Parkwood Baptist Missions
Parkwood is a mission minded church! Our members continue to step “out” of our church walls by volunteering to assist with local, national and international missions and ministries. Parkwood financially supports a variety of missions, ministries and missionaries through cooperative giving via the BGAV, designated contributions and the annual missions budget. Many of the mission efforts Parkwood has been involved with during the last couple of years are listed below in alphabetic order.
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“Alma Hunt” Offering for Virginia Missions
This offering makes possible special ministries, outreach projects, and initiatives that are not funded through regular streams of giving but are uniquely connected to Virginia Baptists.
For more information, visit Alma Hunt on the web.
Contact: Roger Larson, Chair of Parkwood Missions Committee |
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“Annie Armstrong” Easter Offering for North American Missionaries
Whether they are starting a new church, meeting the needs of the homeless, or leading worship services, our missionaries throughout North America depend on our faithful prayers and generosity.
For more information, visit Annie Armstrong on the web.
Contact: Roger Larson, Chair of Parkwood Missions Committee |
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Asia Mission
Somewhere in Asia there are missionaries with the International Mission Board (IMB) of the Southern Baptist Convention. One of the missionaries grew up here at Parkwood and felt the call early in her life to the mission field.They have left their lives here to live surrounded by people who don't know Jesus and they seek to make him known amongst them. In fact, for their security, they cannot identify exactly where they are. After several years in a place called "Steel City", they have recently moved to a city they call, "Sky Port." Together, they are dedicated to sharing the message of the Gospel with all who will listen, making disciples of Jesus for God's kingdom, and equipping more local leaders to do the same. Parkwood contributes financial support to their ministry each month.
For more information, visit the Asia Mission on the web.
Contact: Marilyn Kmiec |
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Baptist World Alliance Global Impact
Global Impact allows churches to directly connect with other Baptist churches around the world. The Baptist World Alliance is a fellowship of 211 Baptist unions and conventions ministering in over 200 countries. Funds are used to help defend religious freedom and human rights, respond to people in need, and share the Good News. Parkwood contributes financial support to this organization.
For more information, visit Baptist World Alliance Global Impact on the web.
Contact: Pastor Mike Bradley |
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Communities of Faith United for Housing (CFUH)
Communities of Faith United for Housing is an advocacy network of faith communities in the Fairfax/Falls Church community who are committed to increasing the supply of affordable housing within our community with a special focus on providing permanent housing opportunities for those at the lowest levels of income who are either homeless or dangerously close to becoming homeless.
Parkwood is a member of CFUH and Senior Pastor Mike Bradley has served on the board of directors.
For more information, visit CFUH on the web.
Contact: Bonnie Hopler |
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Disaster Relief
Disaster Relief is a mission effort of Virginia Baptists and of the SBC and CBF. Volunteers respond to all types of disasters, primarily natural disasters across the nation and globally. They provide feeding units to prepare hot meals for the victims, rescuers, and responders. The work is in partnership with the Red Cross, Salvation Army, and Baptist Conventions. We currently have ten trained members who are part of NorthStar Network. Our goal is to have a 25-member team.
For more information and training opportunities, visit Disaster Relief on the web.
Contact: Bryce Stokes |
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Fairfax Area Christian Emergency and Transitional Services, Inc. (FACETS)
FACETS is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization providing comprehensive programs and services, including supportive housing, basic needs and emergency assistance, educational programs, eviction prevention services, medical outreach, and counseling to men, women, and children who are homeless or are otherwise precariously housed in Fairfax County. The mission of FACETS is to build strong families and safe communities by improving the quality of life for impoverished men, women, and children through comprehensive programs addressing physical, spiritual, and emotional needs.
For more information, visit FACETS on the web.
Contact: Bonnie Hopler |
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FISH (For Immediate, Sympathetic Help)
Parkwood, along with 17 other churches in the Greater Fairfax Area, helps with rent, utilities, prescriptions, food, gas, and transportation for local residents who are facing short-term crises in their lives. It works in conjunction with the Fairfax County Department of Social Services. In addition to volunteer support, Parkwood also financially contributes to this ministry each month.
For more information, visit FISH on the web.
Contact: Lois Runaldue |
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Hot Meals
For many years, Parkwood has partnered with FACETS and a number of other local churches to prepare and serve a hot meal to the homeless people in our community. A hot dinner is delivered every evening, 365 days a year, in Fairfax City along the Route 50 corridor. Our turn is each fifth Tuesday, so we serve four or five times a year. We have two teams: a prep team which prepares the dinner and another team which delivers it, using the church van. Parkwood provides financial support to this ministry.
For more information, visit FACETS on the web.
Contact: Bonnie Hopler |
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Hunger Ministry
The hunger ministry team sees that Parkwood’s food closet is stocked for those who need food assistance in our community.
During February the team leads the “Love a Hungry World” bake sale to raise funds for local, national, and world hunger needs. In October, they lead the church’s emphasis on World Hunger Sunday and pack food bags for each Angel Tree family in December.
For more information, visit Virginia Baptists on the web.
Contact: Sharon Gibson |
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Hypothermia Prevention
For the past four winters, Parkwood has participated in this ministry, the purpose of which is to prevent anyone from dying of hypothermia in Fairfax County. On two winter evenings, we prepare and serve a hot meal at a sister church to about 30 homeless men and women. Additional help is given with time spent getting to know the guests.
For more information, visit FACETS on the web.
Contact: Bonnie Hopler |
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Kids' Konnection
Kids’ Konnection is a non-profit organization that combines many aspects of ministry to reach children in housing projects in Washington, D.C. and is headed by missionary Teri Mullen. Working in the District of Columbia since 1987, Kids’ Konnection now has a number of traditions that the kids look forward to each year as well as the most exciting non-traditional Sunday School. The main objective is to see the youth of Washington, D.C., given sound moral principles and Biblical foundations to develop their lives into an effective relationship with Jesus Christ, the community and their families. Over the last couple of years, Parkwood has collected items to be included in Christmas stockings for the children.
Parkwood also provides monthly financial support to this ministry.
For more information, visit Kids Konnection on the web.
Contact: Bernice Maynard |
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Kingdom Campus Ministries
We at Parkwood Baptist Church are partnering with other churches in the NorthStar Network under the umbrella of "Fusion Campus Ministries" to reach the college campuses of George Mason, Northern Virginia Community College, Marymount, and beyond. We seek to reach out to all young adults in the area in order to connect them with the local church, and help them in the process of becoming mature and ministering worshippers of God. We have weekly Bible studies, provide rides for college students to church on Sunday morning, and seek ways to have our students plug into the ministry of the local church to the community.
Contact: Reed Bradley |
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Lamb Center
The Lamb Center, located in Fairfax, VA, is a community of Christian believers with volunteers from many local area churches to fill the needs of homeless individuals in our area. The Center is open Monday to Friday, 8:00 am - 3:00 pm and Saturday 8:00 am - 12:30 pm. The Lamb Center offers the following services to their homeless guests: breakfast and lunch, showers, laundry, haircuts, telephones, mail and message service, storage for personal items, mental health outreach, computer and fax machine for job and housing searches, weekly chapel services led by local pastors and priests, and Bible study at 10:30 am and 1:30 pm. Parkwood collects necessary items to support the Lamb Center during the month of August.
For more information, visit The Lamb Center on the web.
Contact: Marilyn Kmiec |
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“Lottie Moon” Christmas Offering for International Missions/Missionaries
Offerings given support over 5,000 missionaries serving overseas.
For more information, visit Lottie Moon on the web.
Contact: Roger Larson, Chair of Parkwood Missions Committee |
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Mission of Love Community Orphanage in Zambia, Africa… Jako and Amber Joubert
Mission of Love Community Orphanage is located in Zambia and Parkwood contributes financial support monthly to the missionary work of Jako and Amber Joubert there. Several years ago, Parkwood had a book drive and delivered 19 boxes for their new library.
For more information, visit The Mission of Love Orphanage on the web.
Contact: Marilyn Kmiec
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Native American Missionary…Rose Ignacio
Rose Ignacio is a full-blooded Navajo who serves as a North American Mission Board missionary. She has spent her whole life, living on the Navajo Reservation, in New Mexico. At her home, a trailer located next to Tinian Baptist Church in Cuba, NM, Rose lives modestly. She works seven days a week helping her people with the difficulties of reservation life. Alcoholism, broken homes and unemployment are common, but shared culture, tight family bonds and a pride in their heritage keep the Native Americans on the Reservation. Rose’s area has been called a “war zone” by some of the pastors in the New Mexico area. Many people live without electricity or running water. (Tinian itself was without water until the spring of 2011). The children often go to bed hungry and many families can’t afford clothing. And indeed, Rose is like a warrior, holding on tight through the battles so that someday she may win the war. At Tinian Baptist Church, she leads a weekly class for Navajo women and teenage girls, teaching them about Jesus and giving them cultural and language lessons with the goal that one day they will be able to speak and read their own Bible in their native Navajo. She gives them pride in their heritage and a way to connect to God. In addition, Rose spends many days driving miles, from house to house on the reservation, bringing donated clothes and food and serving in other ways. She teaches nursery school, cleans people’s houses, babysits children and runs a food closet. If there is a need, she finds a way to fulfill it. She is literally saving lives on the Reservation and she never, ever loses her faith. A faith she wants to share with her people. Rose believes that by helping others and building relationships, that one day they will be open when she speaks to them about the Lord. And if there is ever anyone who can uplift people and bring them to God, it’s Rose Ignacio. Parkwood contributes financial support to her ministry monthly.
For more information, visit Native American Missions on the web.
Contact: Tina Morris
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Native American Missions (NAM)
Parkwood people provide clothing, school supplies, scholarships, summer camp volunteers, playground equipment, Bibles, etc to the Native American ministry in New Mexico. NAM builds lasting personal relationships with Jesus and each other, where no one is invisible and everybody is somebody. We support Native American churches and missionaries by providing what we can for their cultural, physical, spiritual, educational, social and emotional needs.
For more information, visit NAM on Face Book.
Contact: Greg Porter |
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NorthStar Sewing Group
NorthStar Sewing Group makes heart pillows for patients and receiving blankets for new mothers at Fairfax Hospital.
Additionally, they roll bandages for overseas health mission work sponsored by Brother's Brother Foundation.
Bring your scissors, needle, and thread and join us for fellowship and prayer for missions. Newcomers are welcome!
Contact: Lois Runaldue |
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Operation Christmas Child
This ministry collects “shoe boxes” in September and October full of gifts for the world’s needy children, distributed through Samaritan’s Purse.
For more information, visit Operation Christmas Child on the web.
Contact: Bernice Maynard |
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Parkwood Pounders…
Parkwood’s Construction/Evangelism Mission Team
Members have gone on three trips to the Gulf Coast to help repair homes and a church after hurricane Katrina in 2006-2008. A team went to Jamaica in 2008 to repair a church damaged by hurricane Dean. In 2009, the Pounders worked at Camp CrossRoads. In 2010, the Pounders partnered with the Parkwood youth to paint the Merrick Recreation Center in Washington, D.C.An upcoming Pounders Mission Trip is for Hurrican Sandy Rebuild in New Jersey during May 2014.
Contact: Bryce Stokes |
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Seminary Students
Parkwood has a 45-year history of providing financial tuition assistance to church members who feel God is leading them into seminary studies.
We are not currently sponsoring any students. if you are interested please let us hear from you.
Contact: Marilyn Kmiec |
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School Supplies
Because every child or teen has a better chance of success in school if they are properly prepared, every August we collect and donate school supplies to homeless and low-income families.
For more information, visit FACETS on the web..
Contact: Bonnie Hopler |
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SCRIP
“SCRIP” gift certificates are redeemable for face value at Giant or Shoppers Food Warehouse earning rebates to support Parkwood ministries. Scrip also allows a portion of Safeway purchases to be designated to Parkwood.
Contact: Lucy Murphy |
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Summer Youth Mission Trip
This July 5th through 9th we are taking a group of youth to Ridgecrest, North Carolina for a week of Bible study and missions. MFUGE is among the most excellent camps for students today. Here we will be having regular nights of worship and Bible study while going and helping with various mission opportunities in the area during the day.
Contact: Reed Bradley
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Supportive Housing Program
Again partnering with FACETS and a number of other local churches, we help this program by donating new or used furniture and household items. All items are used to move individuals or families from homelessness to a stable living environment in an apartment in Fairfax. Another way to assist this ministry is by helping people move into their new homes.
For additional information, visit FACETS on the web.
Contact: Bonnie Hopler |
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The John Leland Center for Theological Studies
The Center is located in Arlington, VA and provides opportunities for education and training for ministry in the evangelical community of the greater Washington, D.C. area. Parkwood financially supports the seminary.
For more information, visit the Leland Center on the web. |
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Vacation Bible School (VBS) Mission Project
Although the main goal of VBS is to share the gospel with our community, we believe it is equally as important to share the gospel with the world. Therefore, throughout the VBS week we provide a special donation opportunity where the funds collected go to a designated mission or project. In recent years, funds have been sent to a variety of places, such as orphanages in Guatemala and the Navajo reservation in New Mexico. We pray that you embrace this exciting opportunity as God works through us to touch the lives of our community, our nation, and our world! If you have any questions or comments, please contact Jennifer.
Contact: Jennifer Heiserman |
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Wycliffe… Katherine and David Liddle
Wycliffe’s mission is to assist churches in making disciples of all nations through Bible translation.
David and Katherine work with Wycliffe's Europe office in Holzhausen, Germany, not far from Frankfurt. David helps support the networks and equipment in the many Wycliffe offices in Europe. He also helps extend services to people
doing language work in Africa and western Asia who have no local computer staff. For six years, David provided computer help for Wycliffe and its partners in Dallas, Texas, diagnosing and repairing computer problems both on-site and in remote parts of the world. Before that, David and Katherine were engaged in language survey work in Tanzania and Nigeria. This is a great example of how God uses gifts in all areas to do His Kingdom work. Parkwood contributes financially to support the Liddle’s ministry each month.
For additional information, visit the Liddles on the web.
Contact: Marilyn Kmiec |
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Young Life… Kevin Seelinger
Young Life began in 1941 and is a non-profit organization committed to making an impact on kids lives and preparing them for the future. Young Life leaders work within the arena of high school and middle school life. Parkwood has supported a couple in their ministry at Young Life.
Kevin Seelinger is an Area Director with Young Life in West Virginia. Kevin served on our Parkwood staff several years ago as our youth minister. He then followed God’s leading to take a leadership role in the Young Life organization. Since then we have supported him as he has pursued his calling. In his latest report to the mission team, he let us know that the student ministry is growing, and he is seeing lives change.
Kevin mentors, trains and empowers volunteer leaders to make an impact in the Kingdom work happening in the high schools and middle schools in his region. Since 2002, they have grown to 8 ministries, which includes 2 high school, 3 middle school, 2 teen mom ministries and a college ministry at Shepherd University. Roughly 280 high school, middle school, teen moms, and college students are involved in YL around the Panhandle. Parkwood provides monthly financial support to their ministry.
For additional information, visit Young Life on the web.
Contact: Marilyn Kmiec |
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Youth With a Mission (YWAM)… Corbin and Stacy Miles
In Paisley, Scotland, Corbin and Stacy Miles are working with YWAM to reach that area with the gospel of Jesus Christ. In 2010 they left all they had here in the States and, with their four children, answered the call to join God in what He is doing in Scotland. Corbin and the family are making a Kingdom impact in the community where they live. They are allowing themselves to be God’s hands and feet as they minister to both the spiritual and physical needs of those in the area. Parkwood financially contributes to the Miles’ ministry each month.
For additional information, visit YWAM on the web.
Contact: Marilyn Kmiec |
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