Our Preteens left this morning for camp at Eagle Eyrie! Please pray for them - as well as their chaperones - as they explore this year's theme, "Come to the Water." Our group is scheduled to return to VBC approximately 12:30 PM Saturday.

Youth Choir Mission Tour

Our Youth Choir members and chaperones have been on mission since Saturday and have been singing at several venues along their route from Vinton to New York City. They are scheduled to return to VBS approximately 4:30 PM tomorrow. Please continue to hold them in your prayers as they complete their trip.

This Sunday @ VBC

We hope you can come out this Sunday at 10:30 AM (Sunday School at 9:15 AM) to worship with us on Father's Day! Travis' sermon is, "A Judge"; the scripture is Psalm 7:1-11. If you cannot join us in person, you can livestream at www.vintonbaptistchurch.org or through our app. Our livestream on Facebook appears to be working now, but remember that it is now accessible only through our regular FB page (not our group page); click here to utilize FB.

Vacation Bible School

Mark your calendars for Sunday, July 14th - Thursday, July 18th for this year's VBS - Scuba: Diving into Friendship with God! The hours are 5:30 - 8:30 PM. Children as young as age 3 are invited to participate, and our program is open to those entering PreK - 6th grade this fall. CLICK HERE to register! Please spread the word to your family, neighbors, and friends. They can register through our website (www.vintonbaptistchurch.org) or through our Facebook event. Volunteers can register using the same link.

Also, the VBS donation table is located by the Welcome Center. Please pick up a fish (or two), purchase the items listed on your fish, and return them by the date indicated. Thank you for supporting this year's VBS!

Summer Youth Event

Reminder: Our next summer Youth event is Wednesday, June 19th for a baseball game. Please remember that the Salem Red Sox stadium is a cashless/clear bag venue. You must sign up in advance to attend. The cost is $15/person, and we will meet at the church at 5:30 PM. See our website for the full list of summer Youth events and outings.

JOY Seniors' June Luncheon

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, June 25th, when we will have our June luncheon at noon in the gym. Lunch will be a chicken salad croissant, pasta salad, fruit salad, dessert, and water for $12/person. Entertainment will be provided by The Virginians Quartet, a four-part harmony gospel group with piano and bass guitar accompaniment. Please sign up and pay at the JOY Senior table!

Save the Date: 5th Sunday Luncheon

Please mark your calendars for June 30th, when we will have a 5th Sunday Luncheon after morning worship! Details coming soon.

Chuck Johnson

Veterans Administration Room 338

Building 2, 3rd Floor

1970 Roanoke Boulevard

Salem VA 24153

Sunday, June 2, 2024

Sunday School: 171

10:30 AM Worship:

• 303 in person
• 142 online

Sunday, June 9, 2024

Sunday School: 194

10:30 AM Worship:

• 285 in person
• 232 online

Thank you to the Pete Creasy Sunday School class for their donation to Vacation Bible School.

Thank you to the Open Door Sunday School class for their donations to Vacation Bible School and the Food Pantry.

Four on the 4th

If you want to support Boys & Girls Club through their annual Four on the 4th run/walk this Independence Day, please click here for all the details and to sign up! Also, we need some folks on July 3rd to prepare watermelon for this event; if you can help, please call the church office at 540-343-7685.

Christian sympathy is extended to Tina Guilliams and family in the death of her father, Doug Gimbert, May 30th; to Bitsy & Dick Davis and family in the death of her brother-in-law, Larry Baker, June 7th; and to Cindy Dillon and Becky Maxey and family in the death of their mother, Geneva Booth Dillon, June 12th.

Bible Reading Plan

Fee & Stuart note of Mark's gospel: "Mark has been described as one who cannot tell a story badly. In part this is due to his vivid style, which is what also gives his Gospel the sense of being rapid-fire." I have noticed as we're making our way through Mark that I really have to pay attention to every word because there's no "fluff"; the action and information are concise, and it's all important.

Fee & Stuart offer some parting words at the conclusion of their chapter on Mark:

"This superb telling of the story of Jesus as the fulfillment of the story of Israel is crucial to our understanding the emphases of much of the rest of the New Testament, especially the letters of Paul and the books of Hebrews and 1 Peter. As Paul put it in 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, in the weakness and folly of a crucified Messiah, God has shown his power and wisdom at work in the world for salvation."

I'm curious if, as you read Mark, you are understanding Jesus' actions or words in a fresh way? I would love to get your feedback! You can email me at kim@vintonbaptistchurch.org or share on our FB group page.

-- Kim

Thank you to everyone who shopped, donated, and loaned supplies for our Youth Mission Trip to Dinwiddie, VA! We are stocked, prepared, and ready to go thanks to your support and donations! We are so very thankful and appreciative for everyone who loaned and provided supplies. We look forward to using these materials to help make someone's home safer and share God's love with the residents we meet!