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| Click here to see how the church is responding to the Haiti Crisis |
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Camp Highroad
Throughout 2009 Camp Highroad is celebrating its 60th year as a place apart, where memories that last a lifetime are made. Campers will make new friends, encounter the natural world, and learn about their faith in a safe Christian environment. Please join us this year in celebrating a milestone in the life of Camp Highroad by attending a camp or sending your children here for a week to learn and grow as we celebrate serving God in such a special place. Click here for more information.
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Child Rescue Center
The Child Rescue Center exists within the structure of the Sierra Leone Conference of the United Methodist Church. 100% of their financial support comes from U.S. donations from individuals, corporations and churches along with collaborative efforts of Helping Children Worldwide. Oakton Church is one of seven Methodist Churches in Virginia and Texas supporting this respected children's facility that is providing care to many of the war-tramatized children of Sierra Leone. The CRC provides food, clothing, education, health care and a safe, nurturing environment to 40 residential children and education and health care to 100 children living in family settings. To learn more about the Child Rescue Center, click here.
Sponsor a Child
You can make a difference in the life of a child in Sierra Leone through your sponsorship. 100% of the sponsor a child donations go directly to the CRC to help care for the children. You can choose to donate online by credit card or by sending in a check. Follow this link for more information.
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| Children of the CRC |
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| CRC Director Visits OUMC |
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Community Helping Others
Oakton church periodically supports the collection of food, clothing, and furniture for needy area families identified by this organization. CHO was organized in 1969 by a group of individuals in the Dunn Loring/Merrifield/Oakton/Vienna community to provide simple, loving charity to those in need of goods and services which they are unable to provide for themselves or obtain from governmental social service organizations. To learn more about Community Helping Others, follow this link to their website.
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FACETS
Fairfax Area Christian Emergency & Transitional Services, Inc. (FACETS) is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization providing comprehensive programs and services—including supportive housing, basic needs assistance, and counseling—to men, women, and children who are homeless or are otherwise precariously housed in Fairfax County, VA. In the past year, FACETS has helped more than 3,000 individuals who were homeless or living in poverty. Oakton Church is one of more than 95 local faith communities to serve as an active FACETS’ Partner. To learn more, follow this link to their website.
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Katrina Mission Trip 2008
Upon arriving at Gulfside Assembly, on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, several signs greet visitors. One in particular, however, posted by the Mississippi United Methodist Disaster Response Center is a sign of mission and hope. Established in 2005, the Mississippi United Methodist Disaster Response Center aids Katrina recovery efforts through the healing of hearts and homes along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and Gulfside Assembly is a gathering place for volunteers who travel to Mississippi to assist in the recovery and rebuilding of this community.
In late January 2008, a mission team of 19 volunteers from Oakton Church, traveled to Waveland, Mississippi for a week of rebuilding. In addition to giving a week of their time and the use of their talents (the team includes both those skilled and unskilled in construction), volunteers paid their own way to Mississippi and made a donation to “Camp Gulfside” where they were housed and fed. Additionally, many brought along their own tools and dug into their own wallets to purchase necessary building supplies.
Joining about thirty other volunteers—ages 14 to 84—from Methodist Churches in Harrisburg, PA and Radford, VA eight teams of workers departed camp each morning at day break to help the area’s survivors in their grueling struggle to rebuild. Over a five day period, the team from OUMC logged more than 700 hours of volunteer labor as we worked on rebuilding five homes and “Camp Gulfside”, the makeshift dormitory where we were housed. Although at times our physical mission seemed impossible, we never lost Christian compassion for the people of the Gulf coast.
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Members of OUMC’s mission team included: Dan Boyd, Bryan Deege, Mark Fahner, Phil and Kimiko Hannum, Gary Heal and Nancy Ririe, Lynne and Jim Hoy, Dick Javins, Dave Jones, Benny and Mark Leonard, Ian Markley, John and Joanne Plummer, Jim and Jessie Prentice, and Jill Ririe.
In addition to the volunteers, many of our church friends and members were also able to join in our mission work. Your prayers for the volunteers and homeowners were answered as was our request for financial support. Contributions in excess of $3,000 allowed the mission team to purchase incidental building materials and consumable supplies. Thank you all for your service to God and his people.
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The Lamb Center
Provides food, clothing and shelter to the homeless and the needy. The second Saturday of the month, Oakton Church feeds the homeless at the Lamb Center in Fairfax. For more information, or to make a donation or volunteer at the center directly follow this link to their web site.
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Martha's Table
The mission of Martha's Table is to help at-risk children, youth, families and individuals improve their lives by providing educational programs, food, clothing, and enrichment opportunities. Martha’s Table is actively supported by the volunteers of OUMC. Volunteers range in age from elementary students to retirees, and are part of the corps of 4,000 regular volunteers who provide a daily meal, 365 days a year for approximately 1,200 homeless families and individuals in Washington, DC. To learn more, follow this link.
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| Making Sandwiches at Martha's Table |
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| Help the Homeless Walkathon Supports FACETS and Martha's Table |
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Our Daily Bread
Our Daily Bread relies on the assistance of over 25 faith-based congregations as well as corporations, community organizations and individuals in Fairfax County to help deliver a food outreach and pantry program, financial literacy, financial assistance, a back-to-school program, and an adopt a family holiday program. Oakton Church helps feed the needy through our donations of non-perishable foods. To learn more, follow this link.
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Rebuilding Together
OUMC is a regular participant of National Rebuilding Day, Rebuilding Together’s signature annual event. This event occurs in April and is the culmination of a year of planning, evaluating, training, organizing, and mobilizing hundreds of thousands of community volunteers. Volunteers join local affiliate leaders to repair and restore houses and nonprofit facilities, revitalizing entire communities and making a lasting impression on the families and individuals who are helped. To learn more, follow this link.
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| Rebuilding Together Team 2008 |
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