Dranesville Church - Upon this Rock Band

Dranesville Church about 8 miles west of Tysons Corner, Virginia off of Route 7
1089 Liberty Meeting Court
Herndon, Virginia 20170

Services:
8:30 - 9:15 Traditional Worship
9:00 - 11:00 Continental Breakfast
9:30 - 10:30 Celebration Worship
Kid's Own Worship
Adult Sunday School
11:00 - 12:00 Contemporary Worship
Children's Sunday School
Adult Sunday School

Service I attended: Sunday, 11:00, am

Congregation: Mostly Caucasian middle-aged, families and singles

Overall Church: Has a building high on a hill overlooking Route 7. Turn at the McMansions (which will make sense when you visit - I thought these houses were new churches!) Plenty of off-street parking. Small, really pleasant congregation. I was very comfortable with the service structure - there was nothing unexpected or unusual. The songs were easy to learn praise and worship style.

Band set-up: Bass, drums, percussion, electric and acoustic guitars, keys.

Overall band: Upon This Rock is the name of the praise band at Dranesville United Methodist Church. They are a very competent and relaxed band -there were no awkward moments or bad starts. The service was pleasant and worshipful - just what I like on a Sunday morning. All volunteers. Nice vocals - songs in singable keys for the congregation. No show-off stuff, which is always refreshing. Nice set-up in a small, older church that could have been acoustically difficult.

Would I go back? Yes. I had a really good time, and wound up chatting for quite a while with the super-friendly pastor and really nice musicians.

Learn more: http://www.utronline.com
Email: prayer@utronline.com
Phone: 703-430-3137

Sorry I've been out of the loop...

Howdy Floks-
I must apologize for having NO band blog for so long. Unfortunately, I contracted Lyme disease - meaning I got bit by a tiny little tick that had a bunch of bacteria that is REALLY bad for humans and other mammals. I couldn't drive, read or walk too well. Needless to say, visiting church bands and writing about their music was pretty much impossible. I had to quit for ever-so-long.

The good news is that after heavy duty antibiotics by IV (and a whole bunch of other medicines) I can now walk on my own steam, drive, write and read again. It has been a really difficult journey that I do not recommend to anyone. My advice to you is PUT ON YOUR BUG REPELLENT!! I'm thinking seriously of AstroTurfing my lawn and encasing my dogs in plastic.

Anyway, I plan on visiting some more churches here in the DC area and describing their bands. I'd love to have some company in this endeavor. If you want to travel around visting very cool church bands, please feel free to do so and post your findings. It's a great way to make contacts and hear some wonderful music.