ABINGDON PRESBYTERY
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Bristol, VA
Just west of I-81 Exit 7 [ click here for location map ]
Come and share with us in the joyful life and ministry of our congregation. [ click here for our fuller invitation ]
The Reverend Mr. John Markel, Pastor [ click here for more about our pastor ]
Church Office: 276-669-2631
10:00 a.m. -- Sunday School [For All Ages]
11:00 a.m. -- Morning Worship [Nursery & Children's Church Provided]
6:00 p.m. -- Bible Study or other special event
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You Are Invited ...
If you are not attending church regularly, we encourage you to consider our church as your spiritual family and as a sacred place to worship God and learn of His nature and His purpose for our lives.
Every Sunday: 10:00 A.M. -- Sunday School for all ages 11:00 A.M. -- Worship Service (nursery available) 6:00 P.M. -- Bible study or special event
Additionally, we have many activities and events throughout the year:
Vacation Bible School Special Christmas Pageant Church In The Park Potluck Lunch and Dinner Events National Day of Prayer Participation Church Retreat
Hikes ("Prayer On the Mountain") Annual Choir Sunday A "Winter Wednesday Bible Study" Homecoming Every Even Year In October and more ...
Come join us to pray, to study the Scriptures, to learn the way of sacrificial love, and to worship a God whose love and justice are incomprehensible. Please accept our invitation to visit and check out the happenings at our church. We'd love to get to know you!
We are a Bible-believing church of people who strive to be disciples of Jesus Christ.
We are concerned about helping each other at every opportunity, improving our community, and making the world a better place in which to live.
At Walnut Grove, we have fun and we have profound times of reflection and fellowship -- all gifts from God.
Constantly learning more and more about God's purpose for our lives, we work to find the best ways we can to serve Jesus Christ and claim the abundant life He has promised.
Walnut Grove Choir We believe that Jesus Christ alone is Lord of all and the Way to salvation.
We believe that Holy Scripture is the triune God's revealed Word, the Church's only infallible rule of faith and life.
We believe that God's people are called to holiness in all aspects of life.
We are eternally grateful to God that the United States was established by Christians with Christian principles as the foundation for government.
As Bristol's oldest church, our congregation has responded to God's call since 1781 to worship together and to work together to fulfill God's purpose. Our earliest church was a log building long used also as a school, built sometime in the 1780's.
The Old Log School Church 1781? - 1866 - 1903
The name "Walnut Grove" comes from the name of the estate of John Preston, Sr., on whose land the church and cemetery were located. Veterans of the American Revolutionary War are buried in this historic cemetery. The church was formally chartered 27 May 1866 at the time a white frame church building was constructed near to the current location of Lee Highway. That church burned in 1879, was rebuilt in 1880 and that structure stood until 1980. The current building was dedicated in 1961.
Serving Walnut Grove Presbyterian Church since July 1997, Reverend John E. Markel II graduated from Union Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, in June 1997.
A native of Baltimore, Maryland, John completed high school there and then graduated from Towson State University.
Rev. Markel also serves in two higher governing bodies of the Presbyterian Church (USA): He is active on the Partnership Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Synod as well as on the Commitment and Nomination Committees of the Abingdon Presbytery.
Rev. Markel and his wife, Mary, have four children: Alyssa, Cassie, Tricia, and Jack.
Walnut Grove Presbyterian Church is located at 3012 Lee Highway in Bristol, Virginia -- just west of Interstate 81 Exit 7 Scan down the map below to see the location of the church in relation to other landmarks, roads, and streets in the immediate vicinity
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