New Latter-Day Saints Church Opens In Wolf Trap, Tours Offered

VIENNA, VA — A new meetinghouse for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has been completed in the Wolf Trap area and will offer public tours during an open house.

The new meetinghouse at 1632 Crowell Road, Vienna will serve residents of Vienna, McLean, Reston, and other nearby communities. The estimated membership is 600 Latter-day Saints.

The 16,000-square-foot meetinghouse has a chapel that can host around 250 people, a cultural hall for sports and cultural art activities, 18 classrooms, six offices, and a parking lot with 233 spaces.

"Our congregation is excited to share our building with our friends and neighbors, and we want
to be good citizens in the community," says Bishop Jared Kartchner of the Great Falls Ward. "We seek to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ by gathering on Sundays for worship and instruction, and by using the building at other times as a platform for service in the community. This new building will provide a beautiful setting for those activities."

Another congregation that will meet in the location is the Wolf Trap Ward, made up of 144 young single adult members of the church in the Vienna, Reston and Herndon areas.

"This will be a blessing to many of our members who will have reduced travel times for worship and other activities,” says Bishop Hugh Redd of the Wolf Trap Ward.

The open house for the new Wolf Trap meetinghouse with tours will be held Saturday, Oct. 16 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Another meetinghouse of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the LDS Washington DC Temple, which is visible from the Capital Beltway in Montgomery County, Maryland. The temple has undergone extensive renovations and will open for a public open house from April 28, 2022 to June 4, 2022.