Sierra Leone Mission Trip

It’s time to pray, give thanks, and celebrate! 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the Child Reintegration Centre (formerly Child Rescue Centre). In 2003, Braddock St. first became involved with the CRC. Braddock St. has been invited to join in celebrating this milestone by sending missioners to the CRC and Mercy Hospital throughout 2025.


When the CRC opened in 2000, there originally were 40 children. Two of those original 40 have moved on to make a huge impact in their community and around the world. Aruna Stevens, now serves as the Chief Medical Officer of Mercy Hospital which opened in Sierra Leone in 2007. Mercy Hospital has grown and has been a lifesaving facility for thousands.


Emmanuel Nabieu,(“Nabs”), also one of the original 40 children; now works at Helping Children Worldwide and at least four other international organizations focused on eliminating child homelessness. Today, because of the research he has been involved with, there are no more orphanages in Sierra Leone nor about 16 other countries! He has written a book that tells his story and he is a recipient of the U.S. Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award.


David and Alaina Brewster are on a team leaving June 29 and returning July 18. 

Damascus, Va Mission Trip

A mission team is traveling to Damascus, VA June 22 - 26 to continue flood recovery efforts. This is an ongoing effort Braddock St. has been involved with since Hurricane Helene devastated a huge multi-state area. Braddock St. currently has five members going. If you are interested in going, please contact Chuck Drake.

Belize Mission Trip - Summer 2025

We will be going to Belize from June 28 to July 4 with Praying Pelican Missions (PPM). PPM is an organization focused on encouraging and providing support to local churches to help them be Christ’s hands and feet in their communities. Braddock Street has worked with PPM previously in Haiti, Pittsburgh, and Guatemala. PPM staff will work alongside us while we are serving in Belize, which is actually the first country in which PPM began its work over 20 years ago!

    monday night dinner

    Most Monday nights of the year, we provide dinner for anyone in the community. Some have minimum employment, some are homeless, some are lonely and others are church members. We come as a community to break bread around the table and share life. Dinner is served in the Fellowship Hall at 6:00 PM. Please enter at the Braddock Street door. If you need a meal delivered, please call the church office (540) 667-3366 Monday morning before 11:00 AM. 


    Contact MEGAN PUGH  to substitute on a Kitchen Team. Four teams rotate throughout the year to greet and serve our guests and help our Kitchen Manager (Sandi Webster) with clean up. The Delivery Team also volunteers on a rotating schedule. Contact MARK PUGH to become a member of the Meal Delivery Team.

    Backpack ministry

    Twice a month, Braddock Street members of the United Women in Faith Deborah-Ruth Circle put together food items for children. These items are taken home to feed the children over the weekend. We work with other churches and organizations to make sure children have food every single weekend. 


    Thanks to the generous donations that we have received, over 109 children have been blessed with this ministry during the 2024-2025 school year. Please hold your donations until school resumes in August.


    If you would like to support this ministry, please Contact KATHY WHITE 

    lOCAL MISSION PARTNERS


    • The Adult Care Center is a non-profit day program for adults who are coping with physical or cognitive challenges caused by Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, or other conditions, and require supervision or assistance. They provide a safe and secure environment in a warm and encouraging setting. Each day, participants engage in activities, such as art or music therapy, which aid their mobility and mental health. Care is provided by trained and qualified personnel. A registered nurse is on staff to monitor each participant’s health and well being during their stay.

    • Habitat mobilizes volunteers and community partners to help hard-working, low income families break the cycle of poverty through affordable homeownership. Braddock Street Church has recently contributed to Habitat’s interfaith build and saw the family moved into their new home in November. Contact Raj Gandhi

    • Blue Ridge Hospice is a community-based, not-for-profit hospice care provider that has been a trusted source of expert care and support for patients and families since 1981. They provide comprehensive and accessible physical, emotional, and spiritual care during life’s transitions and most profound moments. 

    • CCAP offers limited financial assistance, clothing and food to families who are struggling to make ends meet in Winchester. Braddock Street Church helps to fund their relief fund, as well as sending volunteers to help with organization and supporting their larger drives for food and clothing throughout the year. Contact Velma Whitlock

    • ChildSafe Center - CAC is a Child Advocacy Center where children can safely tell their stories and receive the support they needed after abuse. Their mission is to promote a child focused approach to the investigation, prosecution and treatment of child abuse by providing a safe, child-friendly facility, a Multidisciplinary Team response to abuse allegations and professional support, education and advocacy services.

    • Dementia Matter's mission is: Empowering the Caregiver and Carepartner with awareness, knowledge, skills, techniques, strategies and resources for better ways to care for someone living with dementia.  Whether caring for a loved one, caring as a professional, or simply interested in learning more about dementia, DementiaMatters© Is the community resource and support.

    • UMFS (United Methodist Family Services) created the Charterhouse Schools as a place where Virginia’s kids with special needs can come to learn and grow in a safe and productive environment. The school is for children of all age levels. Braddock Street Church supports the school financially and with mentors. Contact Karen Walker

    • Family Promise delivers innovative solutions for family homelessness including prevention, shelter, and stabilization services. 

    • Habitat mobilizes volunteers and community partners to help hard-working, low income families break the cycle of poverty through affordable homeownership. Braddock Street Church has recently contributed to Habitat’s interfaith build and saw the family moved into their new home in November. Contact Raj Gandhi

    • Founded in 1981 as The Shelter for Abused Women; incorporated in Virginia in 1983, The Laurel Center is a 501(c) (3) organization. The name was changed in 2007 to The Laurel Center because it is a more inclusive and hopeful name. We have been providing emergency shelter and support services to survivors of domestic and sexual violence and their dependent children in the City of Winchester and the counties of Frederick and Clarke for close to 40 years.

    • Our Health, a regional non-profit organization, sustains and improves the health and well-being of our community by bringing together, supporting, and expanding capabilities of our partners in the delivery of health and human services, to address unmet needs, and provide ease of access to services.

    • Operation Remember works with nursing homes and assisted living facilities to bring smiles to their residents. We fill wish lists at Christmas and assist throughout the year

    • Seniors First, The Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging is a non-profit organization providing high-quality services and opportunities to enhance the dignity and independence of seniors and promote their contributions to the community.

      Our services enable older adults to remain living in their own home for as long as safely possible, rather than go into a nursing facility. Seniors First serves the Counties of Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, Warren, and the City of Winchester.

    • WATTS is a non-profit, charitable organization that provides a safe, temporary, overnight, cold-weather shelter for homeless guests in Winchester and Frederick County, Virginia. The shelter is housed in area churches, including Braddock Street. It takes many volunteers to cookgood meals and provide the support the WATTS guests and staff needs to be successful! We are proud to open our church doors for one of the weeks every winter. (Preparing breakfast for WATTS)  Contact Robyn Miller

    • Wheels for Wellness provides free, door-to-door transportation to medical appointments and treatment for those in the region lacking other
      means of transportation.  Proudly serving Winchester, VA and the Virginia counties of Frederick, Clarke, Warren and northern Shenandoah since 2004.

    • The purpose of the Rescue Mission is to provide a men’s shelter for the homeless, a soup kitchen, spiritual guidance, addiction recovery, and vocational counseling to those who struggle with these needs in our community. Braddock Street Church provides financial support as well as a meal once a month to the Rescue Mission community. The Mission has also be a recipient of our Service Worship ministry, where we painted both inside and outside and helped to weed their garden patch.
      Contact Ben Miles

    • One major area of food waste in America is in farmers’ fields, where crops that don’t meet top-grade quality are left to rot or be plowed under. The Society of St. Andrew provides opportunities for volunteers to glean these fields. Gleaning is the traditional biblical practice of gathering crops that would otherwise be left to rot and gives the food to those who have food scarcity. Braddock Street Church works with SoSA, providing gleaners throughout the late summer and early fall months. (Gleaning apples for SoSA) Contact  Robyn Miller