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.

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.

All 6th-12th graders invited for a night of fun and fellowship with bowling!

RSVP with Ian Kilcullen.

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).

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

"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. 

Registration: closed

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.

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.

There is a meeting on Sunday, 2/25 after service (lunch provided) for those who are interested in serving the Women’s Ministry.