Small Groups
Small groups can be a place where something sacred happens – in the connections, conversations, and activities, we are at once valued for who we are and strengthened by being a part of something bigger than ourselves. At LPC, our small groups offer a place of deepening connection with one another and God, a feeling of welcome and belonging, an opportunity to know and be known – across generations, perspectives, background and spiritual journeys. In our small groups at LPC, we create opportunities for connection around shared interests, concerns, experiences, and faith. They create a community and sense of belonging. In conversation, study, and activity, we foster connection with God, one another, and the world around us.
As small group coordinator, Margie will promote, support, encourage small groups and their facilitators. Small groups at LPC include, but may not be limited to Nest Groups, Grief Share, Lectio Divina, Women’s Circle, Book Club, and the Men’s Group.
Through personal experience and professional background as clinical social worker, Margie has long been an observer, participant, facilitator, trainer and supporter of all kinds of small groups – Bible Studies, book groups, athletic teams, musical groups, and various clinical support groups. She is an enthusiastic advocate of small groups and the beauty that can occur therein.
Do you have any questions about small groups? Email smallgroups@lpcva.com!
For members of the LGBTQIA+ community, friends, family, and allies! The group meets every 6 weeks in members’ homes. Join us for connection, conversation, support, and inspiration.
9/23: Guest Speaker MaryAnn McKibben Dana, meeting at LPC
11/5: Meeting off-site at a members’ house
1/14: Meeting off-site at a members’ house
March through June TBA
Rainbow Group
During liturgical season like Advent and Lent, join us for small groups to nurture your relationship with God, one another, and the world around us.
seasonal small groups
Ever wished you could read the Bible with more confidence — not just what it says, but how to study it well? This fall, join us for a six-week series that gives you both the background and the practical skills to dig into Scripture, whether on your own or with a group.
9/13: Bible Basics with Dr. Scott Strednak Singer
9/20 & 10/4: Bibles Tools & Best Practices with Rev. Katie Strednak Singer
10/11 & 10/17: Small Group Practice with new tools for understanding & exploring scripture
Bible Basics
Do you like to hike? Walk in Nature? Join the us on the first Saturday of each month starting this fall. Join us to enjoy time together, walk in nature, Camino-style. All are welcome!
the Camino Continues
Make space for connection, curiosity, and joy. Each month, we’ll gather for a relaxed evening of creating our own craft, with a simple spark to get you started – or bring your own project and follow whatever inspires you. No experience necessary; just come as you are, bring an open mind and see what unfolds.
Adults of all creative abilities are welcome, and friends and community members are invited, too.
Once a month on Friday Nights from 6:30-8:00 starting 9/25.
Friday Night spark
Inspiring Action. Deepening Faith. Coming Together in Hope.
Faith communities across the country are on the front lines of climate action, leading with hope, compassion, and courage. The Faith + Climate Film Series brings together powerful voices representing many faith traditions to explore how our spiritual traditions call us to care for creation and each other.
Over the course of four consecutive weeks (beginning on 10/7 at 9:30am), we will utilize short films paired with discussion to explore, inspire and deepen engagement with one another, God and our earth-home.
Faith & Climate Series
Want to get to know other families with little ones (4th grade and younger) at LPC? We invite you to join us for a light brunch, time together and guided conversation! Childcare will be provided for children of all ages. This group meets recurrently throughout the year, with the next event taking place on Saturday, October 10 from 10:00-11:30 AM.
Parents of Littles
As we observe Autumn in the world around us, a time of beauty, color, cooler days and shifting light, we also sense the loss that comes with the changing season. Each season teaches us to notice and honor the ebbs and flows in life, the gifts and the losses, the living and the dying.
Let’s gather to do just that: notice and honor the seasons.
At “Death Over Dinner,” rather than taboo, a conversation about death becomes one of deep engagement, heart and humor, insight and revitalization. We invite you to join us, gather around the table and share a simple meal, and tap into wisdom and heart of our dinner companions and explore the sacred movements of living and dying, grieving and ritual.
This event occurs yearly, and will take place on Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at 6:30pm.
Death Over Dinner
Lectio Divina is a way of reading scripture that is reflective, meditative, receptive, and responsive. It takes place from September to June, with a break in the summer.
With Lectio Divina, we read for transformation, not merely information. It’s a kind of reading that, instead of being comprehensive, is a little slower, and perhaps more in-depth. It’s less academic than personal as we read with our hearts, seeking to let God speak to our everyday experiences, through Scripture, and one another.
Together, the group reads a Scripture passage three times, with time to reflect, respond, and contemplate between each reading. Click here for a more thorough description.
Lectio Divina meets virtually on the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month at 6pm. Contact Rebecca Brock or Margie Lang-Garnhart for more details!
Lectio Divina
Presbyterian Women’s Circle is made up of women who work to learn the intersection of their curriculum, “United Through Christ, Bound to Each Other.” Women’s Circle meetings typically begin with an informational video, followed by discussion.
The group meets on the first Monday of the month at 10am in the Lounge/Parlor. Contact Shirley Pearson for more details!
Presbyterian Women’s Circle
Book lovers, join us on the second Friday of each month to discuss our monthly book and find out what the next book we’ll be starting is! The books selected for Book Club may relate to subjects like Earth Care, and we try to read a banned book and a classic every year!
Some of our past books have been:
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen
The Fifth Gospel by Ian Caldwell
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Grant Stein
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Contact Laura Renauld for more details!
book club
“Our Worship and Discipleship will celebrate God's grace and glory in creation.
Our Education will encourage and support each other in keeping and healing the creation.
Our Facilities will be managed, maintained, and upgraded to respect and cherish all creation.
Our Outreach will encourage community involvement and public policy to protect and restore the earth.”
earth care
We are a group committed to caring for God’s Earth through action, activity, community, and advocacy. To learn more about Earth Care initiatives, look at the dropdown menu at the top of the webpage.
