Saints Peter and Paul has a Distant Missions committee, led by the OCMC (www.OCMC.org) co-ambassadors Paula Massouh and Sam Khalil, with members Michael & Barbara Bosworth and Svitlana Sweat.
Paula focusses on representing us at the new DC Area Orthodox Missions Forum (info exchange and annual fundraising banquet) , parish outreach and the OCMC ’Support A Mission Priest’ (SAMP), Sam has been a short term missionary (optometry in Guatemala) and also conducts parish mission outreach, Michael focusses on external mission activities (chairing regional DC area Missions Forum, 2nd term on OCMC national board, and annual co-organizer & EMT/co-lead/escort for Guatemala medical missions, and Barbara volunteers on parish outreach, candle stand donation box maintenance, & as representative on regional Mission Dinner planning committees. Other committee activities include long term missionary visits to Ss Peter and Paul, visibility and engagement via bulletin, and contact with wider, national mission/outreach efforts such as the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC), Project Mexico (various youth construction teams sent), and the International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) with domestic construction missions.
Parish Missions/Outreach Members and Their Specialties
Paula Massouh
Co-chair
Liaison to regional Missions Forum, SAMP, African missions esp Kenya and missions info table at major parish events. Chaired 2025 Missions Dinner.
Sam Khalil
Co-chair
Relations with parish council, optometry mission, short term mission volunteering information.
Barbara Bosworth
OCMC candle stand collection, correspondence, mission walks. On 2025 & 2026 Missions Dinner planning committees.
Michael Bosworth
Regional missions chairing (Forum), national missions representation (OCMC), Guatemala medical short term missions annual planning/organizing/escort/co-lead, & lead for regional parish rotation of Mission Dinner hosting.
Svitlana Sweat
Project Mexico information/encouragement; volunteered summer 2024 with daughter on Project Mexico construction short-term mission.
The committee welcomes interested volunteers, for committee work, short-term missions, special project support and long-term missionary support.
Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC)
Every year, Orthodox communities, organizations, and individuals offer their prayerful support to fund long-term missionaries, short-term mission teams, support for local mission priests (SAMP), construction of churches and infrastructure, and other projects, focused on strengthening the infrastructure of newly emerging, or reemerging, Orthodox Churches around the world. OCMC is active in about a dozen countries around the world, including Kenya, Guatemala, Mexico and Albania. You can learn more about OCMC at www.ocmc.org, including a list of all the long term missionaries and what short-term mission trips are recruiting and planning.
Ss Peter & Paul parish has been particularly active with the Guatemala mission, having sent four short term missionaries on six different short term missions there over the years. Most recently, since 2018, that has been the Guatemala medical missions (typically two are sponsored by OCMC annually, each March & November, with 6-10 short-term missionary volunteers each from around the country (usually 2-3 MDs, 1-2 dentists, 1-3 RNs and other medical professionals plus admin, translation & sometimes construction support) for 10 days), with:
Contact Sam Khalil and/or Michael Bosworth for more information about short-term mission opportunities.
Barbara Bosworth organizes informational Mission Walks once or twice a year for the DC area Missions Forum, the most recent invitation is presented in this poster for download/posting/invitation (either the current invitation, or the immediate past Mission Walk).
Paula focusses on representing us at the new DC Area Orthodox Missions Forum (info exchange and annual fundraising banquet) , parish outreach and the OCMC ’Support A Mission Priest’ (SAMP), Sam has been a short term missionary (optometry in Guatemala) and also conducts parish mission outreach, Michael focusses on external mission activities (chairing regional DC area Missions Forum, 2nd term on OCMC national board, and annual co-organizer & EMT/co-lead/escort for Guatemala medical missions, and Barbara volunteers on parish outreach, candle stand donation box maintenance, & as representative on regional Mission Dinner planning committees. Other committee activities include long term missionary visits to Ss Peter and Paul, visibility and engagement via bulletin, and contact with wider, national mission/outreach efforts such as the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC), Project Mexico (various youth construction teams sent), and the International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) with domestic construction missions.
Parish Missions/Outreach Members and Their Specialties
Paula Massouh
Co-chair
Liaison to regional Missions Forum, SAMP, African missions esp Kenya and missions info table at major parish events. Chaired 2025 Missions Dinner.
Sam Khalil
Co-chair
Relations with parish council, optometry mission, short term mission volunteering information.
Barbara Bosworth
OCMC candle stand collection, correspondence, mission walks. On 2025 & 2026 Missions Dinner planning committees.
Michael Bosworth
Regional missions chairing (Forum), national missions representation (OCMC), Guatemala medical short term missions annual planning/organizing/escort/co-lead, & lead for regional parish rotation of Mission Dinner hosting.
Svitlana Sweat
Project Mexico information/encouragement; volunteered summer 2024 with daughter on Project Mexico construction short-term mission.
The committee welcomes interested volunteers, for committee work, short-term missions, special project support and long-term missionary support.
Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC)
Every year, Orthodox communities, organizations, and individuals offer their prayerful support to fund long-term missionaries, short-term mission teams, support for local mission priests (SAMP), construction of churches and infrastructure, and other projects, focused on strengthening the infrastructure of newly emerging, or reemerging, Orthodox Churches around the world. OCMC is active in about a dozen countries around the world, including Kenya, Guatemala, Mexico and Albania. You can learn more about OCMC at www.ocmc.org, including a list of all the long term missionaries and what short-term mission trips are recruiting and planning.
Ss Peter & Paul parish has been particularly active with the Guatemala mission, having sent four short term missionaries on six different short term missions there over the years. Most recently, since 2018, that has been the Guatemala medical missions (typically two are sponsored by OCMC annually, each March & November, with 6-10 short-term missionary volunteers each from around the country (usually 2-3 MDs, 1-2 dentists, 1-3 RNs and other medical professionals plus admin, translation & sometimes construction support) for 10 days), with:
- Betty Slanta (OCMC board & CERT) and Michael Bosworth (engineer & EMT) on the November 2018 Aguacate medical mission
- Michael Bosworth and Sam Khalil (optometry) on the March 2020 Aguacate medical mission.
- Mountain roads to remote Guatemalan Orthodox parishes; vehicle fundraiser
- Michael Bosworth has since also served as assistant team lead/EMT & now co-lead for March '22, March '24 & March 2025.
Contact Sam Khalil and/or Michael Bosworth for more information about short-term mission opportunities.
Barbara Bosworth organizes informational Mission Walks once or twice a year for the DC area Missions Forum, the most recent invitation is presented in this poster for download/posting/invitation (either the current invitation, or the immediate past Mission Walk).
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