Weekly News

Hi Friends,

Here’s your weekly news update from The Village Church at Vinings:-We’ll worship God together in Word and Sacrament this Sunday, the third Sunday after the Epiphany, at 10:30AM at Teasley Elementary.  David and Josh will lead us in singing, Curt will lead our liturgy and celebrate Communion, and Jonathan will continue our preaching series on the book of Jonah (chapter 2).  Jonah’s story is rich in the gospel, so this is a great opportunity to invite an unchurched friend!

-Youth Sunday School is on for this Sunday.  9:00 at Teasley. (Note – Youth are NOT meeting at Panera Bread Co. anymore – we outgrew it!)

-Adult Sunday School continues this week!  Rod and Linda Gray’s class will meet in the library at Teasley at 9:00AM on Sunday, studying The Gospel in Life by Tim Keller.  To quote Rod and Linda, this will be targeted for “the older set” at VCV (empty nester, almost empty nesters, roughly 40 to 50-somethings and up) but anyone is welcome!  Contact linda at lindakgray@gmail.com if you have any questions.

-A new member class will begin this Sunday morning, January 22 at 9:15AM at Teasley.  This is a four week course that covers our (short) history as a church, our core values of Gospel, Community and Mission, as well as our theological beliefs and Anglicanism. This class is a part of the membership process for all new prospective members.  Contact Curt at Curt@VillageChurchVinigs.org for more info.

-Out friends at Young Life Africa are having an event in Atlanta, Feb 3-4. This is the first and only time that the entire Senior Africa Leadership Team has been in the US at the same time. We’d love for you to join us there and hear stories and fellowship with the African leaders at this historic event. Here’s the event website:  http://ylafricaatlanta.eventbrite.com/

-As many of you know, Stephen Kump, who is a member at VCV along with his wife Katie, serves as an officer in the Army and was deployed on a peace keeping mission for a year in Kosovo.  Stephen’s birthday is January 29, and it would be such an encouragement for him to receive letters and cards.  The USPS offers discounted rates for mail to military bases.  We are putting together a care package for him from VCV, and will have cards available at church this Sunday that you can sign.  If you’d like to send something on your own though, Stephen’s address in Kosovo is:
1LT James Kump
KFOR Headquarters
Film City (JRD-E LNO)
APO AE 09340

-Let’s all pray without ceasing for the Harper family as they travel to Palo Alto for another round of surgery for Bennett.  To receive updates, Bennett’s Caring Bridge site is:  http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/bennettharper

Here’s a thought for the week:
We’re accustomed to describing the book of Jonah as that book about the guy who survived three days in a big fish. What if we began to understand it as a remarkable testimony to God’s extravagant, persevering grace, supremely demonstrated in the gospel of Jesus Christ?
-Collin Hansen-