© CITIZEN HEIGHTS. CHARITY ID / EIN NUMBER: 20-4690417.
ABOUT US
Since 2006, Citizen Heights has committed to inspiring hope, removing limitations, and helping people experience God’s possible for their life. We’re convinced God’s best for your life is just ahead for your marriage, your career, your finances, and every area of your life through the life-giving message of Jesus. We can’t wait to see what God does in your life and hear all the amazing testimonies.
MICHAEL & HEATHER GIROUX
Lead Pastors of Citizen Heights
Together, they started Citizen Heights with a vision to build a church where hope is inspired, limitations are removed, and every person is welcomed to experience God’s possible for their lives. They have a unique calling to champion unity, in an often-divided city. They’ve watched in wonder, as God has gathered the diversity of their international city, into His family, and the Citizen Heights community. Over time, the church has grown to include a DC Campus in northwest corner of the city, a thriving Online Campus with an international following.
Michael & Heather have been married for 26 years and have four amazing sons. They love family time and enjoying all the sights, sounds and tastes Washington, D.C. offers.
In their free time you’ll find them riding dirt bikes, or camping and hiking. They’re also seriously big fans of all the Washington sports teams and hope you’ll join them cheering for the home teams!
Citizen Heights exists to reach all people with the life-giving
message of Jesus that they might become
FOUND IN GOD’S GRACE
FREED IN GOD’S CARE
FORMED IN GOD’S PROMISES
FULFILLED IN GOD’S HOUSE
DIAGRAM OF DISCIPLESHIP
TAKING YOU TO NEW HEIGHTS!
WE HELP YOU DISCOVER AND GROW IN EIGHT ESSENTIALS OF THE FAITH.
Worship Gatherings
Teaching you God’s word and how to give an account of your hope, while standing strong in today’s culture.
DIAGRAM OF DISCIPLESHIP
MADE STRONGER TOGETHER
OUR COMMUNITY
Welcome to Citizen Heights. We’re glad you are here. Our heart is to inspire hope, remove limitations and help people experience God’s possible for their life. We believe new possibilities await your marriage, your career, your finances, your family and every area of your life. As a local church, we are a community of everyday people who love Jesus and are passionate about reaching the Washington DC metro area with the love, hope and goodness of a faithful God.
“We hope that your faith will grow and that the boundaries of our work among you will be extended.”
2 Corinthians 10:15 (NLT)
You’re Invited!
We invite you to see for yourself how exciting church can be when the focus is simple, the hope is real, the limitations are removed, and people are free to be who God’s called them to be!
DIAGRAM OF DISCIPLESHIP
TAKING YOU TO NEW HEIGHTS!
WE HELP YOU DISCOVER AND GROW IN EIGHT ESSENTIALS OF THE FAITH.
Worship Gatherings
Teaching you God’s word and how to give an account of your hope, while standing strong in today’s culture.
DIAGRAM OF DISCIPLESHIP
MICHAEL GIROUX
As a leader, Michael has a passion to equip the everyday influential person to encounter the grace, forgiveness and hope found in the finished work of Jesus. As a pastor, He believes God is calling the modern-day Joseph, Daniel and Esther to influence their cities, and nations, as kingdom ambassadors.
Michael is known for preaching faith, hope and love with an energetic, humorous and inspirational style. His preaching helps challenge presuppositions and mindsets, unlocking potential through God’s word and practical application.
Pastor Michael, a former lawyer and prosecutor, earned his Bachelor of Theology from Portland Bible College, and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Regent University School of Law. As Assistant District Attorney, New York State, he oversaw and prosecuted offenses in 12 city courts and in the New York Supreme Court. He was an advocate and council member for CASA, an organization dedicated to serving battered women through the criminal process.
Michael & Heather have been married for 26 years and have four amazing sons. They love family time and enjoying all the sights, sounds and tastes Washington, D.C. offers. They are also seriously big fans of all the Washington sports teams and hope you’ll join them cheering for the home teams!
HEATHER GIROUX
Pastor Heather has a passion to help people lead Christ-centered, truth-balanced and grace-filled lives. She lives to inspire others to love people, build the church, establish bridges of commonality and equip parents to build strong families.
Heather comes from a profound church-planting heritage. While growing up in New York, her family started and oversaw five churches, including one in Canada. In 1994, she helped plant Christian Life Center, in Williamsburg, Virginia, and then again in 2006, The City Life Church, in Newport News, Virginia. She is currently the Tenleytown Campus Pastor and Women’s Pastor at Citizen Heights, a church she helped found in 2007.
Michael & Heather have been married for 26 years and have four amazing sons. They love family time and enjoying all the sights, sounds and tastes Washington, D.C. offers. They are also seriously big fans of all the Washington sports teams and hope you’ll join them cheering for the home teams!