25th Anniversary Celebration!!

Did you know Belmont Plantation was purchased in 1836 by Margaret Mercer, a remarkable woman of her time? An educator, philanthropist, faithful Episcopalian and staunch opponent of slavery, her commitment to spiritual formation and academics took the form of Belmont Academy, a boarding school for girls in the Manor House.Belmont Chapel was built in 1840 and was the beginning of what would be the Episcopal Church in Ashburn and the future site of St. David’s.

In 1987, a deed was discovered in the Loudoun County Clerk’s Office that restored the Belmont Chapel property to the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia as part of an effort to serve the growing needs of Loudoun County and plant an Episcopal mission church in Ashburn.

In 1990, 12 members founded St. David’s as mission church with Stephen McWhorter as the first vicar. First service held on Easter Sunday with 60 people under a tent in the woods and mud at the end of the “Old Rocky Road to Salvation” which was the access to the property off of Old Ashburn Road. Today, the peaceful ruins of Belmont Chapel in the churchyard welcome you for quiet reflection.

In 2015, St. David’s is celebrating our 25th year of transforming lives through Joyful Worship, Celebrating Community, Engaging Outreach and Lifelong Learning. If you’re looking for a place where your life will be truly transformed, please come visit us. Our 25th Anniversary celebration will be September 27th, but feel welcomed to come visit us any time. As our current rector Mary Kay Brown says, “Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, you are welcome here!”

Enjoy fellowship as you renew your faith or embark on a new spiritual journey in our inspiring American Institute of Architects (AIA) award-winning glass-walled sanctuary in the woods. The quiet Belmont Chapel ruins again become an active place of worship during our Easter sunrise service in the spring and the Blessing of the Animals celebration in the fall.

Wherever you are in your spiritual journey, know that there’s a place for you at St. David’s Episcopal Church and School. For more information, visit sdlife.org, like us on Facebook and follow us on twitter.