Pastor’s Message

As your Interim Pastor, I want to get to know you. And I hope we can get to know each other. Doing so can only make our time together as partners in ministry much stronger, deeper, and powerful. So, to get to know you, I will be doing something I have been doing in my congregations for years. It’s called…Porch Sitting with the Pastor.

Grief is a very complicated process and one that never fully ends. It is the very natural result of a life spent loving another human being – even if that love was spent in continually hoping the relationship was different. Once grief comes to us, it will be with us every day of our lives.

So, just what is an Interim Pastor? Why am I here and what will I be doing? First and foremost, I am here to continue the presence of pastoral support that any called Pastor would give: preach and administer the Word and Sacraments, make hospital visits or home visits, come see your soccer games…

Greetings and thank you for such a warm welcome to this community. I am excited to join you in this interim time and continue to support you in the mission of, “Sharing God’s love, growing in faith, and creating community.” To this end, I wanted to let you know how you can reach me in the coming days and weeks…

My name is Aina Ramampandrison and I am one of the nursery supervisors at Peace. I am 25 years old and have basically been raised in this church since I was 12 years old. I have attended Sunday school, up to getting baptized and to top it off finishing confirmation class. Not only is this a church to me, it…

Bill Penoyar’s international career began with the Arabian American Oil Company when he moved with his family to Saudi Arabia in 1983. There he gained experience in contract negotiations and the international travel bug that endured after he returned to the United States. After working as a contract negotiator with the Navy in 1987, Bill accepted a job in the…

Pastor Krista Vingelis will be joining us as Interim Pastor beginning October 8. Pastor Krista graduated from Annandale High School in 1987. She attended George Mason University from which she graduated in 1992 with a BA in Theater. She is a 2006 graduate of Luther Seminary, which awarded her a Master of Divinity degree with a concentration in youth and…

My name is Mary Dallao and I’ve been a member of Peace for a little over two years. I’m also Council secretary and a proud member of the Racial Justice Team. I enjoy belonging to our church because I am inspired by the many wonderful acts of service our church performs despite being a relatively small congregation. I also love…

I moved to Virginia after finishing my time in the Navy where I was a Supply Corps officer at the Navy’s International Logistic Center in Philadelphia.  That is where I met Marni…