Our Mission, Value and Vision Statements:

Mission Statement

Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church :  A joyful community of spiritual friends proclaiming the living Christ in our everyday lives

Curious to learn
Inspired to worship
Energized to serve
All to the Glory of God

Value Statement

As followers of Jesus Christ, led by the Holy Spirit, we share these core values...

Hospitality 
We welcome others and embrace our differences
Community 
We seek to be a loving caring Christian family
Compassion
We respond to the pain and need of others
Joy
We celebrate the abundance of God's grace in our lives
Beauty
We discover God with our eyes, our ears, and our hearts
Honesty
We seek and share the truth
Integrity
We strive to live in accordance with our Christian beliefs
Open-mindedness
We explore a diversity of ideas on our journey of faith
Stewardship
We generously share our time, talents, and financial resources

Vision Statement

We envision...

Weaving old and new members together into the fabric of our community as we welcome their diversity of gifts

Challenging each member to make a difference in the world through family, work, and mission outreach

Providing diverse opportunities to become a fully connected spiritual community

Nurturing a relevant and vital faith identity in our children and youth

Building on our musical heritage to enrich our worship experience

Our History

On Easter Sunday, 1900, in a carriage house on Kalorama Road in Northwest Washington, D.C., Clara Finley Bliss, M.D., one of the first women physicians to practice in Washington, gathered a group of children to form a Sunday School. From this beginning grew the Washington Heights Presbyterian Church. This church served its neighborhood until after World War II when the church sought to relocate.

As the Washington Heights Church was looking for a new home, a group in north Bethesda was organizing to build a church to serve the growing community. With the assistance of the Presbytery, the two groups joined to form the Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church in 1955. The present building was constructed in 1956 with the addition of a sanctuary wing in 1965.

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50 Year Anniversary Celebration

Church Bylaws

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Our Plans for the Future

As an open-minded community of spiritual seekers, Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church has an extraordinary opportunity to grow both spiritually and numerically to enhance the lives of those in and around our community as we move into the 21st century. We have recently enhanced and enlarged our physical plant. The professional staff is in place to support expanded programming. Exciting new worship and education opportunities are being introduced. While moving forward locally, we are also moving forward in the world at large.