Missions

International

Liberia

MBC collects school supplies as well as some basic personal hygiene items and fills 55 gallon barrels for shipment to the Monrovia area of Liberia. There the supplies are distributed to children of communities that are trying to rebuild after losing almost everything because of civil wars.

Ukraine

Liya's Music Camp for children is in the Rivne Region of Ukraine. The camp is dedicated in memory of Liya Dovgalyuk, a Christian girl, who lived a short bright life with Jesus. The camphosts many children from all over Ukraine who have all levels of musical skills. A concert is held at the end of each summer to celebrate God and all that was learned and achieved.

India

Serve Trust Ministries are run by Leena Lavanya in Andrah Pradesh, India. Besides evangelizing in surrounding communities and helping start and support new churches, Leena runs an AIDS hospice, ministers to a leper colony, helps young women break the bond of prostitution by learning a legal trade, provides funding for teachers of illiterate children in slum villages, started a nursing home for old and abandoned widows, and the list goes on. The devastation caused by the tsunami put another burden on Leena's heart and budget.

Zambia

In 2007, MBC sent a group of all ages to Kitwe, Zambia to work at the Chande Orphanage and school. The trip included music, teacher encouragement, and "building bridges". The orpahanage and related projects continue to be supported and a smaller group returned to Zambia during the summer of 2008: http://www.heartquest101.com/wordpress/chande/

Nicaragua

In 2008, MBC sent a group to Nicaragua to help build 2 houses and to live and share with the people Las Conchitas. Watch the video

Domestic

Hurricane Relief in Pearlington, Mississippi

Since 2006, after Hurricane Katrina, MBC has sent groups of missioners to Pearlington, Mississippi for an extended weekend of rebuilding.

The eye of Katrina passed directly over Pearlington and it could take a total of 10 years to restore the area. In 2006 the missioners got one church well on its way to being able to hold Easter services and started repairing another church. Many houses have been repaired each trip.

Habitat For Humanity

MBC sends groups of volunteers to participate in the construction of homes for needy families in the Northern Virginia suburbs. Some days food is provided for the workers at the HFH worksites.

Local

Share

MBC is a close partner of Share, Inc., a non-profit, all-volunteer organization that provides food, clothing, furniture, and financial assistance to the less fortunate members of our immediate community. Share was established in 1969 by a coalition of religious and civic institutions and serves families and individuals in McLean, Great Falls, Pimmit Hills, and surrounding areas. MBC members are frequent volunteers and assist with all aspects of Share’s operations. The church also houses a pantry and clothing room where Share’s clients receive donations of food, clothes, linens, and personal items. To learn more about Share and ways to help, please visit www.shareofmclean.org

Feeding the Homeless

Once or twice a month groups return to church to prepare 80 – 100 meals and then distribute them to homeless men and women living in parks in the District of Columbia. Some clothes and personal hygiene items are also distributed based on the time of the year.

Graham Road Elementary School

McLean Baptist Church offers support to the students, faculty and staff through various projects, including adopting families at the holidays, providing school supplies, assisting in classrooms, collecting box tops for education, contributing to eye care assistance, donating to the community clothes closet and giving gifts for teacher/staff appreciation.  GRES students have performed for McLean Baptist Church's ESL students.  This new partnership also assists with the relationship between GRES and Chande School located in Kitwe, Zambia

Food for Others

Sandwiches and other food items are prepared in the church kitchen on Sunday mornings for distribution to needy individuals and families throughout Northern Virginia by Food for Others.