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"We have had an amazing experience with both our girls at Walker Chapel Preschool over the last two years! We appreciate the love and attention that the teachers provide and have seen significant development in both girls. Best of all, they come home from school with big smiles on their faces, excited to share what they had learned that day. We also love getting to know the strong community of families. We would highly recommend it!"
- 4s / 2s Class Parent
Welcome to Walker Chapel Preschool, a play-based neighborhood school serving the community since 1970.
Operating under the auspices of Walker Chapel United Methodist Church, WCP has provided the community with a stimulating and nurturing environment in which children can explore, learn, and grow for more than fifty years. Our experienced teachers and staff are devoted to helping students develop the skills needed to thrive in future educational environments – and in the wider world.
Following the best principles of early childhood education, we foster educational, physical, social, and emotional development through both unstructured and organized play. Our curriculum is enhanced by daily craft projects, exploring music and instruments, science experiments and gross motor skill movement classes. Students learn and play large sun-filled classrooms, a fenced playground offering opportunities for outdoor exploration, and a large recreation room for imaginative indoor play year-round.
We are pleased to offer three age-specific classes designed for 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds and Pre-K (4-5 year-olds). Our small classes and low teacher/student ratios foster your child’s year-over-year growth and the development of lasting friendships.
All Are Welcome
WCP is an equal opportunity organization, and one whose practices build upon Walker Chapel's own heritage and commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. As a Reconciling ministry, Walker Chapel celebrates God’s gift of diversity, welcoming and affirming people of every gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, who are also of every age, race, ethnicity, physical and mental ability, level of education, and family structure, and of every economic, immigration, marital, and social status – and so much more.
WCP carries these values into the classroom by providing an inclusive preschool environment that supports children’s varied needs, interests, abilities and learning styles, and by fostering an appreciation for the beauty and richness of experience only possible in a diverse, equitable and inclusive community.
About Our Church
Walker Chapel is a United Methodist Church located in Arlington, VA. We are a group of people passionate about Jesus, closely studying his word, and gathering with his people. We’re an open, intentional place where you can get to know God in a real way.
We meet together every Sunday at 10:30 for worship, and we have something for everyone! We’re hungry for the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and we are committed to studying his word and learning to love our world better each day. we invite you to join us as we do so. No matter who you are, what you’ve done, or what you’ve been through, Jesus sees you and cares for you, and we want to do the same. Whether you’ve been a Christian for decades or are just interested in what our faith is all about, we’ll paint a clear picture of who Jesus is and why we worship him here at Walker Chapel.
When you give us a call, you’ll be connected with one of our friendly staff who can pray for you or answer any questions you may have.
Please stop by our Church on Sunday! We look forward to meeting you!
Our Sunday church worship takes place at 10:30 AM every Sunday.
Everybody is welcome.
Please feel free to stop by our welcoming church this Sunday. We look forward to meeting you!
Walker Chapel is located at 4102 N. Glebe Rd in Arlington, VA.
Please stop by and see us on Sunday. We look forward to meeting you!
Walker Chapel United Methodist Church is a United Methodist Church.
As described on umc.org United Methodists share a common heritage with all Christians. According to our foundational statement of beliefs in The Book of Discipline, we share the following basic affirmations in common with all Christian communities:
Our Christian Beliefs: God
God, who is one, is revealed in three distinct persons. Read More
Our Christian Beliefs: Jesus
Our church believes in the mystery of salvation through Jesus Christ. God became human in Jesus of Nazareth; and his life, death and resurrection demonstrate God's redeeming love.
Our Christian Beliefs: The Holy Spirit
Our church believes The Holy Spirit is God's present activity in our midst. When we sense God's leading, God's challenge, or God's support or comfort, it's the Holy Spirit at work.
Our Christian Beliefs: Human Beings
Genesis 1:27 asserts that we've been made in the image of the Creator. Like God we have the capacity to love and care, to communicate, and to create.
Our Christian Beliefs: The Church
The church is the body of Christ, an extension of Christ’s life and ministry in the world today.
Our Christian Beliefs: The Bible
We believe that the Bible is the primary authority for our faith and practice.
Our Christian Beliefs: God’s Reign
The kingdom or reign of God is both a present reality and future hope.
We encourage you to come as you are and to bring your family, friends, and neighbors. We have always been gathering place that first started in peoples homes. Most will come informally, in business casual but some will also come in suits and fancy hats. Its sort of fun to see the mix.
We enjoy our Chancel Choir, which is open to all. All join in for traditional and contemporary hymns, songs, and carols with highlight performances from individuals and the choirs. With the example of Charles Wesley, Methodist churches are always filled with wonderful voices singing in harmony.
We still call ourselves a Chapel because it represents the close friendships that grow in a small church. Here everyone knows and cares about everyone. We don’t always agree and that gives spice to life, but we are always bound by love for each other.
The message is thought provoking and inspirational. It will cause you to pause during the week and say, “game changer!”
There is always something to do from working your brain to straining your muscles. We are small and do a lot for ourselves and others.
Handicap parking is at the start of the lot nearest the door. The chapel is accessible from the parking lot just to the right of the steps by a break in the sidewalk that leads to a gentle ramp leading into the lower level Fellowship Hall. At the base of the ramp to the left there is a self-operated elevator to the Sanctuary level that will hold up to three people at a time.
Come down Glebe Road towards the chapel and you will see a driveway just after the white signs at the front. Turn in and park going down the driveway or in the larger main parking lot a short distance down. On Sunday the first dozen spots are for handicap access.
We give of ourselves, we give our time, and we give money because without the grease of money, none of the wheels turn. There is no rule, no guidance, no examples, no right or wrong for how much to give other than all gifts should be freely given. Gifts come from the heart and something we do because we want to not because we have to or should.