Join us for a heartwarming Brunch Event: "The Unfailing Love of God"—a special time of fellowship, encouragement, and creative expression as we celebrate God’s unwavering love for His daughters.

To celebrate the end of our 21 days of prayer and fasting, join us this Sunday for a special service for our entire church community to gather for worship and prayer. Please note that there will be no Whole Word Kids or Youth Group. Children must be supervised at all times.

If you have experienced a breakthrough or miracle recently, we want to know! Email office@wholeword.net to share your testimony!

Here is what to expect:

• Corporate prayer starts at 10:05am and service begins at 10:30am.

• We will worship and pray for different needs of our church community as the Holy Spirit leads.

• There will be no Kid’s Ministry. Parents, use this opportunity especially to model and teach worship to your children as you worship together as a family. (If you need some space, the narthex will be open with the service livestreaming).

• At the end of service, we will partake in Communion together, as we do the last Sunday of each month. After Communion, the Sanctuary will remain open for extended ministry. Altar Ministers will be available for prayer.

We are praying for a mighty outbreak of the Holy Spirit for all of us as we have devoted the start of 2025 for the Lord.

White Elephant Rules

• Everyone is welcomed to participate (including kids)!

• To participate, each person must bring a WRAPPED gift (limit 1 gift per person).

• Gifts can be funny (but appropriate for all ages), meaningful, practical, or playful. $20 maximum.

• We will cast lots to determine the order in which everyone will go.

• All the gifts go into a central pile.

• The first person selects a gift from the pile.

• The next person can choose to either pick a gift from the pile or plunder a previous person's gift. Anyone who gets their gift plundered can either pick a new gift or plunder a gift from someone else.

  • Each gift can only be plundered once per turn. Gifts can no longer be plundered after swapping hands three times.

• After everyone has had a turn, the first person gets one final chance to swap gifts with someone.

Immediately after service on Sunday, December 22, join us for a fiery showdown of our very own chili home chefs! Sample delicious chili, cast your vote for the best, fellowship, and have fun.

Free to eat. Must register to compete.

Chili Cook-off Entry Rules and Procedure

Who can enter the Cook-off?

• All members, friends, and regular-attenders of Whole Word Fellowship.

What do I need to bring?

• Contestants must bring your own ingredients, equipment, utensils, and fuel. Space and time are limited so chili must be prepared prior to the event. Power will be supplied, but extension cords and power strips are the responsibility of the contestants. Contestants may bring crockpots, electric cooktops, aluminum trays with holder and sterno, if needed.

• Chili recipes can be made with or without meat, with or without beans.

• Please prepare a minimum of 10 quarts of competition chili. All chili must be cooked to completion prior to the event; chili should be brought “ready to eat.” Entrants are encouraged to bring their own condiments (cheese, onions, peppers, sour cream, toppings, etc). The church will provide and serve saltines crackers and bread. All contestants are responsible for the maintenance of chili’s proper temperature for serving.

• Please have a list of the all ingredients used for allergy purposes on hand. If peanuts or peanut oil is used, please display a warning sign.

• The church will provide spoons and cups for serving to the attendees and judges.

Where and when do I set up?

• The Fellowship Hall will be open from 9:00am to 10am on the day of the event with tables available to use for setup. Table location will on a first-come basis.

How will the chili be judged? ​

• Everyone will be given a scorecard to judge and provide feedback for each chili. 1 to 5 points will be given for the overall taste and experience of each chili. The prize will be awarded to the chili with the highest overall score.

Join us as we celebrate and remember the birth of Jesus.

After service, join us for our first Chili Cook-Off and White Elephant Gift Exchange!

We invite you to attend our annual Fall Festival, Host the Holy Ghost, on Saturday October 26 from 4-6pm! This will be a wonderful time of fellowship for our church family. This year will feature a special “Trunk or Treat” for children, carnival games and prizes, moonbounces, refreshments, hayrides, and more! This event is open to all ages, and a great opportunity to invite friends and family.

Want to get involved? Register your vehicle to host a Trunk or Treat activity!

Nancy Howay Berg passed away in Fairfax, Virginia on the 21st day of September 2024 at the age of 95.
In her words, “please let people know after I pass that I’m in heaven now with Jesus”.

Born April 27,1929 Nancy to Edith (Helen) and Edward (James) Howay, Nancy grew up in Seattle, Washington and graduated Roosevelt High School.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish with Honors from Whitman College 1951. Nancy had three adventurous careers. The first career was in Foreign Service that took her to posts in Cairo, Egypt where she received a meritorious service award during a coup d’etat, and Madrid, Spain. In 1959, after marrying Foreign Service Officer, Marshall Berg, and they had two children and were posted in Alexandria, Egypt; Algiers, Algeria; Ouagadougou, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso); Istanbul, Turkey; and Princeton University. Her third career with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Washington, DC from 1974-1998 where she was executive secretary to the Director of Information technology at the Central Intelligence Agency. During her 24-year tenure at CIA she received multiple honors, including the Directorate of Administration’s Secretary of the Year.

In her 25+ years post retirement, Nancy focused on her passions for learning, adventure, and contributing to her community. She was a voracious reader and took courses at the Smithsonian Institute, continuing education classes in photography and computer software, and spiritual counseling (Stephen’s Ministry) and Biblical teaching classes – and was an early adopter of Apple’s latest technology and often took the Apple workshops. She loved to indulge in travel and photographic safaris in Africa and India. Nancy served multiple times on the board of her homeowner’s association. Up until end the end, her most rewarding time was mentoring young women and Christian prayer ministry.

Nancy is survived by son Eric Berg of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and daughter Kristi Berg McCutchen and son-in-law Peter McCutchen of San Rafael, California.

On Saturday, October 12th, 1 p.m., a Celebration of Life service will take place at the Whole Word Fellowship church in Oakton, Virginia.

The Church is the coming together of many different parts to function as One Body under the headship of Jesus. Serving is a privilege in supporting the work of the Holy Spirit through the local church with the use of your time, gifts, and talents.

Representatives from each of our ministry teams will be available to interact, answer questions, and help sign you up to serve on a team. Booths will be set up outside the Sanctuary after service.

Mike and Jeannette Bailey have served in the Philippines since 2003. Since that time they have ministered and worked alongside many missionaries, ministries and churches.

They have been a part of church plants, ministry schools, education for the youth, evangelistic crusades, outreaches, feeding the malnourished and disaster relief. They have done extensive work among the poor including construction of housing, drinking water development and livelihood projects.

In April of 2010, the Bailey family and a team of missionaries and nationals began to pioneer Hope for All Children on the Island of Samal. Through Hope for All Children, they continue to feed malnourished children, take in orphans, and continue the fight against human trafficking.

Join us as we pray for and bless our students, educators, and schools in the community.

Here is what to expect:

• Corporate Prayer will begin at 10:05am and the service will begin promptly at 10:30am with the call to worship.

• We will worship for about an hour and pray for different needs of our church community as the Holy Spirit leads.

• There will be no Kid’s Ministry. Parents, use this opportunity especially to model and teach worship to your children as you worship together as a family. (If you need some space, the Fellowship Hall will be open with the service livestreaming. No drop-offs. Parent supervision required).

• At the end of service, we will partake in Communion together, as we do the last Sunday of each month. After Communion, the Sanctuary will remain open for extended ministry. Altar Ministers will be available for prayer.

For current Whole Word Fellowship members.

Agenda

Celebrating graduating seniors. To be recognized, contact office@wholeword.net with name of graduate and a brief description of future plans.

Rising 6th graders will now go to the Youth Group.

Brother Bennie served as vice-president of Alpha Ministries for many years, becoming Alpha’s president in 2019. In the over 50 years since its founding, Alpha has trained over 50,000 leaders across Asia and Africa, distributed 500,000 Bibles, and dug over 100 wells that provide clean water to needy families. Alpha is currently ministering in several restricted countries across South Asia. Some of their ministries include work in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Cambodia. They also work in Africa, with ministry in Ghana, Sierra Leone and Tanzania. Alpha is also a longtime partner with WWF for Pastor Sidikie’s Gethsemane Evangelical Ministry in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.

We are launching the Parent Association at Whole Word! The purpose of the PA is to support and encourage families at the church through fellowship, prayer, and teaching. The PA will be responsible for brainstorming and planning events and gatherings throughout the year. This can include family worship nights, outreach events, trips and outings, parent seminars, etc. If you are interested in getting involved, please join us for our interest meeting on Sunday June 2, in the Fellowship Hall after service.