Dec
22

Chili Cook-Off

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 four 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 8:30am 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.


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Dec
22

White Elephant Gift Exchange

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.

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Nov
8
to Nov 9

Church Camping

The Fairfax/Annandale Community Group (CG) invites you for a one night camping trip on the church campus. Everyone is invited to stay overnight OR just for dinner, campfire, smores, and worship.

Everyone will need to bring your own camping gear (tent, sleeping bag, camping chair, toiletries, etc). The church building will be available for restroom use.

Weather permitting.

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Oct
26

HOST THE HOLY GHOST

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.


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

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Oct
20
to Nov 10

Intro to Deliverance Ministry

Registration $20 includes lunch for all sessions.

Meeting in the Cabin Chapel Sundays 12:30pm.

Sessions 1 & 2: Basics of Deliverance

  • Definitions: demon, curse, stronghold

  • Can a Christian have a demon?

  • Authority for deliverance

  • What allows a person to be demonized

  • Preparation for ministry

  • How to minister deliverance


Sessions 3 & 4: Closing the Doors 

  • Forgiveness

  • Repentance

  • Curses

  • Generational curses

  • Occult / idol worship / freemasonry

  • Fear

  • Replacing lies w/ truth (breaking strongholds)

  • Soul ties

  • Inner vows

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Oct
12

[Nancy Berg] Celebration of Life

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.

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Oct
6
to Oct 20

DISCOVER

Whether you are looking to just learn more about our church or you want to become a member, attending our Discover classes is the first step to joining our church. Discover is a 3 week course designed to help you discover:

  • Who We Are

  • What We Do

  • How to Get Involved

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Sep
15

Ministry Team Fair

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.

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Sep
1

[Special Guest] Mike Bailey

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.

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Aug
25

Back to School Sunday

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.

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Jul
29
to Aug 2

VBS

Join us July 29-August 2 for a fun-filled week as we discover God’s rock solid truth in a world of shifting sands! Breaker Rock Beach VBS is open to children ages 3 (must be potty trained) - rising 6th graders. 

Cost: $40/child

If you have any questions, please reach out to our children’s director, Melissa Lee, at melissa@wholeword.net.

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Jul
8
to Jul 12

CEF 5 Day Club

Child Evangelism Fellowship 5-Day Club

5-Day Clubs are led by teens who are trained as summer missionaries to teach children about Jesus.

·  This is a ministry of Child Evangelism Fellowship.  The focus is on bringing children to know Jesus as Lord and Savior but the content is also geared towards helping saved children grow in their relationship with God.

·  The 5-Day Clubs will be held July 8-12 starting at 10:30 and ending at 12:00.  

·  There is no cost to attend.

·  Recommended age range is 5-12 due to the length of the program

·  Reach out to Mary Beth Romani with any questions

·  Please invite your friends and neighbors so they can learn about the saving love of Jesus!

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Jun
29
to Jun 30

Abide Women's Conference

'Abide' was a word that the Holy Spirit highlighted for our women as we sought the Lord.

Many of us live fast-paced lives, constantly bombarded with demands. In the midst of this busy and chaotic season, we believe there is an invitation to go deeper with Jesus and find rest in Him. There is fruitfulness and overflow when we choose to abide in Jesus.

We are thrilled to have Pastor Tina Davis from New Life Church with us. It's going to be an amazing time of refreshing and renewal as we seek the Lord together!

  • Session 1 - 6/29, Saturday morning at 9:30am

  • Session 2 - 6/29, Saturday afternoon after lunch

  • Session 3 - 6/30, Sunday morning @ 10:30AM

*There is a registration fee of $20 for the conference which includes lunch on Saturday.

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Jun
9

[Special Guest] Brother Bennie

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.

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Jun
2

PARENT ASSOCIATION MEETING

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.

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May
26

[Special Guest] Yesupadam

Growing up as an ‘untouchable’ Dalit in a poor remote Indian village, Yesupadam turned to communism at the young age of 11 as a means of taking revenge upon a society that rejected and hated him. For 13 years he lived as an atheist and alcoholic, given over to violence, rebellion, and communist gangs. He had rejected Christianity, a ‘Western religion’ that his father had embraced after hearing the gospel from a Canadian Baptist missionary. However, on January 26, 1976 Jesus appeared to Yesupadam. He saw with his naked eyes, the form of a man hanging on a cross with blood drops falling down from his nail pierced hands. Jesus spoke to him audibly, ‘Son, I have done all this for you, what will you do for me?’ Instantly converted and completely transformed, Yesupadam responded back, ‘Now I know you are God. Until the last breath of my life I will believe in you and will tell to my people that you are God.’ Since that time, his life has been passionately devoted to that mission.

After his radical conversion, Yesupadam spent more than three years in Iraq working for the government as a medical technician, for the purpose of sharing the gospel with Iraqis. Despite the political and religious opposition there, Yesupadam planted three underground churches and baptized many new believers who heard the good news of Jesus Christ through his ministry. Upon his return to India in 1983, Yesupadam left his job and gave himself to full-time ministry to believers in the local church and the lost people especially in the tribal villages. Yesupadam’s ministry in India has been marked by a burning heart to see India reached with the good news of Jesus Christ.

In 1988, Yesupadam saw a vision of two hands holding the globe, with the words ‘Jesus Cares’ across, and the names of 5 countries written below, namely U.S., Canada, West Germany, Sweden, and South Africa . Thus Love-n-Care Ministries International was birthed, with a burden not only for India but also for the world and specifically these 5 nations.

In 1990 Love-n-Care Ministries was incorporated in India and began planting churches and training young men to be evangelists, pastors and church planters. With a word from the Lord to ‘penetrate into the communities’ in order to meet the spiritual and physical needs of the people, the ministry began taking in the poor and suffering children, caring for the elderly and training disabled polio-affected young adults in various vocations. Love-n-Care Ministries also constructed a 25 bed hospital and began a Nursing School, while regularly conducting free medical outreaches in poor villages. In addition, they facilitate computer, printing and tailoring training, printing literature and recording music, evangelism, crusades and pastor’s conferences, flood and disaster relief, starting small businesses and working with HIV positive families.

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May
19

Church Picnic

Rain or shine, stay for a church picnic immediately following Sunday service on May 19. Hang out, meet new people, explore the church grounds. (Gluten-free and vegetarian options will be available).

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May
19

BAPTISM SERVICE

Water baptism is the outward expression of an internal conversion. It is the ceremonial act of joining with Jesus in His death and resurrection. 

The sacrament of baptism is said to have two parts: The one an outward and sensible sign, used according to Christ’s appointment; the other an inward and spiritual grace thereby signified.

Register by May 5

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May
17
to May 19

Pentecost Fast

We are inviting everyone to participate in our corporate fast as we prepare ourselves for Pentecost Sunday and water baptisms (May 19) as much as you are willing and able. This will be a time in which we corporately and individually humble ourselves by abstaining from food to increase our focus on prayer for another outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

Although there are sometimes medical constraints, we are encouraging everyone to fast in one of the following ways:

COMPLETE FAST - water only.

PARTIAL (intermittent) FAST - fasting for a specific period of time each day (usually sun up to sundown).

DANIEL FAST - abstaining from meats, sweets, processed treats, and alcoholic drinks.


HOW TO PREPARE YOURSELF SPIRITUALLY AND PHYSICALLY FOR A FAST

By Bill Bright

SPIRITUAL PREPARATION

In preparation for this special time with God, I  urge you to examine your heart through prayer, and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal any unconfessed sin. Scripture records that God always requires His people to repent of their sins before He will hear their prayers. King David said:

“Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me. For I cried out to him for help, praising him as I spoke. If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But God did listen! He paid attention to my prayer. Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer or withdraw his unfailing love from me.
(Psalm 66:16-20, New Living Translation)

In your prayers, confess not only the obvious sins that come to mind, but allow yourself to linger in His presence, giving Him time to show you the less obvious ones as well. You may want to ask God if you are experiencing any of these signs of  leaving your first love: worldly-mindedness, self-centeredness, spiritual indifference,  unwillingness to share your faith in Christ with others, not spending sufficient time in God's Word and in prayer, a poor relationship with your spouse, your children, your friends, or other members of your church community.

Another great way to prepare for your fast is to practice what I call “spiritual breathing.” The concept is simple, but it has changed my own life and that of countless others.

Like physical breathing, spiritual breathing is a process of exhaling the impure and inhaling the pure. If you knowingly sin, breathe spiritually to restore the fullness of God's Holy Spirit in your life. You exhale by confessing your sins when you become aware of them, and you inhale by inviting the Holy Spirit to re-take control of your life. As an act of faith, trust Him to empower you. During the fast, spiritual breathing-constant reliance on the Holy Spirit-will enable you to resist temptation, not only to sin but to abandon your fast.

PHYSICAL PREPARATION

Although fasting is primarily a spiritual discipline, it begins in the physical realm. You should not fast without specific physical preparation.

If you plan on fasting for several days, you will find it helpful to begin by eating smaller meals before you abstain altogether. Resist the urge to have that “last big feast” before the fast. Cutting down on your meals a few days before you begin the fast will signal your mind, stomach and appetite that less food is acceptable.

Some health professionals suggest eating only raw foods for two days before starting a fast. I also recommend weaning yourself off caffeine and sugar products to ease your initial hunger or discomfort at the early stages of your fast.


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May
5

[Workshop] Parents - Is Your Child Ready to be Baptized?

"How do I know if my child is saved?"
"Is there an age too young to be saved or baptized?"
"What about infant baptism and sprinkling?"
"How do I talk to my child about salvation?" 


Parents, if you have any of these questions or wonder if your child is ready to be baptized, this workshop is for you!

This short workshop will help you learn more about salvation and baptism and how to talk to your child about these matters. 

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May
5

CHILD DEDICATIONS

  • Luke 2:21 And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. 22 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.”

    Leviticus 12:6 “And when the days of her purifying are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting a lamb a year old for a burnt offering, and a pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering, 7 and he shall offer it before the Lord and make atonement for her. Then she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, either male or female. 8 And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.”

    Deuteronomy 6:4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

    Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Will you, as the Parents commit to raise your child in the ways of God?

  • Will you, the Body of Christ assist these parents in raising up these children in the ways of God?


Registration: closed

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Apr
14
to Apr 28

DISCOVER

Whether you are looking to just learn more about our church or you want to become a member, attending our Discover classes is the first step to joining our church. Discover is a 3 week course designed to help you discover:

  • Who We Are

  • What We Do

  • How to Get Involved

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Apr
7

[Special Guest] Howard Morgan

Dr. Howard Morgan is an internationally renowned Messianic Jewish prophetic teacher. His insightful, humorous and anointed ministry is inspiring, empowering and equipping believers around the world.

He had a dramatic supernatural encounter with God in December of 1971 that brought him to faith in the Messiah Jesus. His wife Janet, who is also Jewish, had a supernatural encounter in August of 1976 that brought her to faith. Together they planted and pastored churches in New York City from 1976 to 1987. Since 1987, Dr. Morgan has been traveling in a full time prophetic and teaching ministry, helping to establish and oversee churches and ministries, mentoring leaders and pastoring pastors.

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Mar
17

[Special Guest] Sidikie Kamara

Sidikie Kamara is the General Overseer of GEM (Gethsemane Evangelical Ministries) headquartered in Freetown, Sierra Leone. GEM has planted and built over 75 schools and churches in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea.

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