Visited when I was here on my trip Music is quite loud if…read moresitting in the front But the message was sooo good really enjoyed the messages yesterday Staff were super nice and friendly so nice to see so many young people gathered together Great book selection got one book each

Best church ever! Best church ever! From the moment I walked in, I felt incredibly welcomed and…read morepart of an amazing community. The worship is powerful and full of energy, and you can truly feel the presence of the Holy Spirit throughout the service. The pastor delivers inspiring, Christ-centered messages that speak directly to your heart. Everyone--from the greeters to the volunteers--radiates warmth and joy. Passion City Church DC is more than a church; it's a family. I'm so grateful to have found this place!

I think I have to attend a mass here to better appreciate what this church has to offer, but what I…read moredo love about it is the variety of masses here that reflect the cultural community that it finds himself in. I mean, check out this mass schedule: Spanish: Sat 6pm Sun 8am/10:30am/12pm/6pm Vietnamese: Sun 3pm English: Sat 4pm, Sun 10am Haitian: Sun 4:15pm Four languages in one place? Awesome. This definitely makes up for the fact that the church was a bit dimmer with lighting than my preference. Anyhow, I'll be coming back sometime to attend the mass!

I am not Catholic, but I attend Sacred Heart with my Catholic husband and I really like it. The…read morechurch reflects the Columbia Heights neighborhood with a very diverse group of people. The church itself is beautiful (but badly in need of fixing up) and the music is always very nice. Mass Schedule: Saturday: 4 p.m., 6 p.m. (Spanish) Sunday: 8 a.m. (Spanish), 10 a.m., Noon (Spanish), 3 p.m. (Vietnamese), 4:15 p.m. (French and Haitian Creole), 6 p.m. (Spanish) Weekdays: Monday-Friday 7 a.m., 6:45 p.m. (Spanish), Saturday 8 a.m. Holy Days: Vigil 7 p.m. (Spanish), 7 a.m., 11 a.m., 6:45 p.m. (Spanish)

This is a great little church! The worship service opens up with beautiful singing of church songs…read moreand it really seems that everyone is singing. Then there are various parts of the service, such as a formal welcome and prayer, which are performed by various lay members of the church. Finally there is a dynamic preacher who will share partly about his own experiences and who will even read verses directly from the bible that relate to his sharing. Currently, this church is renting out the SDA building on Chesapeake St. in NW DC. Visitors from all backgrounds are welcome every Sunday at 10am.

This Church believes in Jesus and the brothers/sisters lives to demonstrate they love to all people…read more- I'm inspired. Nina

My mom has been attending this church since she was a little girl, my parents were married here,…read moreand I was baptized here so I have been attending this church all of my life (30+ years). Immaculate is a small Catholic church located in the Shaw neighborhood of DC. The metro is located steps away from our door. The only issue is that the parking can be problematic when the Convention is having an event.

Beautiful historic church in Washington DC. The staff was very friendly and helpful, and I love the…read morehistory of the church as well.

This appears to be a healthy parish with a lot of inclusiveness, a very rare find in DC. Sometimes…read moreyou can go to church for decades and still find the same variety of single, snobby, stiff-necked, toxic narcissists who are intent on ruining your participation. Not here. The music and liturgy can be said to be tailored for people of color, but really it is for everyone. The issues are relevant from yesterday to today and there are numerous support groups for those who would like to get to know more folk. It is at least as friendly as another non-Catholic church that I have visited and was so surprised at the nonpretentiousness. When the atmosphere allows different groups to help with worshiping such as at the Children's Mass Service, it really expands one's awareness of how committed the parents and community can be, which in turn helps deepen one's faith and love in community. If you are very poor and shy there is also the evening mass which is broadcast online, which is also another ample demonstration of local talent by nonmarginalized women of color. As one person stated, it is the only church where I remember getting more hugs and handshakes than anywhere else. Kudos to the church and all the parishioners who create a hidden gem out of DC. One star deducted for insurance: anytime I post something as terrific, especially in DC, some field operatives might be sent to sow dissent.

A decidedly black Catholic parish with a social justice charism. The saturday vigil liturgy was…read moreinitimate with a dozen attendees. The church has some beautiful stained glass windows and a striking wooden baldiccino

This is a really small church (200 people) in a really big space (seats 2000). The sermon today was…read moreamazing. Pastor Kasey Jones was inspired and inspiring. With such a small congregation you wouldn't expect the very high caliber of music that was provided. Although this is a very old African-American church, they welcome all comers. Parishioners come from all walks of life - young and old from all ethnic origins can hear great advice about how to best get along in life. The message applies to us all... But again, did I mention how phenomenal the music and the pastor are here?? This might be the best show in town, and you come out of it a better person having participated in it. Whatever led me here today, I'm glad it did. I'll be back. PS: Keeping it real, what led me was the fact that I realized I was walking by a lot of churches to go to church. So I decided to keep my walk short. Church #1 had it's gates closed and I couldn't figure out how to get in. Church #2 was Unitarian. Mom's Unitarian. That's not a Christian church. This was church #3, and their door was open. Now I usually go to a 5pm service downtown as I hate mornings, but today Ray Lewis is in a playoff game at 3, so schedules needed to be adjusted. The point is that this is a great church that just might get me up in the mornings on Sundays. Bible study's at 9:45 in Werner Hall, and the service starts at 11.

Great choir and great preaching! Every time I come here I feel blessed :-)…read more The church could do more to attract more people. Really sad to see so few people each Sunday, especially since it is such a big church. Those that do come always come back: I notice the same people attend each Sunday. The few people that come are a mix of young, old and middle aged. Many of the older people have been attending mass here for decades.

What a disappointment...I visited for the first time and absolutely loved the children's choir and…read morethe young girl that led the responsorial. This was the Sunday after the massacre in Las Vegas and the priest preached for 30 minutes about how our society is at a tipping point because of ABORTION AND SEXUAL PROCLIVITY! Really?! Talk about tone-deaf and obsessed. Sadly he ruined the experience for me.

St. Cyprian is the most welcoming and joyful Catholic community I've ever had the opportunity to be…read morea part of. The music is out of this world, a true expression of the enthusiastic congregation. If you are in DC on a Sunday it is well worth the trip out to Lincoln Park. As my mom said when she visited, "I feel like I've been to a Broadway show"

My family belonged to a great church in Chicago. It took us about a year to find and decide to join…read morethat church. So we were dreading having to start that process all over again when we moved to Rockville. After a year and a half of sporadically checking out at least 7 different churches in Maryland, we heard about GCCC expanding to Tysons. Initially, we thought it would be too far since we're coming from around Shady Grove Hospital. But taking into account the lack of traffic on Sunday mornings, it only takes us about 20-25 minutes. Why was it so difficult for us to decide on a church? My husband is a non-believer who's curious to learn more about Christianity. We needed Pastors that we can relate to, connect with, be inspired by, and most importantly, be people who would make us WANT to go to church and listen to them every...single...Sunday. Pastor Steve, Pastor Sam, and Pastor Phillip are all quirky, funny, and relatable in their own ways. They have been so welcoming to all the newcomers to the Tysons location and you can really see the heart that they have for God, His people, and the mission of the church. We have 3 young kids (age 5 and under) so we needed a great children's program for each of their age groups. Believe me, there isn't a shortage of kids at this church. But despite the volume and what I would have expected to be complete chaos, the Children's Ministry has everything under control. Security is very important to them and they have a great system in place where every child is accounted for and no child would be released to someone who shouldn't be picking them up. My two older ones will have their days of not wanting to be separated from Mom and Dad, but they come out of their classrooms every Sunday with a big smile and so excited to share with us what they did in class that day. It's exciting to see that our kids would be growing up and becoming (hopefully) lifelong friends with the kids in their classes. My husband and I wanted to meet people who are in the same life stage as we are, families trying to survive the early years of child-rearing, and we have met so many great families with kids the same age as ours. But I realized that it's important to get to know the other folks with older kids too (they will be our mentors on how to handle and teach our kids as they grow older) as well as the younger/single folks (who plan fun activities outside of church where we can pretend we're young again.) I've never been apart of a church where there are so many official and unofficial events for people to bond outside of church. I can see that this is a place where your friends become your family, and we want to be a part of that. Now that we have become regular attenders, we are really enjoying getting to know everyone on a deeper level and opening our palates up to all the different restaurants in VA that we Marylanders never venture out to try! And I know we'll never have to dine alone because the people at this church love to eat!

Been at this church from the beginning... There are definite unique things about the church so I'd…read morepoint them out. 1. The church is mostly transplants from other areas. I think that helps to enfold new comers. There's really no "old timers", so everyone feels like they can fit right in even though they just moved to the area. 2. There's strong ownership of the church by the members and regular attenders. The standard 80/20 rule doesn't apply. More than 50 percent are involved in some sort of ministry... And many in multiple ministries. 3. The leadership truly demonstrate humble servanthood. You will see them in serving in children ministry, moving equipment, setting up each service week and week out ... 4. The church still feels 'small' and where newcomers can still find space and place. 5. There are strong desire and practice to serve the community... 6. Of course, there are plenty of fun folks!