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Christmas

Market2010 Gift Catalog

Market Dates:

Sunday, December 5

9:30-10:45 a.m.

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 12

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 19

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.



2 Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Annandale Christian Community for Action . . . 4-5

Cornerstone Children’s Home (Sudan) . . . . . . 6-7

Holy Land Peacemaking Initiatives . . . . . . . . 8-9

Christian Women’s Network (Cuba) . . . . . . . 10-11

Pennies for Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13

Shepherd’s Center of Annandale/Springfield . . 14

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Christmas Market 2010



The Missions Commission of Ravensworth Baptist Church

welcomes you to our fourth annual Christmas Market. This is

your chance to give gifts to your friends and loved ones while

at the same time supporting these very worthy causes:

Annandale Christian Community for Action

The Christian Women’s Network, Havana, Cuba

The Cornerstone Children’s Home, Nimule, Sudan

Pennies for Peace

The Shepherd’s Center of Annandale/Springfield

Various Holy Land peacemaking initiatives

This catalog provides details about each of these giving op-

portunities, suggestions for donations, and a sense of how

your contribution will be used to further each ministry.

Glance through the catalog, decide on the gifts you would

like to give, then come to church on the following dates to

shop at the market: Sunday, December 5, 9:30—10:45 a.m.

Sunday, December 12, 12:00—1:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 19, 12:00—1:00 p.m.

You will receive a Christmas card and a small insert with

each donation you make. The inserts explain to your friends

or loved ones that you have given a gift in their name, and

briefly describe the work of the organization(s) to which you

have contributed.

Happy shopping!

Welcome!

Welcome! 3



Annandale Christian

Community for Action An alliance of 27 churches in the community of Annandale, Virginia, ACCA ’s purpose is to unite all Christians in thearea to promote Christian socialaction. ACCA offers a wide range of services to those in need in Annandale, all of which, apart from

the Child Development Center, areprovided by volunteers at no cost tothose who need them.

The following are some statisticsfrom 2010:

ACCA’s Child Development Center (CDC) provided early education for 265 children from low-income families. The CDC is a professionally-runoperation, using only qualified paid staff (no volunteers).

F a m i l y E m e r g e n c y Assistance. ACCA served 1,869individuals in 679 households with$365,000 of assistance for rent,utilities, and medical needs.

The ACCA Food Pantry served2,859 persons in 865 households with food and other necessities.

Furniture. ACCA volunteersmade 335 deliveries of gently-usedfurniture to 335 needy households

(1,340 individuals).

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ACCA




5Your contribution will help ACCA continue to providei m p o r t a n t s e r v i c e s t oindividuals and families who aremost in need in Fairfax County.

Statistics from 2010, continued:

Transportation. 96 volunteer drivers provided 235rides to and from medical appointments.

Meals-on-Wheels. Volunteers delivered 6,862 meals.

CROP Walk. Walkers in the10K charity walk held every October at Lake Accotink Park raised $22,000 forChurch World Service. CWSreturns 25% of that amountto the Annandale community to meet local needs.

Scholarships. ACCA p r o v i d e d $ 1 0 , 5 0 0 i n

scholarships to students with disabilities.This amazing array of services isonly possible due to thegenerous support of individualsand member churches. Thank you for making ACCA a part of your Christmas gift-giving.

ACCA

ACCA currently has a$25,000 challengegrant in effect. Theirgoal is to collect $5 indonations for eachdollar of the grant.

Your donation willhelp ACCA respond tothe increasing calls forhelp in the Annandale

area.

For more information:

Visit www.accacares.org

Call 703-256-0100

E-mail [email protected]



The Cornerstone Children's Home (CCH), operated

by Fulaa Lifeline International (FLI), provides

comprehensive care for children who have no one else tocare for them. This includes food, clothing, shelter,

education, and medical

care in a loving Christian

environment.

The youth group of

Ravensworth Baptist

Church adopted the CCH

as their mission project

for 2009-10. Through gifts to last year’s Christmas Market

and a year-long Penny Jar fundraising competition, thegroup amassed over $2,000 to help finish construction of

a new residential building in the CCH compound. With

that building now nearly complete, the CCH’s greatest

financial need is for sponsors for the Cornerstone Kids.

Through child sponsorship, you can be personally

involved in helping a child in Sudan. Your involvement

will go beyond the contribution of your money and will

include the expressions of your love through cards and

letters. Through you the children can know that someone

cares.

Cornerstone Children’s Home

Your contribution will help

house, feed, and clothe an orphan

at the Cornerstone Children’s

Home in Nimule, Sudan.

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You can sponsor a child for just $30 per month.

When you agree to be a sponsor, FLI will match you with

one of the children. They will ask you to provide

information on the type of child you would best be able to

serve (boy or girl, teenager or elementary age). This will

also benefit the child in that he or she can be matched with

someone who can best

relate to them.

FLI will send you a

picture of your child

with a brief biography so

you can know something

of his or her life

situation. At least once a

year you will receive a

status report, an updated photograph, a card or drawing

from the child and an FLI newsletter. No gifts will go to

individual children. All gifts go into the ministry fund thatcares for all the children.

This avoids the problem of

inequitable support for the

children.

Join us in sharing your life

and love with a needy child!

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Sponsorship of one childat the CCH costs only $30 per month. Otheropportunities for givingare also available,however. One-timedonations will go to theCCH’s general fund thatprovides for the housing,food, and education of

all the Cornerstone Kids.

For more information, visit

www.fulaalifeline.org/cch/

sponsor.html.



For the past four years, Ravensworth Baptist Church’s

Holy Land Peacemaking Group has sought ways to support

our friends in the West Bank who are living under the Is-

raeli occupation. These pages provide information on three

ways you can join in this effort.

Olive TreesDaoud Nassar, who visited Ravensworth Baptist Church in

2008, hopes to plant 1,000 olive trees at Tent of Na-

tions, his farm just outside Bethle-

hem. The farm is surrounded by ille-

gal Israeli settlements, and Daoud is

trying to keep the land in his family.

He says, “The land is my mother,and I will not sell my mother.”

Each olive tree sapling costs $10

to plant.

Child Sponsorship

Contributions to United Palestinian Appeal will pro-

vide food, clothing, education materials, and medical sup-

port to disadvantaged chil-

dren in the Palestinian Terri-

tories.

$505 will sponsor one

child for a year.

$50 will sponsor a child for over a month.

Peacemaking inthe Holy Land

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Peacemaking in the Holy Land



For more information about…

Tent of Nations: Visit www.tentofnations.org

United Palestinian Appeal :

Visit www.helpupa.com

Love Thy Neighbor : Visit www.ltneighbor.com

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Peacemaking in the Holy Land

Youth Nonviolence Training

Donations to Love Thy Neighbor pay for nonviolence

workshops throughout the WestBank. Young people gather for

training in strategies of nonvio-

lent resistance, including learn-

ing and practicing skills of work-

ing in small groups and design-

ing plans for community action.

They also plan and conduct nonviolent demonstrations in

opposition to the injustices of

occupation.

$40 pays the expenses (food,

materials, facilities, and trainers) for one participant

for one session of training.

Your contribution will be used to plant olive trees, to support young men and women as theylearn tactics of nonviolent resistance, or to sponsor a needychild living in the West Bank.



In 2002, the Lay Theological Institute (ISBET) of Havana, Cuba, added a Program of Women’s Studies with

start-up funds provided by the Virginia Chapter of the

Alliance of Baptists, including significant contributions

from Ravensworth Baptist Church. In 2004, after a church

visit by the visionary director

of the Women’s Studies

Program, “Midiam” Lobiana

Gamez, Ravensworth began

its partnership ministry in

Havana.

In 2009, the Women’s Studies

Program expanded its work

and mission, again through Midiam’s efforts. No longer a

course of study at ISBET, the newly restructured women’s

group was renamed the Christian Women’s Network

(CWN). The new program has five branches of ministry

outreach across Cuba, reaching individuals, families, and

church leaders through quarterly workshops attended by

an average of 115 participants each.

As General Coordinator of CWN, Midiam leads a women’s

study group and coordinates programs led by four other

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Christian Women’s

Network, Cuba

Christian Women’s Network

Your contribution to the

Christian Women’s Network will

help empower Cuban women,

their churches, families, and

communities.

(formerly the Lay Theological Institute Women’s Studies program)



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Contact Sylvia Campbell at [email protected].

ministry leaders serving five additional study groups—

Anglican women, children (especially young boys), pastors,

married couples, and the elderly.

In addition to the quarterly

workshops for each ministry

group, CWN also supplies travel

allowances for workshop leaders,

provides opportunities for spiritual

development and encountersduring off-campus retreats, sponsors special activities

highlighting spiritual commitment (such as World Day of

Prayer, Children’s Day, and Environment Day), publishes

and distributes a quarterly newsletter, Profiles of Women,

and whenever the need arises, provides emergency funds

from their small budget to meet humanitarian needs.

As the sole organizational contributor, Ravensworth

Baptist Church provides critical yearly financial support

through its missions budget for the funding of the CWN.

Your gift this Christmas reflects a commitment to the

empowerment of women in Cuba through the support of this remarkably successful and vibrant ecumenical

ministry committed to a feminist interpretation of the

Scriptures.

Thank you for being a part of a ministry of hope and love

which empowers people of all ages and walks of life to live

in a culture of peace and respect for others as they strive to

apply Christian principles in all areas of their lives.

Christian Women’s Network




Pennies for Peace (P4P) is an educational and fund-

raising program of the Central Asia Institute (CAI),

whose mission is to promote and support community-

based education, especially for

girls, in remote regions of Af-

ghanistan and Pakistan. As of

2010, CAI has successfully es-

tablished 145 schools in thesetwo countries, providing edu-

cation to over 64,000 students.

CAI’s work in the region emphasizes education, health is-

sues, and environmental and cultural preservation.

CAI’s community projects are located primarily in remote,

underserved regions where few other organizations work.

Since 2005, CAI has refined its mission to focus on rural

education, literacy, teacher training, and scholarships, es-

pecially for females. CAI also continues to pioneer and

promote education in regions with few or no such oppor-

tunities. They invest their resources in sustainable initia-

tives to improve the quality of education, support teacher

training, and help motivated students to pursue higher

education.

CAI has been establishing schools and offering south

Asian children hope for a better future since 1993. The

P4P program is designed to help North American students

broaden their cultural horizons and learn about their ca-

pacities as philanthropists.

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Pennies for Peace

Pennies for Peace



Pennies for Peace

13Your contribution will help p r o v i d e e d u c a t i o n a l opportunities for children inremote regions of Afghanistanand Pakistan.

P4P educates students about the world beyond their ex-

perience and shows them that they can make a positive

impact on a global scale, one penny at a time. While virtu-

ally worthless here, in impoverished countries a penny can

buy a pencil and open the door to literacy.

All people should have the opportunity to make better

lives for themselves. Unfortunately, too many children in

the world grow up without this chance, because they are

denied their basic right to attend even primary school. To

find both a sustainable end to world poverty and a path to

peace and security, citizens in every

country must be empowered to make

positive choices and provide for them-

selves and their families.

Your contribution makes adifference!

1 penny = one pencil

2 pennies = one eraser

$3 = one teacher’s salary for one day

$5 = notebooks for thirty students

$20 = one student’s school suppliesfor one year

$100 = five students’ school suppliesfor one year

$600 = one teacher’s annual salary

For more informa-

tion, visit

www.pennies-

forpeace.org.



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The Shepherd’s Center of Annandale/Springfield(SCAS) is an interfaith nonprofit organization of older

adults helping other older adults.

If you saw a lonely andisolated widow, would you try to help her? TheShepherd’s Centerhelped such a personthrough its “Adventures

in Learning” educational enrichment program, and the woman not only expanded her education and interests, butshe made friends with others in the class. She is now actively helping other older adults who are in need.

SCAS programs and servicesinclude:

Adventures in Learningeducational programs

Day trips

Flu shot clinic

Friendly Callers

Handy Helpers

Lunch N’ Lifeenrichment programs

Respite care referrals

Transportation

Shepherd’s Center of

Annandale/Springfield


Your contribution will support

the Shepherd Center’s programs

and services to the older

members of our community.


Visit www.shepherdscenter-annandale.org

Call 703-256-0100 E-mail [email protected]

Shepherd’s Center



You will receive a Christmas card with each gift you buy.

All contributions made at the Christmas Market are tax-

deductible, and will be included on your annual

statement of giving from RBC.

Please make checks payable to “Ravensworth Baptist

Church.”

Thank you in

advance for your

generous donations

to these important

ministries.

The Missions

Commission of

Ravensworth Baptist

Church: Beth Moffett, Chair

Sylvia Campbell

Rich Carfagno

Dave Pope

Bob Sampson

John Travis

Bob Turner, Staff

Notes

Thank you for shopping at the RBC Christmas Market. Merry Christmas!

Notes

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Ravensworth Baptist Church is an inclusive and

welcoming Christian community where expressing the

love of God to all people is central to our

worship, study, and service.

“Love one another, as I have loved you.”

John 15:12

5100 Ravensworth Road

Annandale, VA 22003

www.rbc-va.org

703-941-4113

[email protected]

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