We are a worshiping church. Our worship service includes both contemporary and traditional styles of worship. We offer a time of worshiping God through sermons, praising God through music, and listening to God through prayer in an informal worship style.
Our worship services are LIVESTREAM at 10:00 AM
We are a teaching church. Our Faith Formation classes begin at 9:00 AM and again at 11:15. They provide learning opportunities for people of all ages. In addition, we have various adult classes each quarter. There are evening and daytime Bible studies for adults and Vacation Bible School for our community in the summer, along with various other opportunities for learning.
We are a Matthew 25 Church. We have accepted the bold invitation to actively engage in the world.
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We are a service-based church. We believe in helping others. Our mission is to serve our neighbors, locally here in Virginia Beach, nationally and around the world. Here are just a few of the opportunities in which KGPC serves:
- FOOD BANK
- MEALS ON WHEELS
- KING’S NEIGHBORHOOD
- BETHLEHEM WALK – our annual gift to the community
- JCOC MINISTRY
- LUNCH BUDDIES at local schools
- BEREAVEMENT RECEPTION
- FAITH COMMUNITY NURSES
- KAIROS PRISON MINISTRY
- SUPPORT 5 MISSIONARIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
The vision of King's Grant Presbyterian Church is
"Abiding in Christ" sent to Grow, Shine and Love.
OUR SESSION AND LEADERSHIP TEAMS
At KGPC, our mission is to celebrate God’s presence in our midst, worship God in the reformed tradition, preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, teach through the study of God’s Word, reach out to serve the needs and concerns of our neighbors, and to listen carefully for the leading of the Holy Spirit in our life together.
“The cross of Jesus Christ is the enduring symbol of our faith.
Rooted in the true vine, through the power of the Holy Spirit,
we, the branches grow the fruits of a life abiding in our Savior.
Shining His light of hope, we joyously share His love and ourselves with the world.”
If you would like to learn more and join us in our vision and mission, send us a
note or visit us this Sunday!
Our Pastor and Staff
Chris was born a Presbyterian by the grace of God having been
baptized at the age of two in Southern California. From then on, the
Presbyterian church has been her second home.
After graduating college
in 1994 from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania,
she went directly to Princeton Theological Seminary for her Master of Divinity
degree, graduating in 1998. She served summer internships in the Bahamas and in
the hills of West Virginia. After graduation, she lived in Ghana, West Africa
for a year through the PCUSA Young Adult Volunteer Program.
She
was ordained in 1999
as Associate Pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Knoxville, TN
and
served for eight and a half years. In 2008, she became the Solo Pastor
of
Mulberry Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, NC. In 2015, she was called
as the
Pastor of King’s Grant Presbyterian Church. Chris recently received her
Doctorate in Ministry from Columbia Theological Seminary. Her topic was
Transformative Pastoral Leadership.
She met her husband,
Nelio in the Dominican Republic on a mission trip in 2013. They married in 2014
and have two children, Christian and Alex. Chris loves traveling, taxiing her
children around and finding new ways to be the church in the world.
Click here for the list of Staff Session MinistryJAN2021.pdf
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