When Sydney arrived at VCU as a freshman, she was nervous about finding her place. Coming from a small town where “everybody and their mama knows each other,” the size of VCU’s campus felt overwhelming. But on the very first Sunday after move-in, Sydney joined Pace’s Church Crawl. “Back home, going to church was part of my weekly schedule,” she explained. “I thought this would be a good way to meet new people and feel a sense of familiarity.” Over the past three years, Pace has become a place...

Selma, a recent graduate, arrived at VCU in the summer of 2021, fresh from a high school experience defined by virtual classrooms and the...

Michael first met Rev. Katie Gooch while he was a PhD student at VCU in 2017, studying Nuclear Engineering. “I wasn't quite the lonely,...