took a Kabbalah 101 seminar that was fascinating. This is not Madonna's Kabbalah. It was a 6 hour seminar on a Sunday. I am Jewish, and it is important to me that this class is taught by a rabbi. There were people in the class who are not Jewish, and it is not necessary to be a Jew to take the class. Rabbi Benamou has an amazing intellect and teaches the history with dates and names, never looking at a note. He is passionate about the history of the transmission of the Torah to the Jews, as well as the significance of the Oral law and how it was passed through generations. I could go on about the rest of the teaching, but the most important thing is, that if you are curious about Kabbalah regarding death, reincarnation, resurrection, heaven, hell.....etc., these questions get quite specifically answered. I went on to take the Kabbalah 102 class. It was the first time the Rabbi presented 102 as a seminar. We got carried away with the prophets and sages, and had to come back a second time to finish the seminar. I didn't mind and I'm still impressed enough to consider taking other classes.

Rabbi Benamou is an amazing Rabbi who relates in a meaningful way to Reformed and unaffiliated…read moreJewish people in all stages of personal growth. His Kabbalah classes are life changing. He started studying Kabbalah when he was 8 years old In Israel. His wife Ruthie also teaches Hebrew in a way that even I could understand. I feel like family when I go to Friday night dinner and Shabbos lunch that he has every week and is open and free to all. I have made many friends as well because they made me feel so welcome even though I didn't know anyone when I started attending classes and when I have the opportunity to go on Shabbos or holidays. Five amazing stars!