St. Christopher's Episcopal Church (Portsmouth, VA)

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• Name:St. Christopher's Episcopal Church (Portsmouth, VA)
• Website URL:https://www.st-christophers-portsmouth.org
• Summary:St. Christopher's offers robust online and midweek worship opportunities, livestreaming Sunday worship to Facebook at 10:00 AM (hosted by the rector, The Rev. Eileen P. Walsh), with Compline streamed Wednesdays at 8:00 PM on the church website and a Thursday Holy Eucharist Healing Service at 10:00 AM available both in person and online. The parish is deeply committed to feeding ministries and local outreach—running a "Little" Food Pantry, Oasis breakfasts and quarterly lunches, Feeding the 5,000, shelter dinners, holiday gift baskets, and an aluminum can drive—together serving well over 1,600 meals annually. Congregational life includes Episcopal Church Women (ECW) projects like the Mile of Pennies, a Prayer Shawl ministry that meets Tuesday mornings (10:15 AM) and has donated dozens of shawls and winter items to hospice, the military, and people experiencing homelessness, plus a music program led by new Director Claire Vivian (a choral music education student at Christopher Newport University) and youth offerings (G.I.G.G.L.E.S. and St. Christopher’s Youth Group) with childcare available. Visitors can sign up for the church newsletter on the website and are invited to seasonal events—Lenten book study, a Seder meal, and an Easter service with reception and egg hunt—that reflect the congregation’s mission: "We are joyful Children of God..."
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