McElwee Chapel

The community around McElwee Chapel

It takes 4.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and about 1 in 5 describe their own health as fair or poor. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Social Isolation: 32.2%
• Depression: 24.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.4%
• Diabetes: 13.8%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near McElwee Chapel

• Bethesda Presbyterian Church — 1.8 mi away
• St. Mary and St. John the Baptist Coptic Orthodox Church — 2.9 mi away in Staunton, VA
• Asbury United Methodist Church — 3.3 mi away in Fairfield, VA
• Timber Ridge Church — 3.8 mi away in Lexington, VA
• Mount Olive Church — 3.9 mi away
• Lexington Foursquare Gospel — 4.1 mi away in Lexington, VA
• Fairfield Presbyterian Church — 4.4 mi away in Fairfield, VA
• Spring Valley Church — 4.5 mi away in Fairfield, VA
• Fairfield United Methodist Church — 4.6 mi away in Fairfield, VA
• Bethany Church — 4.6 mi away in Lexington, VA