Administration and Communications
The Information Center Ministry
This ministry exemplifies Columbia’s Warm Welcome Core Value. We serve members and visitors via phone and personal interaction in a friendly and helpful manner with accurate information and a caring attitude.
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For week days |
For Sundays |
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Beverlee Peck  |
Joyce Herb |
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703-534-5700 |
703-534-5740, ext. 202 |
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The Technology Ministry Team
The team is responsible for the maintenance and trouble resolution of Columbia’s Computer and Network systems. This team is critical to the efficient working of almost every aspect of work at Columbia that is done on a computer.
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Wil McMillen |
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703-534-5740, ext. 214 |
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The Communications Ministry Team
This team strives to communicate in a timely manner the general mission and specific activities of Columbia and its ministries.
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Kristin Clifton |
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703-534-5740, ext. 208 |
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Facilities Team
There are many ways that Lay Ministers can help maintain Columbia’s facilities, inside and out, while enjoying the fellowship of others on this team.
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Bob Brody |
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703-534-5740, ext. 205 |
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Vehicle Drivers
Columbia serves members and visitors by driving a van or the bus for church functions safely and courteously while following vehicle guidelines. Interacting with people and sightseeing are a bonus!
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Joyce Herb |
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703-534-5740, ext. 202
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Adult Discipleship
Prayer Experience Ministry team
This team is designed to provide different prayer experiences to the Columbia family of faith. Currently the team has created Contemplative Prayer Retreats (Fall and Spring) and three different guided Prayer Labyrinth experiences. The Labyrinth allows individuals to come and pray silently at several stations where they are prompted to focus on certain topics, Scripture and activities.
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Margie Wheedleton |
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Discipleship Ministry Team
This team spearheads Journey with Christ, Columbia’s model for intentional growth as followers of Christ. The team meets once a month to share its own personal growth and to plan and implement the JWC opportunities offered on Sunday evening during the Fall, Winter, and Spring.
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Debbie Dailey |
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Adult Sunday School Ministry Team
This team serves to support, encourage and strategically plans for the ministry of Adult Sunday morning Bible studies. The team partners with Lay Ministries in staffing the Welcome Center on Sunday mornings, where guest experience a warm welcome and they are directed to the Bible study of their choice.
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Tim Clagg |
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Ignition Groups Ministry Team
This team prepares material and organizes sermon based small groups. This includes writing notes weekly, recruiting and training facilitators and helping people find the right small group for them.
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Mike Strickland |
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Leadership Development Ministry Team
This new team is focused on developing leaders within the church.
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Kelley Sheehan |
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Audio Visual
Audio Visual Ministry Team
This Team provides direct support each week to six English language services in addition to indirect support of other Columbia language congregations, as needed. Such support involves the set-up of microphones, running the sound mixing console, lights and camera. AV also provides support for the Multi-Site ministry at Columbia and duplication of tapes and DVDs of programs recorded at Columbia. Prior experience is not required.
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Mark Martin |
David Hillard |
Jim Watson |
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703-534-5740 x255 |
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Bookstore
Columbia Bookstore
The ministry of the Bookstore is to be a source of Christian resources for education and growth. We serve the members and guests of Columbia, as well as the Northern Virginia area.
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Greg James |
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703-534-5740, ext. 219 |
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Congregational Care
BirthMothers
BirthMothers is a national organization with a team located at Columbia. It is a trained group of “friends” who are matched with young women who need support through a difficult, especially unplanned pregnancy.
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Nancy Walker |
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703-534-5740, ext. 266 |
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ColumbiaCares
This is the network by which members and regular attenders give and receive care. Groups are coordinated by deacons and are arranged primarily by geography.
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Lin or Claudia Peacock |
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deacon co-chairs |
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Christian Legal Aid of Northern Virginia
Provides free legal advice to under-served persons. Volunteer attorneys, paralegals, law students and administrative assistants seek to address the spiritual as well as the legal needs of all who seek help.
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Barry Hall |
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DivorceCare
A 13-week seminar and support group for people who are separated or divorced.
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Nancy Walker |
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703-534-5740, ext. 266 |
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Grief Support
Support is available through periodic offerings of the GriefShare program and through a series of booklets that are sent out to persons experiencing loss of loved ones through death.
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Nancy Walker |
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703-534-5740, ext. 266 |
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First Place
A biblically based health and nutrition program with a goal of healthy weight loss and maintenance by putting Christ first in our lives. Groups meet weekly throughout the year.
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Becky Mancuso |
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The Parish Health Ministry
Seeks to promote the physical, mental, and spiritual well being of the congregation and community through workshops, seminars, support groups, and resources.
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Nancy Walker |
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703-534-5740, ext. 266 |
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Columbia Travelers
Columbia Travelers plan trips in the local area and out of town for the purpose of increasing fellowship among our community.
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Betty Bates |
Donna Ricks |
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English as a Second Language
The World Friends Ministry Team
This team is designed to use English as a second language (ESL) ministry to proclaim and demonstrate the love of God to our non-English speaking community seeking to lead others to salvation through Jesus Christ. ESL allows individuals to learn English in a ministry-led environment to achieve their personal level of competence.
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World Friends Team |
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Hospitality
The Coffee and Bagel Team
This team provides a warm welcome and great fellowship to Columbians on Sunday mornings. We pick-up and prepare coffee and bagels and host the Sunday morning fellowship time in Stephenson Hall each week.
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Bob Brody |
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703-534-5740, ext. 205 |
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Kitchen Ministry
This ministry is here to fill the soul, through the stomach, to all who enter the doors of Columbia. Whether it is breakfast, lunch, dinner or fellowship the Kitchen Ministry is there to provide the food to keep all satisfied.
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Doug Cook |
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703-477-1620 |
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Dinner/Luncheon Server Team
This team provides a large helping of hospitality as we serve meals to those attending our Wednesday Night Dinners, Business Meeting Lunches (3rd Sunday every other month) and other fun events at church.
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Joyce Herb |
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703-534-5740, ext 202 |
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Lay Ministry
Lay Ministry Coaching Team
This team helps individuals find their place of service at Columbia through one-on-one Coaching Sessions. The coaches dialogue with individuals about three primary areas: 1) spiritual gifts, 2) personal style, and 3) passion (who or what you care most about when serving others). The Coach collects this and other key information and discusses it with individuals to help them find the best “ministry fit” for serving God by serving others. Significant administrative support is also needed for this exciting team.
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Jeanine Bush Aronowitz |
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703-534-5740, ext. 272 |
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Lay Minister Appreciation Team
This team’s goal is to encourage the ongoing appreciation and encouragement of Lay Ministers who provide such valuable unpaid contributions of time and talent at Columbia. This team assists in the organization of at least one large appreciation event each year.
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Jeanine Bush Aronowitz |
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703-534-5740, ext. 272 |
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Men’s Ministry
Men’s Ministry Team
This team supports weekly Iron Man breakfasts, men’s Bible studies and small groups. Each year there is a men’s Bible and Golf retreat planned for June. Being a new ministry team they are seeking new ways to draw men together for spiritual growth and ministry opportunities.
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Dick Cornelius |
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Mission Trips
The Missions and Evangelism area supports and plans numerous mission trips each year. These trips are local, nationwide and international. Watch Columbia communications for updated information on all planned missions trips.
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Anne Tomas |
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703-534-5740, ext. 206 |
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Missions and Evangelism
The Columbia Center for Missions (CCM)
The Center houses Columbia’s food pantry. The purpose of this ministry is to make a difference in the lives of our neighbors who need our help to feed their families. Our goal is to proclaim and demonstrate the love of Christ to our local community in need. We prepare bags of groceries for clients, offer them prayer and show Christian love to them. The Center is open every Saturday morning from 9:30 – 12 noon.
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Anne Tomas |
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703-534-5740, ext. 206 |
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Shop-n-Share
Our church family donates food to stock the shelves of the Columbia Center for Missions through Shop-n-Share. Food donations are placed in blue bins placed throughout the church. This food is taken to CCM, sorted and shelved. Help is needed transporting food on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sundays of the month.
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Anne Tomas |
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703-534-5740, ext. 206 |
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Woman’s Missionary Union
The primary work of the Woman’s Missionary Union is to lead the church and WMU members to pray for and give to missions; do missions; learn about missions; develop spiritually toward a missions lifestyle; and to participate in the work of the church, association, state and the denomination.
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Face Painting Ministry
This ministry offers free face painting and craft activities for children, and hands out ready-made evangelism gifts. The team offers its talents at various Columbia events (e.g.,
Memorial Day,
Vacation Bible School, School Supply Day, etc.) as a way to demonstrate and tell of the love of Christ to unchurched children and their parents.
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Lynn Sunde |
Eric Reiser |
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703-534-5740, ext. 270 |
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Columbia Bicycles for Kids Ministry Team
This team collects new or used children’s bicycles from neighbors, fellow church members and local schools. We repair, tune, clean and polish the bikes to restore them to a “like-new” condition. The bicycles will be distributed before Christmas each year to children who otherwise would not have one.
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Bill Royce |
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Comedy Night Ministry Team
This team plans and hosts Columbia’s annual Comedy Night Comedy Night’s purpose is to offer a fun, high quality church event to which Columbia members can invite their un-churched friends. This event generally occurs in the winter.
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Eric Reiser |
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703-534-5740, ext. 270 |
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Multisite Congrgations
Columbia @ Crossroads
This is our church’s next multisite congregation, with a launch date of Easter Sunday, April 16, 2006. Utilizing live worship with a contemporary praise band, Dr. Baucom’s teaching via video, sermon-based small groups and onsite ministries to preschoolers and children, this new venture will reach and disciple hundreds of persons for Christ.
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Greg Loewer |
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703-534-5740, ext. 262 |
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Columbia @ Greenspring
This is our church's first multisite congregation, begun in the spring of 2005 at Greenspring Village, a retirement community in Springfield, Virginia. With a Monday evening service in a traditional setting, this ministry provides community residents opportunities for worship, fellowship, and Dr. Baucom's teaching via video.
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Neal Jones |
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703-644-2111 |
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Preschool and Children
Preschool Sunday School Ministry
This ministry seeks to provide a loving, safe and secure environment where children ages birth through kindergarten learn about God’s love for them.
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Lucy Cliburn |
LuAnn Carrig |
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703-534-5740, ext. 268 |
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Grade School Sunday School Ministry
This ministry seeks to provide a loving, safe and secure environment where children grades 1-5 can learn about God’s love and how they are connected to the church body on Sunday Morning.
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Carrie Mock |
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Mission Friends
This is a missions adventure for preschoolers ages 3 - Kindergarten where children learn how missionaries share God’s love with people throughout the United States and around the world. Through a variety of fun activities, Mission Friends explore the foods, environment, language and culture of people in the various ministry areas. Mission Friends also participates in various hands-on missions activities throughout the year. Mission Friends meets on Sunday nights while parents are in adult discipleship.
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Jeanne Koch |
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Children’s Missions
This mission helps children in grades 1-5 learn about, pray for, give to and participate in missions. They learn of God’s love for people throughout the world and come to know what it means to serve others in Christ’s name. Children’s Missions meets on Sunday nights while parents are in adult discipleship.
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Vacation Bible School Ministry Team
This team is guided by its goal of reaching people of all ages, leading them to know and respond to Jesus Christ as led by the Holy Spirit through the process of assembling a team, preparing for VBS, executing the plan for VBS and in the days of follow up and evaluation after VBS. The VBS team seeks to provide a loving atmosphere and a quality Christian education experience for all children who attend. The team is grounded by its intentionality in encouraging one another and praying for each other throughout this process.
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Sandy Perrin |
Lucy Cliburn |
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Little Lambs
This mission is a Christian co-operative mother’s day out ministry that operates to support mothers who have decided to stay home to raise their children. It strives to create a safe, nurturing environment in which children can learn social interaction, creative play, and Biblically based values.
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Child Development Center
The Center is an auxiliary ministry that serves the surrounding community of Falls Church by teaching and caring for children in a Christ centered environment. The CDC is state licensed and enrolls children from 2 1/2 years of age. It is primarily a preschool program that also offers extended day care for families and summer programs for K-5th grade. The CDC Advisory Board accepts volunteers to help oversee the operations of the Center.
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Kris Solberg |
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703-534-5740 ext. 279 |
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Retreat Center
Retreat Center Ministry Team
This team plays a variety of roles in the beautification of Columbia’s Retreat Center and surrounding property. Tasks include building maintenance, cleaning, landscaping, and renovations. Often we have volunteer weekends when we have a group of people serve together to accomplish many of these tasks. These tasks are also available for you to sign-up for on an individual basis.
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Reuben or Nicole Todd |
Clarence Dukes |
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540-888-7922 |
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Single Adults
Our Single Adult ministry provides discipleship and fellowship for single adults in our community, while also encouraging involvement in the overall life of the church.
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Kristin Clifton |
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703-534-5740 ext. 208 |
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Student Ministry
Youth Ministry Team
Our exciting youth ministry is designed to meet the needs of high school aged youth through Bible Study, worship, community, ministry and social needs. Activities occur on Sundays and throughout the week.
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Ron or Nancy Rhodes |
Chris McPeek |
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703-534-5740 ext. 267 |
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College Ministry Team
This team seeks to reach out to both college and young adults in this area. The team leads weekly Bible Studies as well as retreats and other special events.
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Nicole Hautala |
Chris McPeek |
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703-534-5740 ext. 267 |
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Wired Ministry Team
This team serves our middle school students in 6-8th grade by reaching out to them to build relationships and give them a safe place to learn about Jesus.
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Mary Lynn Pickel |
Bill Royce |
Chris McPeek |
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703-534-5740 ext. 267 |
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Warm Welcome
CONNECT Ministry Team
This team ensures that each guest to Columbia receives a warm welcome and is afforded the opportunity to learn more about Columbia and its ministries in order to quickly become a vital part of the church family. A team of individuals representative of Columbia’s congregation contacts guests who visit with us each week, welcoming them, answering any questions they may have about Columbia and helping them get connected to a Columbia community.
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Maria Wojciechowski |
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The Information Center Ministry
This ministry exemplifies Columbia’s Warm Welcome Core Value. We serve members and visitors via phone and personal interaction in a friendly and helpful manner with accurate information and a caring attitude.
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Michelle Rhodes |
Jeanine Bush Aronowitz |
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703-534-5700 |
703-534-5740, ext. 272 |
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Greeter Team
This team is responsible for providing a warm Columbia welcome to all who come in or leave the building on Sunday mornings.
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Vassie Jo Anderson |
Jeanine Bush Aronowitz |
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703-534-5740, ext. 272 |
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Warm Welcome Team
This team’s goal is to ensure that every guest to Columbia receives a warm welcome and leaves with a great first impression of our church and, therefore, our faith. This team hosts events, such as Welcome Lunches, to allow guests the opportunity to ask questions and get quickly connected to our church. In addition, we partner with the Sunday School Ministry team in hosting the Welcome Center on Sunday mornings and Saturday nights. This personal contact is critical to Columbia’s uniquely warm welcome.
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Jeanine Bush Aronowitz |
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703-534-5740, ext. 272 |
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New Member Assimilation Ministry Team
This team supports all aspects of assisting new members become quickly assimilated into the life of Columbia. This includes the “Welcome to Columbia” board which displays pictures and bios of new members, creation of a new member packet and hosting of other special events specifically geared toward new members.
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Jeanine Bush Aronowitz |
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703-534-5740, ext. 272 |
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Women’s Ministry
Women’s Ministry Team
This team is Columbia women igniting passion for Jesus Christ by providing opportunities for spiritual growth, intergenerational fellowship, mission service and relationship building with other women in the church. They sponsor an annual retreat, a variety of Bible studies, an annual speaker’s brunch, craft workshops, and other activities that allow women to fellowship and serve together.
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Worship, Music and Arts
Sanctuary Choir
This choir is a group of adults, college age and above, which serves as the service choir for the 11:00 AM worship service on Sundays. This group also provides special music for other occasions such as a major classical concert in the Spring and a Broadway-style outreach musical at Christmas.
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Jim Watson |
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703-534-5740, ext. 255 |
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Gospel Choir
This choir sings contemporary gospel music for Columbia’s Celebration service as well as special performances inside and outside Columbia.
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Holly Baynham |
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Praise Team
This team supports the 6:29 Saturday evening service and the 9:45 Celebration Service. Vocalists, musicians and technical support work together in support of these services.
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Ryan Walker |
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703-534-5740, ext. 254 |
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6:29 Service
This service offers a casual, welcoming and contemporary worship experience on Saturday nights in Stephenson Hall. There are multiple opportunities for service to help ensure the success of this new ministry.
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Knox Thames |
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Worship, Music & Arts Administration
Provides support for and facilitates the ministry of all areas of the Worship, Music & Arts Ministry. This includes support for worship services, children’s, youth and adult choirs, instrumental groups, weddings, funerals, and special events.
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Elaine Payne |
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703-534-5740, ext. 253 |
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S.T.A.R.S.
This is our art, music and activity program for children from age 3 through 5th grade. It stands for Sing, Tell, Act, Ring, Share. Through this program we encourage the children to "Shine the Spotlight on Jesus." S.T.A.R.S. meets on Wednesday evenings from 6 - 7:30pm.
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Elaine Payne |
Jim Watson |
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703-534-5740, ext. 253 |
703-534-5740, ext. 255 |
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Joy Singers
This is our Senior Adult choir. They meet on Tuesday mornings and sing concerts at Columbia and in our community throughout the year.
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Bill Fox |
Elaine Payne |
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703-534-5740, ext. 253 |
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Sanctuary Orchestra
The orchestra supports the 11:00 AM Worship service at Columbia. They also support numerous special music program throughout the year.
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Don Palmire |
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703-534-5740, ext. 254 |
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Adult Handbell
This group provides special music at numerous times in support of worship at Columbia.
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Elaine Payne |
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703-534-5740, ext. 253 |
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Columbia Institute of Fine Arts
CIFA is a program of education in which students receive lessons and classroom instruction in music and the arts. The goals of the Institute, which is lead by a volunteer board of Columbia members, are to provide quality instruction in music and to prepare students for future service through the development of skills for performance and ministry.
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Larry Claussen |
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703-534-5740, ext. 257 |
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Flower Committee Ministry
This ministry has the privilege of serving Columbia through the arrangement and display of Sanctuary flowers each week. Flowers are given by church members in honor of or in memory of loved ones. After their use on Sundays, these flowers are rearranged and taken to members in local hospitals, nursing homes and to the homebound. The Committee also decorates the church for special holidays such as Easter and Christmas.
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Heather Mayhew |
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Ushers
Provide a warm welcome, handing out bulletins, taking the offering, and helping worshippers find seats. Ushers support all four of Columbia’s unique worship services.
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8:30 and 11:00 |
9:45 |
6:29 |
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Charles Talbert |
Debbie Jaeger |
Knox Thames |
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