The Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church has no creed or interpretation of theology to which members must agree as a condition of church membership. The church offers a multitude of programs, both religious and social, to members of all ages.

Part of the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch Movement, Chabad @ Tysons promotes Judaism through worship services, children's programming, adult education, and community services in the Tysons Corner area.

Part of the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch Movement, Chabad Lubavitch of Northern Virginia promotes Judaism through worship services at the Congregation Ahavat Israel synagogue; children's programming, including the Gan Israel Preschool for children 18 months through four years, a Tiny Treasures Mommy and Me Program, and Hebrew School; adult education; and community services in Northern Virginia.

Part of the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch Movement, Chabad of Silver Spring promotes Judaism through worship services; children's programming, including a Tiny Treasures Mommy and Me Program, Hebrew School, teen groups, and the Camp Gan Israel summer camp; adult education; and community services in Silver Spring.

The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land is an often unexpected surprise to those who don't live in Brookland. And once discovered, people are reluctant to share their find, as the monastery is a place of such incredible peace and beauty.

The church was built in 1898-99, using as the floor plan the five-fold Crusader Cross of Jerusalem, and it is built in the Byzantine style, after the Hagia Sofia in Constantinople (Istanbul), with some modified Romanesque influences. There are three Shrines, and a faithful copy of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, for which the Monastery was named. Catacombs are housed in the Martyr's
Crypt; short passageways lead to the Chapel of Purgatory and more chapels, typical of the larger ones of the ancient Catacombs. The Nativity Grotto is reproduced here as it exists now in Bethlehem.

Visitors are welcome to tour the grounds on their own, but guided tours are available as well. Tours of the Monastery and shrines are given Monday through Saturday at 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm, and 3pm. On Sundays, tours are given in the afternoons only, at 1pm, 2pm, and 3pm. The Catacombs can be visited only when on a tour. Tours are free, although donations are greatly appreciated.

Surrounding the church is the Rosary Portico (or Cloister Walk), with 15 chapels commemorating the lives of Jesus and Mary in detailed, colorful mosaics. Each chapel contains artistic ceramic plaques bearing the Angelic Greeting in nearly 200 ancient and modern languages. Within the Portico are beautiful landscaped gardens that change with the seasons. I don't think there is a better place to see tulips in the spring than right here!

Attached to the rear of the church is the monastery, built in the monastic style of the late Romanesque. Statues (children love the dog in particular), reproductions of Holy Land Shrines, and the Stations of the Cross are found throughout the upper and lower gardens. There are grottoes, outdoor chapels, and lots of places for kids to run around (respectfully of course) and drink in the view.

The Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church offers traditional services, classes, and a wide range of programs and services for children, including the Metropolitan Nursery School.

The United Methodist Church is part of the church universal. All persons, regardless of race, color, national origin, status, or economic condition are welcome to attend its services, receive Holy Communion, and after taking vows, be baptized and admitted into membership.

The National City Christian Church, a Disciples of Christ Church, offers a gospel service, a traditional service, a service in Spanish, a service for the hearing impaired, and a children's ministry on Sundays.

It is an inclusive church family which fully embraces in its life and ministries people of every race, gender, age, culture, economic circumstance, sexual/gender orientation, family configuration, physical or mental condition, and all other distinctions which are the rich tapestry of God's creation.

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is the patronal church and preeminent Marian Shrine of the United States, and is a place of prayer and pilgrimage for hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.

Guided tours are available on a daily basis, Mon-Sat 9am-11am, 1pm-3pm and Sun 1:30pm-4pm. Copies of the Shrine Guidebook and Personal Tour are available (for a fee) for those wishing to wander on their own. You can also check out the virtual tour before you go.

The Shrine is immense and breathtakingly beautiful. Make sure to bring your camera and give yourself enough time to see the whole place. There is also a gift shop/bookstore, open daily from 8:30am, and a cafeteria, open daily for breakfast and lunch from 7:30am.

The Sixth & I Historic Synagogue offers educational and inspirational programs and activities for current and future generations, and helps preserve part of the heritage of Jewish Washington.

Temple Rodef Shalom is a Reform Congregation serving Northern Virginia, affiliated with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. The Temple has a Sunday religious school for kids in kindergarten through tenth grade, summer camps, and a two-, three-, or five-day a week nursery school for Jewish and non-Jewish children ages two through five.

Contact the nursery school at 703.542.2227, or via e-mail at director@trsnsonline.org.

Designed in the classical architecture of Greece and Rome, The George Washington Masonic Memorial was built by more than two million American Freemasons to honor George Washington - the preeminent member of the Fraternity. The building encompasses the memorial, a museum, a research center and library, a performing arts center and concert hall, and numerous rooms and halls which can be used for community activities, banquet, and other special events.

Guided tours are held daily at 10am, 11:30am, 1:30pm, and 3pm.

One of the country's most beautiful places of worship, the Episcopalian Washington National Cathedral also offers tours and great family programs.

Guided tours begin at the Cathedral's west end, for a donation of $3 for adults, $2 for seniors, and $1 for children. The 30 minute tours are offered on an ongoing basis during the following times: Mondays through Fridays at 10am-11:30am and 12:45pm-4pm, Saturdays at 10am-11:30am and 12:45pm-3:30pm, and Sundays from 12:45pm-2:30pm. Specialty tours (such as gargoyle tours) for families with children ages 10 and older are offered seasonally. Audio tours are also available.

You might prefer to take a self-guided tour, and launch the kids on a gargoyle treasure hunt - extra points if they can find Darth Vader (no, we're not kidding, but binoculars will be needed!).

Holy Eucharist is celebrated on Sundays at 8am, 9am, 11am, and 6:30pm. An Ecumenical Folk Eucharist, in contemporary language, is offered at 10am.

Sunday Evensong, at 4pm, is sung and chanted in the traditional language preserved in Rite I. The Cathedral Choir of Men and Girls or Choir of Men and Boys sings throughout the academic year; in summer the Choir of Men sings Evensong. The congregation sings responses, prayers, and a hymn. Readings for the day are presented from the Old Testament and New Testament. Many worshipers remain afterward for the organ recital, performed most Sunday evenings at 5pm.

The Cathedral holds a half-dozen Episcopal worship services each weekday from morning through evening, including an intercessory prayer service where the prayers of the people are read.