Our Pastor

Rev. Darryl! LC Moch joins UCC Fredericksburg after serving for the last 15 years as a Senior Associate Minister and former Assistant to the Bishop and founder. Rev. Darryl! identifies as a multi-faith spiritual practitioner and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Potomac Association of the Central Atlantic Conference of the United Church of Christ, currently serving as the Chair of the Justice and Witness Committee. He also is co-convener/developer and lead facilitator for a UCC initiative and curriculum addressing White Supremacy in the local church, called “The Journey.” Rev. Darryl! is a single father and resides in Washington, DC.

He is a founding member and Community Co-chair Emeritus of the Places of Worship Advisory Board (DC Health), championing the diversity and inclusion of all faiths for fifteen years. Rev. Darryl! is also the co-founder of the former Inner Light Inc. and founder of Innergy, Inc. — local nonprofit community empowerment and faith-based organizations working to eradicate poverty and improve quality of life for individuals, families, and communities. Rev. Darryl! has also served for almost 19 years on the coordinating and organizing team for DC’s Interfaith Pride (during Capitol Pride) Worship Service. He is the Co-chair for the Washington, DC NAACP ACT-SO program and also serves on the DC NAACP Executive Board. He is a board member of Black Leaves Project/Black Leaves Dance Company and is the Director of the Charm City Labor Chorus (Baltimore, MD). Rev. Darryl! provides support and other consulting services in mental health, substance use disorders, community empowerment, and faith-based initiatives.

Ordained in 2000 in Atlanta, Georgia, Rev. Darryl! has served in ministry across Los Angeles, Upstate New York, Erie PA, Chicago, Phoenix, Atlanta, and Portland OR. Most recently he served as Consulting Pastor for Supply and Pastoral Care for Bethel UCC in Arlington, VA, and as Dean of Communities of Practice for the Central Atlantic Conference of the UCC. He is also the convenor and Director of the CAC Mass Choir.

An inspirational life coach, performing artist, ordained minister, consultant, and community advocate, Rev. Darryl! brings a rare breadth of experience to his pastoral leadership. His passion and work centers on social change, social justice, and equality for all people — realized through what he calls “psycho-edu-tainment”: ministry, arts, mental health, and culture working together to empower, expose, and enlighten individuals and communities.

He is a published author and poet, and has written, directed, and/or produced several original productions including Spheres of Influence, Adolescence: Voices Inside My Head, A Symphony of People: In Our Own Words, Phoenix Is Rising, and God’s Trombones: The Manifestation. He is a co-author of the published research project “Lessons Learned from U.S. Rapid Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation Programs” in the International Journal of STD & AIDS.