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 - CANCELED

The Men's Prayer and Breakfast scheduled for this Saturday has been canceled. That being said, the Men's Ministry Team desires that the Men of the Valley grow as men of prayer. May God open doors for us to do so. 

2023 GIVING STATEMENTS - PICK UP BY JANUARY 28

Your 2023 giving statements will be available in the Welcome Center for you to pick up. Any statements left after Sunday, January 28, will be mailed.

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. 

FELLOWSHIP DINNER - FEBRUARY 4

Join us next Sunday, February 4, in the Fellowship Hall from 6:30 - 8:00 PM for a time of food and fellowship.  

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.

FAITH PROMISE

Please be in prayer over your 2024 Faith Promise giving.

MISSIONS CONFERENCE 2023: FEBRUARY 7-11

The 2024 Missions Conference is taking place February 7-11. You can see the schedule of events below or visit our website HERE for more information.



Wednesday, February 7: Small Group Evening Meal

Thursday, February 8: Individual/Family Lunch or Coffee

Thursday, February 8: Community Group Gatherings

Friday, February 9: Fellowship Dinner and Youth-Led Worship Service

Saturday, February 10: Prayer Breakfast

Saturday, February 10: Fellowship Dinner and Panel Discussion

Sunday, February 11: Sunday Worship – guest preacher Ed Thompson (LOGOI)  

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.

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 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

MISSIONS NEWS

OUR MISSIONARIES OF THE WEEK are Avni and Maklen Menalla, serving with CRU on the Momentum Europe project. They hope to raise up a network of business and professional leaders to help connect influential European leaders to the irresistible love of Jesus.