No Burden, Just Better

Yesterday we completed our third lesson in our series called Strapped.  Our main thought is "we don't serve money, we serve God.  Money serves us as we serve God." It is about getting better.  This series isn't to see how much guilt can be dumped on us, but ways to get better... out of financial bondage.  The reception of these lessons have been very positive and I appreciate all of the encouragement.  We have one more lesson to go - "Putting God First." Don't miss this important lesson.  By the way, I saw this car in town the other day and had to get a picture!

 

Along those same lines, I am putting up the new posters for our November series.  It was supposed to be on II Peter, but after praying and studying through the book it changed to one of its major themes - the Second Coming of Christ.  When we sent out surveys, a few months ago, this was a topic recommended.  In fact, money management was another suggestion, which is why we are in our current series.  I'm really looking forward to this study.

Yesterday I noticed several of our "regulars" out of town, but the house still seemed to be full.  I met a few people from our community and few folks from other places.  Either way, it is great seeing a steady stream of visitors come our way.  I appreciate those of you going out of your way to meet and greet others.

Tonight is our Celebrate Recovery.  Monday is a good time to meet people who may have hurts, hang ups or habits they want to overcome.  Those who serve in this ministry offer two convenient times - 7 & 8 PM.  If you know of someone who is interested let us know and we will put them in touch with someone from the program.

This coming Sunday night is our "Trunk-or-Treat".  If you haven't participated before, it is a time we decorate the trucks of our cars and allow our children to go around and have a safe venue to get some candy.  The kids really enjoy this and will bring friends to participate.  We only ask that we keep things... uh.... not so frightening.  Such as a bloody zombie hanging out of your trunk or you dress up with a fake ax going through your head.  We want children to come back to our church, not run as far away as possible.  We encourage the adults to dress up as well, but nothing immodest.  The last thing we need is for one of our members to dress up in the sexy French maid costume.  I realize it might cause some visitors to come back, but not exactly the way we want to "draw people to God." You know what I'm talking about.  Never had a problem with this, nor do we anticipate any problems this year.  We will do this immediately after our Sunday night classes.

One more thing.  I found out last week that A'Lana Cutshall has been helping out with our website.  I failed to mention her with the list of volunteers we have helping the church office right now.  I knew she had built the site but did not realize she was still working with it.  I was glad to hear this as A'Lana has great creativity.  Keep looking to our website as it gets better and better all the time.  If you click on the "Events" window, at the top, you can find a calendar of all of our upcoming events.  Just go to vbcofc.com.

Praying everyone has a great week.  Continue to remember those on our prayer list and let the church office or elders know if someone needs special attention.

Tracy