USHERS NEEDED

Our ushers help make visitors and members feel welcome by helping them find seating, making sure they have a service bulletin, etc. Ushers serve once a month, and some training is provided. If you’re interested in joining our usher ministry, please contact Jim Baird at jbaird@amalighting.com.

MEN’S PRAYER AND BREAKFAST - OCTOBER 21

This Saturday, October 21, the Men’s Ministry is having a time of prayer followed by breakfast hosted at the MacCaughelty home from 7:30-9:00 AM.

FELLOWSHIP DINNER - OCTOBER 22

Join us Sunday, October 22, in the Fellowship Hall from 6:30-8:00 PM for a time of food and fellowship. We’ll be having hot honey chicken tenders, homemade mac & cheese, roasted asparagus, and honey rosemary biscuits.

CANDY DONATIONS NEEDED

We are asking for donations of candy for our Trunk-or-Treat event. You may also donate small toys. Look for collection tubs in the Parlor and Welcome Center. You can also contribute to the candy toy fund by following THIS LINK. Please have all donations in by October 22.

TRUNK-OR-TREAT - OCTOBER 29

Trunk-or-treat is just around the corner on October 29, and we want your decorated trunk! Just sign up and show up – candy will be provided. If you have questions or would like to sign up, email Anna Waldrip at anna@avpc.org or call the church office. 

PARKING FOR TRUNK OR TREAT

To help provide a welcoming atmosphere to our community, we ask that church members consider parking at MedJet for our Trunk or Treat. You can reach this parking lot by turning toward Cahaba Ridge Retirement Community off of Caldwell Mill Road, then taking a left. There is a ramp and sidewalk for easy access to the church parking lot.

FALL YOUTH RETREAT - NOVEMBER 3-5

Calling all senior high youth! Join us November 3-5 for the Fall Youth Retreat. This is a great time to get away together in order to grow in relationship with each other and in our understanding of the love and grace of Jesus. You can find sign up forms in the church office. For more information, contact Clint Cvacho at clint@avpc.org. 

FELLOWSHIP BRUNCH - NOVEMBER 5

Join us Sunday, November 5, during the 9:45 AM Sunday School hour, for our fellowship brunch. Everyone is welcome to attend – even if you do not attend regularly. 

BUDDY MINISTRIES INTEREST MEETING - NOVEMBER 5

You are invited to come and learn more about our new Buddy Ministry! This ministry will exist to facilitate access, remove barriers and walk with our children who have special and unique needs and gifts. Join us Sunday, November 5, at 4:00 PM in Acton Hall. The desire and prayer of our ENFOLD and Children's Ministries Teams is that AVPC Buddies will provide discipleship, friendship and safety for these covenant children. Anyone 5th grade and older is invited to attend. For more information, please contact Catie at catie@avpc.org and register on AVPC’s website HERE. 

OUTDOOR SERVICE - NOVEMBER 12

Sunday, November 12, the 11:00 AM service will take place in Atladena Park. This will serve as an outreach for the community surrounding AVPC. So, invite a friend and join us during the late service in Altadena Park. 

PRAYER PROMPT BOOKMARKS

The Prayer Prompt bookmarks from the Prayer Ministry Team are now available for use. Pick up your copy from the Parlor, the Welcome Center, or by following THIS LINK. Each month there will be a specific theme and four Scripture verses for you to use in praying for the Pastoral Transition Process. The theme for the month of October is Perseverance.

Pray the week of October 1 – October 7:

"Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:13-14

Pray the week of October 8 – October 14:

"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." James 1:2-4

Pray the week of October 15 – October 21:

“Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.  For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.” Hebrews 10:35-36

Pray the week of October 22 – October 28:

“I know you can do all things; no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.” Job 42:2

Pray the week of October 29 – November 4:

“Let us not become weary doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”  Galatians 6:9

MISSIONS NEWS

OUR MISSIONARIES OF THE WEEK are Alan and Amanda Halbrooks who serve with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Papua New Guinea. They live and work on a missionary campus where Alan is a high school English teacher and Amanda is a learning therapist for elementary students. They teach the children of other missionaries, both translation workers and support workers, which allows the translators to spend more time focusing on translating God’s Word for the more than 800 languages of Papua New Guinea.