Fellowship Dinners Signup Deadline
2025-12-07
You are invited to enjoy a time of meeting and making friends over dinner during the months of January, February, and March. Participants have several options:

Sign up as a guest and/or host
Host one or more month and attend as a guest the other months

Guests will be matched with a host who determines the date and time to meet once/month, and contacts guests to bring a side dish.
Visit the table in the lobby on Sunday for more information and to sign up (or sign up online anytime at this link) by December 7.

Questions? See contact info below.

Solemn Service of Thanksgiving
2025-11-26 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Mercy Presbyterian Church, 1997 Thomas Jefferson Rd, Forest, VA, 24551, United States
Please join us for a solemn service of thanksgiving on Wednesday, November 26, at 6:30 to praise the Lord for His care and provision for us throughout 2025.

Seniors' Gathering
2025-11-09 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Mercy Presbyterian Church, 1997 Thomas Jefferson Rd, Forest, VA, 24551, United States
Daryl DeVries invites you to a seniors’ gathering, planned for Sunday, November 9, at the church from 3:30-5:00 pm. Please email Daryl DeVries if you plan on coming.

Installation Service: Richard Brueck
2025-11-02 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Mercy Presbyterian Church, 1997 Thomas Jefferson Rd, Forest, VA, 24551, United States
Join us for a special installation service for Assistant Pastor Richard Brueck, who has been hired at Mercy to lead our Bedford church plant.

Youth Fall Costume Party
2025-10-29 18:30 - 20:15 (America/New_York) | Mercy Presbyterian Church, 1997 Thomas Jefferson Rd, Forest, VA, 24551, United States

ChiliFest
2025-10-26 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | American Legion, 1301 Greenview Drive, Lynchburg, VA, 24502, United States
Join us for an evening of chili and fellowship. This year’s ChiliFest is a chili cook-off! Bring your best chili and see how it stacks up. Dessert and drinks will be provided.
Please bring a side of your choice to share (salads, fruits, vegetables, etc.) along with lawn games, chairs/blankets and some friends who aren’t in church.
Sign up here to bring chili and side dishes.

Missions Update
2025-10-26 09:45 - 10:45 (America/New_York) | Mercy Presbyterian Church, 1997 Thomas Jefferson Rd, Forest, VA, 24551, United States
The missions committee is excited to host a fall update from your Mercy missionaries on October 26 during the Sunday School hour. All ages are invited!
Please come to learn about what God is doing among the nations. You will hear directly from your missionaries, and we will share a special time in prayer for each of the ministries the Lord has partnered us with.

Mission & Members Class 5
2025-10-19 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Mercy Presbyterian Church, 1997 Thomas Jefferson Rd, Forest, VA, 24551, United States
The Mission and Members class is for anyone, whether new to our church or attending regularly, who would like to find out more about what we believe as a church and how that shapes our ministry. Even if you are not sure about becoming a member, we would love for you to come.
We offer two Mission & Members classes: one in the fall and one in the spring. Classes meet for 5 weeks. Childcare will be offered as needed.
Register here.

Men's Pancake Breakfast
2025-10-18 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York)
Join us for pancakes, toppings, coffee, fruit, and fellowship.

Homeschool Fellowship Field Trip
2025-10-17 09:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
For our October Homeschool Fellowship gathering, we will be meeting at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest.
Contact Molly Orr for more information.

Bedford Plant Info Meeting
2025-09-28 16:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York)
Join us Sunday, Sept. 28, at 4pm, to learn more about the Bedford Church plant. We will meet for dinner and discussion at the home of Mike and Emilee Ellsworth.
And mark your calendars for our Bedford plant meetings to be held each 4th Sunday of the month, at the same time and location.
Questions? Contact Richard Brueck.

Adult SS: Ten Commandments Series Begins
2025-09-14 09:45 - 10:45 (America/New_York) | Mercy Presbyterian Church, 1997 Thomas Jefferson Rd, Forest, VA, 24551, United States
The Ten Commandments
Sept. 14 – Oct. 19
Taught by: Christopher Miller
Join us for our first study of the year. Through our Ten Commandments study, we’ll consider the importance of a Law in becoming a “People.” We will do this by taking a look at the most-well known Laws in the Bible to see what kind of people God wants His People to be. Each commandment shows the way that God wants His People to relate to Himself, to each other, and to the World to establish them as a People.

Community Group Fair
2025-09-07 09:45 - 10:45 (America/New_York) | Mercy Presbyterian Church, 1997 Thomas Jefferson Rd, Forest, VA, 24551, United States
Join us for a special Coffee & Community on September 7, where you’ll have an opportunity to learn about our community groups which resume meeting that week. Group leaders will be available to meet you, provide information about their first meeting, and answer questions. More info about each group to come. Children will meet in their Sunday School classes during this time.

Children's Sunday School Begins
2025-09-07 09:45 - 10:45 (America/New_York) | Mercy Presbyterian Church, 1997 Thomas Jefferson Rd, Forest, VA, 24551, United States
We look forward to a new year of Sunday School, from 9:45-10:45am, beginning September 7.
If you have children from age 0* through 5th grade, please complete this registration form for each child. This will allow us to plan our class rosters and be prepared to serve your children right from the first day.
*Note: Classes start at age 2. Nursery for ages 0-1 will be offered only if there is need expressed via registration.

Youth Lake Day
2025-08-24 13:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Youth Lake Day at the Hall’s house. Leave from the church after 2nd service. Contact Jeremiah Sheets for more info.

Women's Charcuterie Night
2025-08-23 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Mercy Presbyterian Church, 1997 Thomas Jefferson Rd, Forest, VA, 24551, United States
Join us for a night of charcuterie fun at the church. We will be assembling our own charcuterie boards and having a time of fellowship.
Sign up here to bring an element of charcuterie or dessert to share.
We can’t wait to see you there!

New Sermon Series: Minor Prophets
2025-08-17 | Mercy Presbyterian Church, 1997 Thomas Jefferson Rd, Forest, VA, 24551, United States
Starting on August 17, we will be officially wrapped up with the book of Romans and will begin a new sermon series in the Minor Prophets. We’ll move at a quicker pace through these twelve books in the Old Testament and hope to conclude them all in one year. Every book and collection of books in the Bible is breathed by God and profitable for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness, but these books in particular stand out as uniquely applicable to the church today, as we wait upon the Lord. Most surveys of Christians today find that the Minor Prophets are considered the hardest section of books to understand and, not surprisingly, among the least read in the church. For this reason alone, it is a good part of the Bible for us to study together! We hope you’ll join us on Sunday, August 17 (and every Sunday for the next 52 weeks), to explore together the twelve Minor Prophets.

Church Work Day
2025-08-16 09:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Mercy Presbyterian Church, 1997 Thomas Jefferson Rd, Forest, VA, 24551, United States
Men, women, and children are needed to help with property maintenance on Saturday, August 16, from 9:30am-12:30pm. Lunch provided to follow. Bring gloves, wheel barrows, bush clippers, extension ladders, and weed whackers if possible.

Youth Group Kickoff; Welcome Rising 6th Graders!
2025-08-13 18:30 - 20:15 (America/New_York) | Mercy Presbyterian Church, 1997 Thomas Jefferson Rd, Forest, VA, 24551, United States
Our student ministry exists to gather young people from the Forest area and to disciple them to bear the image of Christ. Youth Group meets most Wednesday nights at 6:30pm in the Youth Room.
Rising 6th graders are invited to join the youth group on August 13!

Lessons & Carols
2024-12-24 18:30 - 19:30 UTC | Mercy Presbyterian Church, 1997 Thomas Jefferson Rd, Forest, VA, 24551, United States

Landscaping Day
2024-11-16 09:30 - 12:00 UTC | Mercy Presbyterian Church, 1997 Thomas Jefferson Rd, Forest, VA, 24551, United States
Children welcome,
