Please note that the church office will close at 4 PM daily for the remainder of this week.

TONIGHT:

• 6:15 PM Children's Choirs & Youth Missions Group (youth will be packing College Care Packages)
• 6:30 PM Weeknight Worship (Genesis 12:2, "The First Covenant")
• 7:30 PM Chancel Choir Rehearsal

This Sunday @ VBC

Morning worship begins at 10:30 AM (Sunday School at 9:15 AM). Travis' sermon is "Enough Time," and the scripture is James 4:13-17. If you can't join us in person, livestream is available through our app, at www.vintonbaptistchurch.org, and through our Facebook page.

Reminder:

• We will have a Called Business Meeting at the conclusion of morning worship in order to vote on our proposed budget for the new fiscal year beginning October 1st.
• We will also have a Fifth Sunday Luncheon in the gym after the business meeting. This one is a potluck! Chicken and drinks will be provided. Please bring a side dish or dessert.
• Youth Choir will rehearse at 11:45 AM.
• Youth Supper/Extreme will take place at 5:30 PM.
• Our SingShare Concert, in collaboration with Melrose Baptist Church, will take place at 6:30 PM in the VBC sanctuary. Invite your friends. This is a free event!

Attention: Chancel Choir

In preparation for this Sunday's SingShare Concert, following is our schedule this week:

• Tonight - Our usual Wednesday night rehearsal will take place at 7:30 PM.
• Tomorrow Night - We will have a special rehearsal at 7:00 PM.
• Sunday - We will rehearse at 4:00 PM, and dinner will be provided for us at 5:30 PM. The concert will take place in the sanctuary at 6:30 PM.

Operation Reach Out is Back!

Come, help us minister to our community the morning of October 19th from 9 AM until noon. Please click here for the registration form, which includes a list of projects that you can pick from. We will offer both breakfast (8:30 AM) and lunch (12:30 PM). And you have the option of purchasing a t-shirt if your form is returned by Wednesday, October 2nd. Please note that children as young as 3 years old are invited to participate. Please print and complete the registration form (copies are also be available at the church) and return it to Whitney as soon as possible. Questions? Contact Whitney.

Youth Choir Fundraiser Dinner

Our next Youth Choir 2025 Mission Tour fundraiser dinner will be October 6th immediately following morning worship. Eat-in and take-out options are available (you will fix your own). Our menu is baked potato bar and salad bar with all the fixings! $10/person. Please sign up in the church office or at the Welcome Center by Wednesday, October 2nd.

Trip Ison is a William Byrd graduate who will be sharing his journey of addiction and recovery. Parents will have time with Nancy Hans from Partnership for Community Wellness (PCW), while students will have time for a Q&A session with Trip after he shares his story. This conversation is open to anyone in the community, and parents are encouraged to attend!

JOY Seniors Schedule

Join us for a lunch/theater trip to Wohlfahrt Haus for the viewing of "Christmas in the Park" on Saturday, November 9th. The cost of this trip is $70/person and includes dinner, the play, and a tip. The deadline to sign up and pay is Sunday, October 6th. When signing up, please indicate whether you are riding the bus or driving.

Are you ready for a fun fall trip? On October 15th the JOY Seniors will take their annual fall trip to Fincastle, to include Heritage Market, Ikenberry Orchards, and a new location - Scripture Truth Book Company. We will conclude with lunch at Cracker Barrel. The only cost for this trip is what you spend. You can sign up to ride the bus or plan to drive. Either way, join the fun and fellowship by signing up at the JOY Senior table.

Trunk-or-Treat

This year Trunk-or-Treat falls on Wednesday, October 30th. We've already begun collecting bags of candy. They can be dropped off in the black tubs at the Missions Tables and in the New Ministries Building lobby.

Please click here to sign up to host a trunk for this event! We need 20+ volunteer trunks to make this event a success.

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 partners with Carilion to provide blood to local organizations, will have their mobile unit open at VBC from 12:00 PM to 7:30 PM on October 30th. Click here to register today! This link is open to VBC members/attenders, as well as the community. ALL are encouraged to "give the gift of life"!

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.

Shirley Nance

2237 Hardy Road

Vinton VA 24179

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Worship: 66

Sunday, September 22, 2024

Sunday School: 235

10:30 AM Worship

• in person: 304
• online: 326

Alma Hunt Offering for State Missions

The WMU invites you to contribute to the Alma Hunt State Missions Offering; our church goal is $2,200. This project is a joint effort of the Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia (WMUV) and the BGAV. These funds are used to help with disaster relief, youth projects, missions funding for churches, camping opportunities for children, leadership development opportunities, etc. More info can be found at almahunt.org. Special envelopes for this fund are in your box of church envelopes (they specify "state missions") and also in the church pews. Thanks in advance for helping us meet our goal.

Operation Christmas Child

This year's Operation Christmas Child campaign is underway. There are several ways your can help:

• VOLUNTEER - Our Operation Christmas Child volunteers are busy wrapping shoeboxes Wednesdays and Fridays, 10:00 AM - noon in room 109 of the New Ministries Building. Anyone is welcome to drop in and help.
• DONATE - If you have empty shoeboxes to donate please drop them at the Missions Tables at the church, or contact Darlene McCaskill (540-890-6748) so that she can arrange to pick them up. We are also collecting items to go in the shoeboxes (small toys, combs, washcloths, toothbrushes, school supplies, socks, sunglasses, etc.) at the Missions Tables.
• PACK YOUR OWN BOX - There are empty, wrapped shoeboxes available at the Missions Tables, along with brochures explaining how to pack a box and what to put in it. The brochure also includes a label for your box, or you can pay for shipping online and print a label that can be tracked. Feel free to pick up a couple of boxes and fill them with your family. Then return them to the Missions Tables with labels attached. We will make sure they get to our local drop-off center by the deadline in November.

Bible Reading Plan

We're getting ready to begin some of Paul's shorter letters in our Bible Reading Plan, Galatians being the first. Fee & Stuart (How to Read the Bible Book by Book) note that "... this letter is clearly three-sided - Paul, to the Galatians, against the agitators." The term "agitators" is found in Galatians 5:12; these are Jewish Christians who have misunderstood the gospel's implications for Gentile believers. "... [T]hey would have argued, just as Abraham believed God (Gen 15:6) and then was given the covenant of circumcision, so the Gentiles who believe in Christ need to be circumcised in order to become the true children of Abraham, and thus heirs of the promise." Paul argues vehemently against this idea, insisting that grace is sufficient for salvation and requires no physical sign such as circumcision. Paul's "... final argument (5:13 - 24) points out that the Spirit alone is sufficient for the kind of life in the present that reflects the likeness of Christ and stands over against the 'desire' of the 'sinful nature' ...." In the process, he defends his apostleship, as well. I hope you enjoy working through Galatians.

-- Kim

Blessing Box Donations

The following are needed for the Blessing Box: peanut butter, soups (any kind), muffin mixes. Please drop donations in the marked bin at the Missions Tables. Thank you!

Vinton Breakfast Lions Club Fundraiser

The Vinton Lions Club invites you to attend their fundraiser breakfast on October 12th between the hours of 7 AM and 11 AM. Tickets are $7/adult, $4 for children ages 6-12, and free for children 5 and under. Come support this group that does so much for our community. Please see Gary Myers or Chris McCarty for tickets!