Upcoming Events

This multi-generational group meets twice a month during the school year on Wednesday mornings for prayer, Bible study and fellowship. Some of us gather early at 10:00am for set up and fellowship; Bible study begins at 10:30am and concludes at noon. All are welcome! For more information, contact Sheila Swenson via the church office (703-764-0456 or office@BurkePresChurch.org).

Rainbow is a mid-week program of fellowship and activities for children in kindergarten through grade 6. We gather most Wednesdays, October through April, for recreation/creative arts, music (children’s choirs), and a family-style meal. Through it all, and superseding any specific content, we seek to put into practice what it is to be the church and to treat one another as children of God. For more information about Rainbow or any of our children’s programs, please get in touch with Director…

An Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) group meets at BPC on Thursdays from 8:30 to 9:30 pm. To access the meeting room, enter the building through a single side door, just around the corner from the main entrance. Walk straight through a large room (the main entrance doors will be on your left) to the East Wing classrooms. The group meets in a double room, E4/E5. For more information, visit the group’s meeting page on the Virginia Alcoholics Anonymous website.

We hope you will join us on Sunday morning for a worship service, at 9:00am or 11:15am, and for Sunday School between services, 10:15-11:00am. Worship at 9:00 am and 11:15 am Sunday School for all ages at 10:15 am For more information, please contact the church office, 703-764-0456 or office@BurkePresChurch.org.

Please join us for Trunk or Treat, an annual event sponsored by our BPC Preschool. All are welcome! There are lots of ways to participate. You can sign up to decorate a trunk (and hand out candy), enter your favorite chili in the cookoff, and/or bring your children and grandchildren to enjoy the festivities, which will include a bounce house. Want to sign up? Need more information? Please contact the BPC Preschool Office at preschooloffice@BurkePresChurch.org or 703-250-1823.

Take a moment. Breathe in. Breathe out. Morning Meditations will be offered on the following dates: Mondays (October 7, 21 & 28 and November 18 & 25) and Tuesday (November 5) all at 9:30am. You’re invited for 30 minutes of prayer and peace. This will be offered in person and on zoom.

This study group selects a book of the Bible, and then they read and discuss it a few verses or a chapter at a time. Space for silence is welcome, and there is no deadline to finish. Also, no prerequisites, and no homework! They meet most Tuesday mornings from 10:00 to 11:00am, in the BPC Library and on Zoom. All are welcome! For more information, contact Sherrie Brady via the church office (703-764-0456 or office@BurkePresChurch.org).

A dedicated group who bring their unique talents to help fix and problem solve plumbing, electrical, building (and more) solutions, every Tuesday. When they are done working they head to lunch for continued fellowship. They meet most Tuesday mornings at 10:00am as your schedule allows. All are welcome! For more information, contact BJ Postlewaite via the church office (703-764-0456 or office@BurkePresChurch.org).

Men of Burke (MOB) meets twice a month for fellowship and mutual support. For more information, contact Bob Hemm via the church office, at 703-764-0456 or office@BurkePresChurch.org.

Faith and Politics, upcoming Sunday School series. Join us to hear faithful approaches to politics beyond red vs blue. Our final speaker on November 3, Todd Wickham will teach on the topic of looking at politics in a new light even in our divided times. These will be held in the library and on zoom from 10:15-11:00 am.

Join us on All Saints’ Day for lunch ~ some soup for the soul ~ and a discussion about what we can do when our mortality sets in. This session focuses on wills and estate planning, as well as how to secure access to the most advanced care, planning what’s to be for what’s left behind. This is one of six Sacred Crossings workshops that BPC is offering this year. For information about additional workshops, view our flyer or our events calendar. Questions?…

Burke Presbyterian Church will host the 32nd Burke/Fairfax CROP Hunger Walk again this year! Teams from other local congregations will join us to walk 3.6 miles, the average distance a woman or young girl in Africa or Asia walks every day to collect water. The water she carries weighs on average 44 pounds, and her journey can take 4 to 5 hours. We walk because they walk.  The CROP Hunger Walk is a family-friendly event, fun for all ages! We’ll…