Discovery United Methodist Church
Discovery United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church at 13000 Gayton Road in Richmond, VA 23233. It is one of 585 churches in Richmond, and one of 2 United Methodist congregations in the city.
We gather in person and online every Sunday to worship God, because we believe in the power of God's Grace in transforming our hearts and the world.
13000 Gayton Road, Richmond, VA, 23233Phone: (804) 360-4442 · Website: http://www.discoveryunited.org/
Discovery United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 956 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Virginia — 25,370 across the United States on The Church Map.
Methodism gave the church the class meeting, the circuit rider, and the Sunday school, and gave America the conviction that grace is genuinely for everyone — carried into prisons, mines, and mill towns by preachers who owned almost nothing. Charles Wesley's hymns are still sung in nearly every tradition, most of them by people who have no idea whose they are.
Find Discovery United Methodist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
Upcoming events at Discovery United Methodist Church
- Thu, Aug 6 · 10:30 AM: Journey Circle
- Thu, Aug 6 · 6:30 PM: Music Practice — Sanctuary
- Fri, Aug 7 · All day: Office Closed
- Sat, Aug 8 · 9 AM: West End Farmers Market — Lauderdale Parking Lot
- Sat, Aug 8 · 5 PM: 6pm Richmond Ukrainian Catholic Worship Service — Sanctuary/Atrium
From Discovery United Methodist Church's public calendar (http://www.discoveryunited.org/). Times are the church's local time.
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Latest from Discovery United Methodist Church's YouTube channel: 08/02/2026 Unified Service (all videos).
The community around Discovery United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and about 1 in 7 the people here were born in another country. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 30.0%
- Unemployment: 6.3% (0.7–12.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Discovery United Methodist Church
- Anglican Church of the Incarnation — 0.4 mi away in Henrico, VA
- Gayton Road Christian Church — 0.4 mi away in Henrico, VA
- The Heights Church — 0.5 mi away in Henrico, VA
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.6 mi away in Henrico, VA
- Vertical Church — 1.2 mi away in Henrico, VA
- Cambridge Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Disciple Company Church — 1.2 mi away in Henrico, VA
- Gayton Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- North Gayton Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away in Henrico, VA
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 1.6 mi away in Henrico, VA
More Methodist churches nearby
- Shady Grove Church — 3.1 mi away in Glen Allen, VA
- Saint Andrew's United Methodist Church — 3.6 mi away in Henrico, VA
- Saint Matthews Church — 3.8 mi away in Henrico, VA
- Welborne United Methodist Church — 3.9 mi away in Henrico, VA
- Good Shepherd United Methodist Church — 5.3 mi away in Glen Allen, VA