TONIGHT:

6:15 PM Children's Choirs & Youth Missions Group

6:30 PM Weeknight Worship

7:30 PM Chancel Choir Rehearsal

This Sunday @ VBC

Come celebrate a baptismal service with us! Morning worship begins at 10:30 AM (Sunday School at 9:15 AM), and we're excited to begin our worship service with two baptisms. The sermon title is "Through the Wilderness," and the scripture is Exodus 14:10-22. If you can't join us in person, livestream is available through our app, at www.vintonbaptistchurch.org, and through our Facebook page.

Please note the remainder of this Sunday's schedule:

• 11:45 AM Youth Choir
• 1:00 PM Youth will depart for the Crop Walk (6th - 12th graders)
• 2:00 PM Preteens will depart for Layman Farms (3rd - 5th graders, $20/person)
• 5:00 PM Handbells Rehearsal
• 6 PM Weeknight Worship Rehearsal

It's Not Too Late to Sign Up for Operation Reach Out!

Operation Reach Out is this Saturday, and we'd love to have your help! We will be ministering to our community from 9 AM until noon. You can choose a project outside our walls or plan to stay at VBC. We have projects for children as young as 3. Please click here for the registration form and return it to Whitney ASAP. Breakfast (8:30 AM) and lunch (12:30 PM) will be available, but we need to know you're coming. Questions? Contact Whitney.

Thrive Youth

This Sunday we'll meet at VBC at 1 PM to caravan to the SWVA Crop Walk, which is a 4-mile walking loop to raise money for clean water and hunger. Please bring a donation if possible.

Our Fall Retreat is November 8th - 10th at Camp Wilderness Adventure in New Castle. Our theme is "Tell Me a Story." The cost is $100/person. Click here for more info and the registration form. Sign up by October 30th.

Gloria Sink Memorial Coat Drive

Our annual coat drive, named in memory of Gloria Sink and her dream that no child would be without a coat, continues through October 31st. The JOY Seniors have partnered with local schools to help keep their students warm this winter. Pick up a tag at the JOY Senior table with information regarding the requested coat or hoodie, sign the clipboard at the table indicating which tag you have chosen, purchase the coat or hoodie (gently worn, clean items are acceptable, too), and return it by Thursday, October 31st to the designated coat rack in the Welcome Center. Thanks to everyone who has already returned a coat or hoodie!

Little Pumpkins Jamboree

Fun & the Son invites all newborns - PreK kids and their parents/guardians to our annual fall party on Monday, October 28th, 10 - 11:30 AM! Put on your favorite costume, and come join us for some fun games, festive snacks, and a fabulous craft. All little pumpkins are welcome! See Betty Jo Overstreet with questions.

Trunk-or-Treat

This year Trunk-or-Treat falls on Wednesday, October 30th. We are still in need of candy, which can be dropped off in the black tubs at the Missions Tables and in the New Ministries Building lobby. Spread the word, and invite your friends and neighbors! Trunk-or-Treat runs 5:30 - 6:30 PM. (If you signed up to host a trunk, the parking lot will be open for you at 4:45 PM.)

Blood Drive

We're excited to announce that we are hosting a blood drive in connection with our Trunk-or-Treat event this year! The Blood Connection, which provides blood to regional Carilion facilities, will have their mobile unit open at VBC from 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM on October 30th. Click here to register today! This link is open to VBC members/attenders, as well as the community. We would love to fill every open appointment! Each person who donates blood at this event will receive a $30 e-gift card and will generate a $10 donation from The Blood Connection to Vinton Baptist Church. ALL are encouraged to "give the gift of life." Please sign up today!

Youth Choir Mission Tour Lunch Fundraiser

On Sunday, November 3rd we will have our final luncheon fundraiser for this year's Youth Choir Mission Tour. Lunch will consist of chili or potato soup. $10/person. Please sign up by October 30th in the Welcome Center or the church office.

Save the Date

This year's Christmas Craft & Vendor Show is scheduled for Sunday, December 1st. Click here for more info, including a vendor registration form. Vendors who are church members will be given priority, with a registration deadline of November 8th. All other vendors should have their registration forms and payment returned by November 17th. Please see Whitney with questions.

Deacon Nominations

Deacon nominations are now open for the 3-year term beginning in 2025 and ending in 2027. Please click here to print a nomination form, or pick one up at the Welcome Center. All ballots should be placed in the nomination box at the Welcome Center by Sunday, November 17th. Thank you for prayerfully considering your nominations.

Christian sympathy is extended to Jessika Williams and family in the death of her friend Cameron Diggs Friday, October 11th; to Kathy Manning & Marvin Foster in the death of her father, Homer W. Manning; to Tiffaney & Matt Barrette and family and David Rogers in the death of Tiffaney's dad and David's brother, Clinton Rogers, Jr., October 13th; to Caroline & Matt Hughes and family in the death of her mother, Louise Dickey, October 14th; to Lisa & Andy Nicely in the death of her cousin, Johnny Wood, October 14th; and to Teta Johnson and family in the death of her husband, Chuck Johnson, October 16th.

Peggy P. Stovall

c/o Berkshire Health Care Center

705 Clearview Drive #41

Vinton VA 24179

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Worship: 67

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Sunday School: 185

10:30 AM Worship

• in person: 316
• online: 209

• Thank you to the Helen Siner Wood Circle for their donation to Hurricane Disaster Relief Buckets.
• Thank you to the Pete Creasy Sunday School class for their donation to Hurricane Disaster Relief Buckets.
• Thank you to the Esther Sunday School class for their donation to Trunk-or-Treat.
• Thank you to the Fellowship/Berean Sunday School class for their donation to the Alma Hunt Offering.

Please extend a warm welcome to the following young folks who all joined Vinton Baptist this past Sunday by profession of faith:

• Parker Russell, son of Travis & Whitney Russell at 4301 Denbeigh Circle, Vinton VA 24179.
• Aubrey Walters, daughter of Amanda Hough at 1412 Duke Drive, Vinton VA 24179
• Remy Shepherd, son of Tiffani & Ben Shepherd at 2815 Parkview Drive, Vinton VA 24179
• Miles Berry, son of Chris & Erin Berry at 826 Morrison Avenue, Vinton VA 24179

We are so proud of these young people and their decisions to follow Christ! A baptismal service will be planned in the near future.

Parker

Aubrey

Remy

Miles

Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes

This year's Operation Christmas Child deadline (November 3rd) is fast approaching! There are empty, wrapped shoeboxes available for pickup at the Missions Tables, along with OCC brochures. Pick up a shoebox (or two) and a brochure, pack the box according to the directions in the brochure, add your label and shipping amount (you can pay online and print a trackable label, as well), and return your completed box to the Missions Tables by November 3rd. If you can't fill an entire box, we'd love to have you donate some items at the Missions Tables so that we can pack extra boxes: small toys, combs, washcloths, toothbrushes, school supplies, socks, sunglasses, etc. Questions? Contact Darlene McCaskill at 540-890-6748. Thank you!

Bible Reading Plan

1 Thessalonians is next on our reading plan. Fee & Stuart (How to Read the Bible Book by Book) note that this letter is probably the first "book" to be written of all those in the New Testament. They explain,

"Put yourself in Paul's shoes. You have recently been to Macedonia's major city, where you had had good success in preaching the good news about Christ. But your success also aroused enormous opposition. Your host was arrested and charged with high treason, while friends ushered you out of the city by night so that you wouldn't be brought before the authorities. Thus your stay was much shorter than you had expected, and the new believers are now pretty much on their own, without a long period of seasoned instruction in the way of Christ."

Therefore, Paul sent Timothy back to Thessalonica to check on the new church since Paul was a wanted man in that city. Timothy has returned to Paul with mostly good things to say about these new Christians. Paul is now writing to the Thessalonians based on feedback he received from Timothy.

Happy reading!

-- Kim

Hurricane Response

Vinton Baptist is partnering with Melrose Baptist and Radiance Community Church to gather items specified by CBF and to pack disaster relief buckets. Melrose Baptist has been able to secure a donation of 1,000 5-gallon buckets. Following are the items for which Vinton Baptist is responsible (the specifications on each item are important so that they will fit in the buckets and the lids will close):

• 32-64 oz. bottles liquid laundry detergent
• 4-9 oz. cans of spray air freshener
• scouring pads (5 per bucket - they will NOT accept stainless steel pads with soap in them)
• N95 particulate respirator dust masks (1-3 mm thickness preferred; 5 per bucket)

We have set up an Amazon wish list for these items, so you can click here to order these products and have them shipped directly to us. Or you are welcome to shop on your own and drop these items off at VBC. We will collect these items through the end of October. On November 1, we will have a "Loading Party" from 10 AM until 12 PM to load all of our collected items for transport to Melrose Baptist. On November 3, we will join the congregations of Melrose and Radiance at Melrose Baptist for a "Pail Packing Party" from 3 PM until 5 PM. THANK YOU for using this opportunity to show the love of Christ to hurting people!

Here are some other ways to help, should you want to do more:

1) CBF Global’s Disaster Response focuses on long-term impact. You can give financially at https://www.classy.org/give/524668/#!/donation/checkout

2) You can also give directly to CBF North Carolina's disaster response fund: https://cbfnc.org/give/ Please select "Disaster Response" in the dropdown menu when asked where to direct your support.

3) Another site that has been recommended by CBF is Together for Hope (TFH), which is raising funds to give directly to local partners in affected regions: https://givebutter.com/TFHRELIEF

5) If you have the availability and capability to physically travel to help in the disaster response effort, you can sign up through BGAV (Baptist General Association of Virginia), which is coordinating volunteers to serve in areas such as feeding, assessment, cleanup, chainsaw, and crisis care. On-site training is provided. Sign up at https://impactmissionsmovement.org/on-alert-disaster.../

"Check out" these new books in our church library!

If for Any Reason by Courtney Walsh

Save Me Once by Alana Terry

Double Take by Lynette Eason (#1 in the "Lake City Heroes" series)

Taken by Dee Henderson

The Tapestry of Grace by Kim Vogel Sawyer