Teens Opposing Poverty (TOP)
Providence Chapel youth and adult volunteers participate in three of Teens Opposing Poverty’s outreaches.
The Street – Once or twice per year volunteers provide food, toiletries and other needed items for homeless people who live on the streets in Washington, DC. TOP’s staff is always present to ensure safety and to facilitate connections between volunteers and the people they serve.
Senior Ministry – Approximately 4 times each year, PC volunteers provide groceries and other needed items to residents of Johnson Williams Apartments (subsidized housing for disabled and senior citizens) in Berryville, VA. In addition to meeting needs, they provide a time of fun and fellowship for the residents.
Impact the Valley – Providence Chapel sends a team of volunteers to help repair the homes of low-income people in the Northern Shenandoah Valley. Impact the Valley is held during the last full week of June. For more details, click HERE.
Food and Other Local Needs
Providence Chapel can provide help for anyone in our community who has the need for food and other local needs such as assistance with bills, etc.
Operation Christmas Child
Samaritan’s Purse sponsors Operation Christmas Child each year. People from 10 countries fill shoe boxes with special gifts for children living in poverty around the world. Samaritan’s Purse builds on these connections with the children and their families to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. In 2024, Samaritan’s Purse distributed shoeboxes to over 11.9 million children.
The congregations of Providence Chapel and Mt. Carmel assemble approximately 100 boxes each year.
Shut-in Visitation
Periodically, members of the church visit the shut-ins of our church and others in the community. We usually bring gifts or needed items and offer fellowship and prayer.
Clarke County Food Distribution
Once a year, we participate in the Clarke County Food Distribution at Duncan Memorial Church in Berryvile. Each month a church participates with Social Services to assist families in need. August is the month for Providence Chapel. All are welcome to join. It is a fun time as we gather in community to assist and reach out.
Compassion International
The church and a number of its members sponsor impoverished children through Compassion International. Through a low, monthly donation, Compassion provides food, education, Christian discipleship, and community support for children around the world who live in extreme poverty.
Bible Studies
Bible Study is held on Thursday Evenings at 7:00 pm. We offer a variety of subjects every six weeks. We might explore a book of the Bible, or choose a series that is of interest to all of us.
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Vacation Bible School
During the second week of July, Providence Chapel hosts Vacation Bible School for children ages 3-13.
Each year, VBS is built around a new theme. Children gather at 5 pm for dinner, then participate in story lessons, crafts and fun activities.
“We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done” Psalm 78:4
Join us every Sunday at 9:30am
September-December: A Journey to Christmas
Theme: “From Creation to the Savior—God Always Keeps His Promises.“
“For no word from God will ever fail.” — Luke 1:37
17-week series reminding children that every promise God made—from Creation, to Abraham, to the prophets, and finally to Jesus’ birth—was fulfilled exactly as He said. It gives them one central truth to remember throughout the journey to Christmas.
Christmas-Easter:
Theme: “Following Jesus—Learning Who He Is and Why He Came.”
“Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life.'” – John 14:6
This 13-week series helps children discover who Jesus is through His teachings, miracles, and love for people, ending with His greatest act of love on the cross and His victory over death on Easter morning.
From the Resurrection to the Early Church
Theme: “Jesus Is Alive, the Holy Spirit Has Come, and We Are Sent!”
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses…” Acts 1:8
This 13-week series helps children understand that the story doesn’t end with Easter. Jesus prepared His disciples, sent the Holy Spirit, and began building His Church—a mission that continues today.