We are a small, friendly and welcoming congregation.
9575 Big Island Highway, Bedford, VA 24523 | Sundays @ 9am
About Us
St. Thomas Episcopal Church is a small house of worship located in rural Bedford County between the Towns of Bedford and Big Island. The Church has a long history of serving the communities in this part of Virginia dating back to the decade prior to the Civil War. St. Thomas was established in 1844. We are part of The Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia.
Though currently without a full-time priest, we continue to have worship services every Sunday at 9 A.M. Some services are Holy Eucharist with a priest supplied by the Diocese, and some services are Morning Prayer with the leadership and participation of members of our congregation.
Our congregation can best be described as open-hearted, welcoming and congenial folks who have a compassion for worshipping in this beautiful pastoral setting.
Sunday Worship Services
9:00 A.M.
Followed by Coffee and Fellowship in the Parish House
Memorial Garden
In October 2024, with The Rev. Cathy Montgomery presiding, we dedicated a newly created Memorial Garden on the Church grounds. Its creation was spawned by the death of parishioner, Nancy Chu Farris on July 6, 2023. It was her dying request that she and her St. Thomas Church family have a place on the St. Thomas grounds to have their ashes scattered if they so choose. Efforts to create a memorial/scatter garden were begun shortly after Nancy’s passing.
As in our individual lives, the Memorial Garden will reflect the beginning and the end of life, the challenges we face, the need for continual care and attention, and the seasons through which all living things must pass. The Garden is conceived to be a restful place, an escape for quiet solitude to remember loved ones who captured our hearts and souls during the time we were together on this earth.
Chrismon Tree
Join Us
If you are in need of or are in search of a place to worship God, we cordially invite you to visit us on any Sunday morning. We have lots of history but we want you to become a part of our future. A pew and friendly faces are always waiting for you.
We enjoy food and fellowship following each Sunday service.
We are located in a beautiful pastoral setting in Bedford County, Virginia.
We are a small, friendly and welcoming congregation. Our History of continually providing a place of worship dates back to 1844.
Photography by Dan Farris
The Rev. Cathy Montgomery,
our Supply Priest provided by the Diocese
Contact Us
Phone: 540-586-4768
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Bedford is part of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia.