2023 GIVING STATEMENTS - AVAILABLE JANUARY 21

Starting this Sunday, January 21, your giving statements will be available in the Welcome Center for you to pick up. Any statements left after next Sunday, January 28, will be mailed.

FELLOWSHIP DINNER - JANUARY 21

Join us this Sunday, January 21, in the Fellowship Hall from 6:30-8:00 PM for a time of food and fellowship. We’ll be having Mongolian pork and broccoli with egg rolls. 

COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVE - JANUARY 21

This Sunday, January 21, Lifesouth Community Bloodcenters is hosting a blood drive in Altadena Park. No appointment is necessary. 

PRAYER SERVICE - JANUARY 21

This Sunday, January 21, from 5:45 - 6:30 PM, the Prayer Ministry Team will be hosting a corporate time of prayer in the Conference Room. We plan to pray about the themes of compassion and peace as we continue to seek the Lord during our pastoral transition process. 

MISSION TRIP PHOTOS FOR ART GALLERY - DUE JANUARY 24

Missions Conference 2024 will be here soon. As part of our missions emphasis, we would like to have pictures of your past missions trips to display in the Gallery. Please submit pictures to Janet Friday (janetfriday@mindspring.com) by January 24. Please include information about the pictures - names, date, location, people served.

YOUNG ADULT DINNER - JANUARY 26

Join us for dinner and dessert on Friday, January 26 at 6:30 PM at the home of Russell and Katey Windsor. Everyone through age 30 who is out of college or working is welcome!

MEN’S PRAYER AND BREAKFAST - JANUARY 27

On January 27, from 7:30 – 9:00 AM, the Men’s Ministry is hosting a time of prayer and breakfast at the MacCaughelty home. All ages are welcome.

MISSIONARY BIOGRAPHY READING - DUE JANUARY 28

As a part of the Missions Conference this year, the Missions Team would like to encourage reading missionary biographies. If you have any missionary biographies to loan or donate, please drop them in the marked box in the parlor by January 28, and please be sure to put your name in any book you would like returned to you. More details to come during the conference. 

BABY SHOWER - FEBRUARY 5

The women of AVPC are hosting a baby shower on February 5 at 7:00 PM, at the home of Whitney Jones. This shower will be honoring Caroline Cwynar. You can contribute online by following THIS LINK, or in the collection envelope in your Sunday school class. Please designate ‘baby shower’ in the memo line of your check.

MISSIONS CONFERENCE 2023: FEBRUARY 7-11

We have some exciting opportunities coming for you to spend quality time with some of our missionaries during our upcoming Missions Conference. One piece of feedback we received in previous years was the congregation's desire to be able to spend more personal time with our missionaries. We are excited to provide some wonderful opportunities for you. Your small group can host a missionary for a meal on either Wednesday, February 7 or Thursday, February 8. You also have the opportunity to take a missionary to lunch for some special one-on-one time.  

Here are some missionaries we have coming to the Missions Conference this year who are available for small group gatherings and lunches.

Matt Allison - Serge

James Dougherty - Overseas Missionary Fellowship

Jack Hausen - Shepherds Fold

Stephen and Kellie Merwin - RUF- I at UAB  

If you would like to sign up, please follow THIS LINK OR contact Heather Sommer at heather@avpc.org. The deadline to sign up is January 28.

PASTOR NOMINATION FORM

If you know of a qualified pastoral candidate, you can use THIS FORM to recommend them to the Pastoral Search Committee. See the Pastor Profile on the website for the list of qualifications.

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 Scripture verses for you to use in praying for the Pastoral Transition Process. The theme for the month of January is Compassion, Forgiveness, and Respect.

Pray the week of January 14 – January 20:

“In your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.”

I Peter 3:15-17

Pray the week of January 21 – January 27:

“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness and patience, bearing with one another; and if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.”

Colossians 3:12-13

Pray the week of January 28 – February 3:

“As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions……Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.”

Romans 14:1 & 4

WOMEN’S SPRING BIBLE STUDY

Please join your AVPC sisters this spring as we study through the book of Galatians together. The Monday studies, will be at 3:00 PM at the home of Nancy Klose. Wednesday morning studies will be at 9:00 AM in the Church Parlor, and Wednesday evening studies will be at 6:00 PM at the home of Lea Anne Parker. Friday studies will be at 1:00 PM at the home of Judy Bates. Study books are available in the Parlor for a cost of $10.00. If you would like more information, contact Amy MacCaughelty at amycmac6@gmail.com.

MEN’S SPRING BIBLE STUDY

There are many Bible study and fellowship opportunities for the men of AVPC this spring. The Sunday night group meets on the first three Sundays of each month from 5:00-6:30 PM at the home of Barry Parker, studying "Good and Angry" by David Powlinson. The men’s coffee group meets every Thursday from 9:00-10:00 AM in the Conference Room for coffee, devotionals, donuts, and life stories. The men’s breakfast group will meet on Mondays from 6:30-7:30 AM in the Fellowship Hall. This group will be studying the book of Hosea. If you would like more information, contact Blake Harris at blake@avpc.org.

MISSIONS NEWS

OUR MISSIONARIES OF THE WEEK are Doni and Albina Mehmeti, serving with A Jesus Mission in Pristina, Kosovo, where they are reaching young people with digital ministries in their native language.