Local Congregations
For everything there is a season,
and a time for every matter under heaven:
.…a time to break down, and a time to build up….
a time to keep, and a time to throw away.
(ECCLESIASTES 3:1)
For some, the college years are a time to "break down' and "throw away' traditions from the past as we seek to discover what we believe and value for ourselves. For others, the college years are a time to "build up' and "keep' that which has shaped who we are and claim it as our own.
Whether breaking down and throwing away, building up and keeping, or some of both, involvement in a community of faith can help us work through what we really believe, why we believe it and what difference it makes in the way we live.
Some will settle into one congregation and develop lasting relationships; others will visit several congregations and experience a stimulating variety. Either way, the college years are a unique opportunity to deepen our understanding and experience of the mystery called God.
The Congregations and Campus Ministries listed in this directory represent a rich variety of worship, fellowship, study and service that is available during your time at Bridgewater College. The congregation of each faith tradition listed in most cases is the one nearest campus. I can provide more information about specific congregations and assistance with transportation.
May this be the time and season for you to sort out what needs to be broken down and thrown away,what needs to be built up and kept and what to make of the mystery called God. Let me know how I can help!
Wishing you God’s peace,
Robbie Miller
BC Chaplain
Rebecca Hall 207
540-828-5383
rmiller@bridgewater.edu
Local Congregations
ALETHEIA CHURCH (non-denominational)
Phone number: 432-1586
Email: aletheia@aletheiachurch.com
Internet: www.aletheiachurch.com
Ministers: Paul Fiske & Matt Light
Address: 1586 S. Main St., Harrisonburg
Christian education time: 11 a.m.
Worship time: 9 & 10:50 a.m.
Transportation: Call Kevin Anderson at 540-664-8407
BETHEL CONGREGATION (Jewish, Reform)
Phone number: 434-2744
Internet:http://va013.urj.net/bethel.html
Rabbi: Rabbijoeb@hotmail.com
Address: 849 Old Furnace Rd., Harrisonburg
Worship time: Generally Fridays – 7:30 p.m.; some Saturdays – 10 p.m.; rabbi-led alternate weeks. Call synagogue for information about times for specific services and special holiday services and events.
Transportation: Call synagogue
BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH
Phone number: 434-4341
Email: mmoyers@bsccva.com
Internet: bsccva.com
Minister: Thomas Mattingly
Address: 154 N. Main St., Harrisonburg
Christian education time: Varies, call 434-5549 for information.
Masses: Saturdays – 5 p.m.; Sundays – 8 & 10 a.m./English; 1 p.m./Spanish
BRIDGEWATER BAPTIST CHURCH
Phone number: 828-2456
Email: jadecutter@comcast.net
Minister: Kelly Lane
Address: 119 S. Main St., Bridgewater
Christian education time: 9:45 a.m.
Worship time: 11 a.m.
BRIDGEWATER CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN
Phone number: 828-3711
Email: churchoffice@bwcob.org
Internet: www.bwcob.org
Ministers: Jeff Carr, Christopher Zepp
Address: 420 College View Dr., Bridgewater
Christian education time: 9:45 a.m.
Worship times: 8:30 & 11 a.m.
BRIDGEWATER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCUSA)
Phone number: 828-2442
Email: bridgewaterpc@verizon.net
Internet: www.bridgewaterpc.org
Minister: M. Kerry Foster
Address: 110 E. College St., Bridgewater
Christian education time: 9:45 a.m.
Worship time: 11 a.m.
BRIDGEWATER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Phone number: 828-0890
Email: bridgewaterumc@bridgewaterumc.com
Internet: www.bridgewaterumc.com
Ministers: Jim Tongue, Jim Harris
Address: 219 N. Main St., Bridgewater
Christian education time: 9:45 a.m.
Worship time: 8:30 & 11 a.m.
CALVARY CROSSLINK
Phone number: 434-1540
Email: churchoffice@calvarycrosslink.org
Internet: http://www.calvarycrosslink.org
Ministers: Randy Spencer, John Wellborn
Address: 4904 S. Valley Pike, Harrisonburg
Small Group time: 9:30 a.m.
Worship time: 11 a.m.
Transportation: 434-1540
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA)
Phone number: 433-3051
Email: office@cov-pres.org
Internet: http://www.cov-pres.org
Ministers: Tim Frost, John Kuebler, Joe Slater, Jacinto Hernandez, Burress McCombe
Address: 505 W. Mosby Rd., Harrisonburg
Christian education time: 10 a.m. (Career & College Fellowship [CCS] offered)
Worship times: English services – 8:30 & 11:15 a.m.; Spanish service – 11:15 a.m.
DAYTON MENNONITE CHURCH
Phone number: 879-9655
Email: daryl@daytonmennonite.org
Internet: www.daytonmennonite.org
Minister: Daryl Driver
Address: 4887 John Wayland Hwy., Dayton
Christian education time: 9:30 a.m.
Worship time: 10:20 a.m.
Transportation: Call Daryl Driver at 879-9655
EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Phone number: 434-2357
Email: eechbg@ntelos.net
Internet: http://www.emmanuel.thediocese.net
Minister: Daniel Robayo
Address: 660 S. Main St., Harrisonburg
Christian education time: 9:15 a.m.
Worship times: 8 & 10:15 a.m.
Transportation: Call church
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Phone number: 433-8687
Email: agsecretary@comcast.net
Internet: firstagharrisonburg.org
Minister: Jeffrey Ferguson
Address: 1310 Garbers Church Rd., Harrisonburg
Christian education time: 9 a.m.
Worship times: 10 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. Young Adults (18-25) Tuesdays – 6:30 p.m.
Transportation: Call church
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Disciples of Christ)
Phone number: 652-8967
Email: firstxn@shentel.net
Minister: Jim Perry
Address: 312 3rd St., Shenandoah, VA 22849
Christian education time: 9:45 a.m.
Worship time: 11 a.m.
GRACE COVENANT CHURCH (non-denominational)
Phone number: 433-9244
Email: mshank@gcch.org; kjohnson@gcch.org
Internet: www.gcch.org
Ministers: Merle Shank, Katherine Johnson
Address: 3337 Emmaus Rd., Harrisonburg
Worship time: 9 & 11 a.m.
HARRISONBURG FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Phone number: 434-1092
Email: info@abeaconofhope.org
Internet: www.abeaconofhope.org
Minister: Kerry Willis
Address: 1871 Boyers Rd., Harrisonburg
Christian education time: 9, 10:15 & 11:30 a.m.
Worship times: English – 9 & 10:15 a.m.; Spanish – 11:30 a.m.
Transportation: Call 437-7778
HARRISONBURG SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
Phone number: 434-0121
Minister: Bob Clarke
Address: 609 W. Market St., Harrisonburg
Christian education time: 9:30 a.m.
Worship time: 10:50 a.m.
Transportation: Call Brenda Fluharty at 879-9000
HARRISONBURG UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS
Phone number: 867-0073
Email: office@huuweb.org
Internet: http://huuweb.org
Address: 4101 Rawley Pike, Harrisonburg
Religious education time: TBA
Worship time: Sundays – 10:30 a.m.
HARRISONBURG UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST
Phone number: 421-5259
Internet: http://www.harrisonburg-unitedbrethreninchrist.org
Minister: Harold Myers
Address: 2226 Rawley Pike, Harrisonburg
Christian education time: 10 a.m.
Worship time: 11 a.m.
ISLAMIC CENTER OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY
Phone number: 433-8186
Email: eaiasv@comcast.net
Internet: iasv.org/
Address: 1330 Country Club Rd., Harrisonburg
Religious education for Children: Saturdays & Sundays – 11 a.m.
Salat (Prayer): Fridays – 1:10 p.m. The mosque opens for five prayers daily and the schedule is posted at iasv.org/.
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
Phone number: 433-9276
Email: seabronriley@yahoo.com
Internet: http://watchtower.org
Contact: Seabron Riley
Address: 1766 Harpine Hwy., Harrisonburg
Christian education time: English – 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays & Thursdays; Spanish –
7:30 p.m. Tuesdays
Worship times: English – 10 a.m. & 4 p.m.; Spanish – 1 p.m.
MARANATHA CHURCH OF GOD
Phone number: 434-7405
Minister: Roger Chandler
Address: 298 Green St., Harrisonburg
Christian education time: 9:30 a.m.
Worship time: 10:30 a.m.
NEW BEGINNINGS CHURCH
Phone number: 434-1555
Email: mail@newbeginchurch.org
Internet: newbeginchurch.org
Ministers: Ed & Eileen Heatwole, Reuben & Ruth Ann Horst, Chris & Lorie Swortzel
Address: 101 Pike Church Rd., Harrisonburg
Christian Education time: 9 a.m.
Worship time: 10 a.m.
Transportation: Call church
NEW LIFE MINISTRY
Phone number: 434-0853
Minister: Charles Thomas, Sr.
Address: 100 Hickory Ln., Bridgewater (Take Dinkel Avenue east past the Funkhouser Center and turn right on Hickory Drive. Church meets in Eureka Lodge 195 at the intersection of Hickory and Mountainview Drive.)
Worship Time: 11 a.m.
NORTH RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH
Phone number: 828-3107
Internet: http://northriverbc.tripod.com
Minister: Leonard Thomas Sr.
Address: 270 S. Liberty St., Harrisonburg
Christian education time: 9:30 a.m.
Worship time: 11 a.m.
SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN CHURCH
Phone number: 879-3338
Email:tschulz@corlink.com
Internet: www.shepvalleylutheran.org
Minister: Theodore M. Schulz
Address: 229 Main St., Dayton
Christian education time: 10 a.m.
Worship time: 11 a.m. Sundays (Holy Communion) & 6 p.m. second Saturdays (Contemporary)
Transportation: Call 879-3338 or 828-6202
ST. MICHAEL'S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
Phone number: 828-4122
Email: hollisdodge@msn.com
Internet: www.stmichaelsucc.com
Minister: Hollis Dodge
Address: 9803 St. Michael's Ln., Bridgewater
Christian education time: 10 a.m.
Worship time: 11 a.m.
THE SALVATION ARMY
Phone number: 434-4854
Email: Duane_Burleigh@uss.salvationarmy.org
Internet: Website Link
Ministers: Captain Duane Burleigh, Captain Cathie Burleigh
Address: 185 Ashby Ave., Harrisonburg
Christian education time: 9:45 a.m.
Worship time: 10:50 a.m.
VALLEY CHURCH
Phone number: 434-4990
Email: info@valleychurchva.com
Internet: valleychurchva.com/
Minister: Larry Rising
Address: 1680 Country Club Rd., Harrisonburg
Worship time: 9:30 & 11:30 a.m.; 6 p.m.
VALLEY FRIENDS MEETING
Phone number: 574-0261
Email: drbarch@verizon.net
Internet: http://vfm.quaker.org
Clerk: Frank Barch
Address: 363 High St., Dayton
Christian education time: Adult Discussions – 3rd & 4th Sundays at 11 a.m.
Worship time: 10 a.m. every Sunday
WORD MINISTRIES CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CHURCH (non-denominational)
Phone number: 433-9673
Email: wordmcoc@shentel.net
Minister: Art Dean
Address: 131 Erickson Ave., Harrisonburg
Worship time: 10 a.m. Sunday
Transportation: Call church
Local Campus Ministries
The following campus ministries are based at James Madison University in Harrisonburg. Each welcomes the presence and participation of Bridgewater College students.
CANTERBURY EPISCOPAL CAMPUS MINISTRY
Phone number: 246-3032
Email: minniclk@jmu.edu
Internet: http://orgs.jmu.edu.canterbury
Campus Minister: Laura Minnich Lockey
Regular meetings: Fellowship Hour – 4 p.m. Sundays; Eucharist and home-cooked meal – 5 p.m. Sundays; Bible Study – TBA; Compline (contemplative prayer service) – 9:15 p.m. Wednesdays.
Meeting location: Canterbury House – 741 S. Main St., Harrisonburg
Transportation: Call 246-3032
CATHOLIC CAMPUS MINISTRY
Phone number: 434-7360
Email: ccm@jmu.edu
Internet: www.jmu.edu/orgs/catholiccm
Regular meetings: Mass – 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. Sundays at the JMU Grafton-Stovall Theater; 9 p.m. Sundays at the Catholic Campus Ministry.
Meeting location: Catholic Campus Ministry House – 1052 S. Main St., Harrisonburg
HILLEL FOUNDATION
Phone number: Contact Kevin Apple at 568-3696
Email: jmuhillelpresident@gmail.com
Internet: http://www.jmuhillel.org/
Faculty Advisor: Kevin Apple
Regular meetings: To be announced.
Meeting location: To be announced. Contact Hillel president at jmuhillelpresident@gmail.com if interested in High Holy Days Services for 2011.
INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
Phone number: 405-4823
Email: jmuivonline@gmail.com
Internet: www.jmuiv.com
Campus Minister: C. J. Goeller
Regular meetings: 7 p.m. Fridays
Meeting location: JMU ISAT Campus; Health & Human Services Building, room 2301.
LUTHERAN CAMPUS MINISTRY
Phone number: 434-3496
Email: mlcmitchell@verizon.net
Internet: Facebook Lutheran Campus Ministry at Muhlenberg
Campus Minister: Janelle Mitchell
Regular meetings: Free home-cooked meals and student-led worship followed by fellowship time (Bible study, guest speakers, personal reflection or social events) – 6 p.m. Wednesdays.
Meeting location: Muhlenberg Lutheran Church – 281 E. Market St., Harrisonburg
Transportation: Contact Janelle Mitchell at 442-0997.
PRESBYTERIAN CAMPUS MINISTRY
Phone number: 448-2034
Email: pcmharrisonburg@gmail.com
Internet: Facebook Presbyterian Campus Ministry at JMU and beyond
Pastors: Kerry Foster (Pastor, Bridgewater Presbyterian Church) and Ann Held (Pastor, Trinity Presbyterian Church)
Regular Meetings: Free meal followed by worship or fellowship time –
6 p.m. Wednesdays.
Meeting location: Haas House – 741 S. Main St., Harrisonburg
RISE UNITED METHODIST FAITH COMMUNITY (for young adults)
Phone number: 434-3490
Email: riseharrisonburg@gmail.com
Internet: http://riseharrisonburg.com
Pastor: Amanda Miller Garber
Worship: 10 a.m. Sundays in Court Square Theater in downtown Harrisonburg
Meeting location: RISE Mission House – 690 S. Mason St., Harrisonburg
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