![]() “And then being Spirit-inspired healing forces” by “bringing people together around what we have in common.”īrookens-Sturman is also one of the 1001 new worshiping community coaches. “We’ve never been about a building, but about being a presence that is focused on one person, God’s grace revealed in Christ,” Brookens-Sturman said. There’s even a sign in the Civic Center that announces “The future home of Brambleton Presbyterian Church.” A developer in Louden County is building a Performing Arts Center and has offered the church access to the building on Sunday mornings. But that will change in the not-to-distant future. Carrie Yearick, is filling in for Brookens-Sturman, who is on a three-month sabbatical.Ĭurrently Brambleton Presbyterian Church is meeting in a school building. Only this time Brambleton Presbyterian Church is acting as the partner congregation. Now these entities are beginning the process of starting a new worshiping community on the other side of the Beltway in Clarksburg, Maryland. “But the Presbytery , the denomination , Vienna Presbyterian Church and Riverside Presbyterian Church all had a long-term commitment to spring a church. ![]() “There was a lot of work involved, mine and our leadership team,” she said. But it is, she said, “a kind of embrace” to her and to those she is anchored to. ![]() So, they serve and pray together, publicly.īrookens-Sturman stressed that being named “best of” doesn’t mean Brambleton Presbyterian Church is better than the other churches around it. Our faith traditions demand that we respond charitably to one another.” “What we have in common is that we pray,” she said. One way she helped do this was by creating opportunities for people of diverse faith backgrounds, including Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists and Christians, to serve together. With mental health issues escalating throughout the area, Brookens-Sturman felt the church needed to be a presence in the community it served to help people heal and come together in God’s grace. Many wanted to know if there was a Christian faith practice that would make a difference.” “People need help on what was being talked about in the public faith arena. “These are crazy times,” Brookens-Sturman said. Calling 2020 a “tipping point year,” the church’s leadership was out in the community more than ever, helping people live through the pandemic. But we took the time and had a plan in place to establish leadership within the community.”įor Brookens-Sturman, being named “best of” by the readers of Ashburn Magazine means that Brambleton Presbyterian Church is trusted and seen as credible. “It’s hard to establish a Christian presence in the nation’s capital right now,” she said. Then came the financial crisis of 2007–08, which set the church back a bit. The plan was that the church would be fully independent, including leadership and finances, within five years. Thirty miles west-northwest of Washington, D.C., and part of the Washington Metropolitan area, Brambleton Presbyterian Church began as a new church plant in 2005. That’s why she isn’t taking lightly Brambleton’s honor of being named the “best of” churches in Ashburn, Virginia, announced in a recent issue of a local magazine. Elizabeth Brookens-Sturman, remembers what it was like to establish a new Christian church presence in the area just beyond the Capital Beltway. The founding pastor of Brambleton Presbyterian Church, the Rev.
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