Contact us at (703) 765-5003 or wally.a.jensen@gmail

Dear Friend,
Greetings and welcome to our Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church (MELC) website. Whether you are new to the Mount Vernon area, looking for a church home, or simply interested in visiting our congregation, we want you to know that you will be warmly welcomed as a guest rather than a visitor. As you enter our building you will be welcomed by our Greeters who will show you the way to the nave for worship and to our lounge for coffee and breakfast snacks all the while surrounding you with warm hospitality.

Our worship services are held each Sunday at 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion is celebrated at every Sunday worship service. We practice Eucharistic hospitality and all baptized Christians are invited to share Holy Communion with us. Our Evangelical Catholic worship services are easily followed with a printed worship service folder and
“Celebrate” insert which includes the days readings, psalm, and prayers. Between worship services we have a coffee hour in the lounge, adult Bible study in the parish hall, and Sunday Church School for all ages held in our classrooms.

We are very proud of our Messiah Lutheran Academy! MLA is a first rate day and pre-school stressing the importance of academic preparation for elementary school and helping to give children a solid basis for life-long Christian learning.

Active in our community we reach out to those in need. We support the Route One Corridor Kitchen with food for the homeless; Sew Much Comfort altering clothing for our wounded service men and women at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Malcolm Grow Air Force Hospital; the Eleanor Kennedy Homeless Shelter; United Community
Ministries; and Ventures in Community ecumenical ministry. Please accept our invitation to come visit, worship, get to know us and make us your new church home.

Sincerely yours,
Wally Jensen

The Rev. Dr. Wollom A. Jensen, STS
Pastor