The campus of Wallace Presbyterian Church is open!

In 2003, Wallace Presbyterian Church moved out of its old building in Hyattsville, Md. On June 28, 2009, the first worship service was held in the new building.

The Wallace design team, congregation and architect worked hard to ensure that our new church building would celebrate Wallace’s identity as members of Christ’s body with His glory as our continual, highest goal. A beautiful circular worship sanctuary centered in the middle of the church helps reflect the Lord as our utmost center and foundation. Four modules that project out of the sanctuary address our additional service and worship needs including the narthex, a children’s wing, an administration wing, and the utility wing.

The new building is located just a few minutes from Interstate 95 and right across the street from the University of Maryland, where more than 25,000 undergraduate and 10,000 graduate students are gathered from the farthest reaches of the globe.

The site plan was designed to preserve green space and to highlight the beauty of the stream and meadow meandering through the center of the campus.

Worship is at the center of what it means for us to be the people of God, and thus a beautiful circular worship space provides the hub at the heart of the complex. Four modules (of seven in the ultimate buildout) that are being be used in ministry radiate outward from the sanctuary: the narthex; children’s module; administration module; and utility module. Access between the central worship center and the ministry modules is provided by the ambulatory that circumscribes the sanctuary on both levels.

Set against the backdrop of a starry host, the glory of God radiates out over all His creation, bringing into being the new heaven and the new earth. The center of the window suggests the faithful work of Christ on the cross and the outpouring of the Spirit to make all things new.  As in Psalm 1 and Revelation 22, God’s blessing flows outward as a river of life, sustaining a fruitful tree that represents both the healing of the nations and the blossoming of his kingdom in all its fullness.