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Chapel Updates

  • NOvember 10, 2025

    DEMO STARTED

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  • OCtober 22, 2025

    We have a building Permit


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  • June 28, 2025

    Liberty game day

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  • April 5, 2025

    second community

    egg hunt at liberty

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  • February 27, 2025

    Buildout Design Approved

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  • December 9, 2024

    Virginia Department of Historic Resources  Approval

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  • December 3, 2024

    We have chairs

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  • July 3, 2024

    Lease was signed

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  • April 6, 2024

    first community

    egg hunt at liberty

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  • NOvember 16, 2014

    Prayer at the Chapel

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  • December 7, 2013

    Second tour of the chapel

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  • December 8, 2012

    FIRST TOUR of the CHAPEL

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SOUTH COUNTY CHURCH @ LIBERTY CHAPEL



On July 3, 2024, we signed the lease for the former Lorton prison chapel—what a monumental day! We are so thankful for all the prayers, encouragement, and support that brought us to this moment. Now the real fun begins. Check back here for updates as the project develops. Exciting days are ahead!


We are thrilled about the future and look forward with great anticipation to having a building we can finally call our own. The former Lorton prison chapel, located at 8475 Reformatory Way in Lorton, Virginia, is a place we’ve been watching and waiting for since 2011.


Affectionately known as Liberty Chapel, the building is approximately 20,000 square feet. This space will allow us to fully support our current programs while also creating room for future growth. Beyond our regular family programs, we envision a safe and welcoming place for students before and after school—where they can have fun, receive tutoring, and be mentored in a caring environment.



Ways you can be a part


Prayer Praying Hands 

Keep the chapel and all that’s taking place to get us into the building in your prayers. This is a true leap of faith for SCC, but we know that as we take our step of faith and do our part, God will be faithful to do His.


Join a team Users

As we move closer to moving into Liberty Chapel, we want to make sure all of our teams are ready to go! We’d love for you to take a moment to let us know where you’d like to get involved. 

You can explore the list of teams and sign up for the area where you’d like to serve here:  Ways to Serve at SCC.  

Together, we can make Liberty Chapel a place where everyone feels at home and God’s love is on full display. 


Give Financially cash 

As we take steps toward making Liberty Chapel our new home, we know there will be both expected and unexpected expenses along the way.

If you call SCC your church home and are not currently giving, we invite you to take a step of faith by following the Lord in tithing—giving 10% of your income to God’s work here at SCC.

If you are already tithing or are a friend of SCC, please prayerfully consider giving an offering above your tithe to help with the move and all that God is doing through our church family.

There are several ways you can give:

  • 💻 Give online: [Click here to give online.] You’ll be directed to a secure site where you can complete your gift.

  • 📱 Text to give: Text GIVE to 833-226-7990.

  • ✉️ Mail a check:  South County Church, PO Box 1348, Lorton, VA 22199

Thank you for your generosity and faithfulness as we step forward together. God is building something special, and your giving makes it possible!



Downloadable Chapel Brochure

Building Committee

Chris Call

Desi Cullen

Andy Casper

Martin Jacobs

John Albanese

Lorton Prison Chapel History


Built from 1958-1961
20,000 square feet of space includes a mezzanine and a basement
The L-shaped walls are about 25 feet tall and 60 feet long


Lorton History: A Cross for Prisoners

Patch, April 22, 2011


Religion: Christ the Prisoner

Time Magazine, September 22, 1961


Lifers Program in the Chapel, Marion Barry Visits


Boundy Stone - WETA's Local History Website
In the 1960s, Prison Chaplains Created
a Star Studded Music Festival at Lorton Reformatory




Lorton Reformatory Ariel View



Friday, Sept. 22, 1961 (TIME excerpt) 

Dedicated last week was a new chapel that was designed by a professional forger, decorated by a two-man team composed of a thief and a murderer, and built by laborers on a wage scale that ranged from $1.20 to $7.70 a month. Its 1,000-odd congregation: inmates of the District of Columbia Reformatory (for men) at Lorton. Va. The chapel is interdenominational, designed so that Roman Catholic, Protestant and Jewish services, each seating as many as 500, may be held simultaneously or thrown together in one big, 1,200-capacity. But the man behind it is the prison’s senior Catholic chaplain, Father Carl J. Breitfeller