VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 2018 Annual Report
GOD’S WORK @ VPC Dear Friends, We encourage you to read through this annual summary, ponder the pictures, savor the statistics, and reflect on the deep and wonderful ways God has blessed VPC in 2018. Every number and every face reflects a story of God’s goodness and grace. Prayers have been offered and answered. Acts of mercy and love have extended the compassion of Jesus to thousands of people. Children, youth, and adults have gathered together to learn, grow, and serve. God’s glory has been celebrated and seen in transcendent moments of worship and praise. We feel very blessed to share this time, this place, and this ministry with you. Your encouragement and your energy are a beautiful and powerful response to our gracious God. Your tremendous generosity in the A New Heart for the Valley campaign in 2018 will fund the transformation of our campus this year. As we remember 2018 with gratitude, let’s anticipate the joys and blessings that are coming in 2019. Yours faithfully, VPC Pastors & Staff
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2018 SERMON SERIES
MISSION Global Mission: 12 acres of land
purchased in Malawi for the new Secondary School through Villages In Partnership One new teacher home built through Ministry of Hope
100,000 pound
concrete hurricaneproof roof built for Chompton, Yucatan Presbyterian Church
Local Mission: 400+ friends from
MentorKids USA attended the annual Christmas Party
5,000+ hours of
shelter provided to families without homes through Family Promise
60+ Yavapai &
Tonalea Elementary School teachers received classroom supplies
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CHILDREN DAY CAMP STATS During the six-day #RedforEd teacher walkout, VPC created a day-long experience for elementary-aged kids:
50 volunteers served 120+ kids over six days. 225 children
attended Vacation Bible School (+18% from 2017)
1050 people
attended Trunk or Treat (+150 from 2017)
980 people attended
Bunny Business (+130 from 2017)
789 families receive
the @vpc quarterly email, created for families not yet plugged in to VPC (+286 from 2017)
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WOMEN 960 meals packed
at Feed My Starving Children
148 cups of coffee
consumed on Friday mornings at MOPS and Bible Study
300 pounds of food
collected for ICM in response to the Sip & Social Justice event
48 Women’s Bible
Study meetings
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MEN 240 hours spent
together in prayer, study, and fellowship
800 hamburgers and
hot dogs grilled for the MentorKids USA Christmas Party Two new small groups formed
50 hours spent to
clean and beautify VPC’s campus
100+ men attended
the 2018 Men’s Retreat and Men’s Breakfast
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STUDENTS 35 Students went to
Forest Home Camp
19 Middle School
students & five leaders served at the Summer Phoenix Mission Trip Nine High School students & three leaders served on the Summer Denver Mission Trip
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DISCIPLESHIP 654 hours of
Bible Study and Community Group meetings A prayer team of 16 people prayed for 30 Alpha attendees over nine weeks
20 classes offered
throughout 2018 by 18 outstanding facilitators Over 100 people meeting regularly in Community Groups
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CONGREGATIONAL CARE $9,185.58 spent to
provide assistance to those with one-time critical need
260+ Lay Hospital
Team & Pastoral visits
43 worship services
where Communion was prepared and served
Six new Stephen Ministers trained, to add to 41 currently active
156 instances of
Transportation Team bringing someone to church
30+ people
received At-Home Communion three times per year
75 cards & care
packages sent to college students and military personnel (Pictured to the right)
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WORSHIP 20+ kids attended
Oasis Kids! each week (formerly Explorers)
Seven new talented members of the Chancel Choir
500+ attended VPC’s
Christmas Cantata: The Peace of Christmas Average weekly attendance:
8AM: 54 9AM: 261 10:30AM: 172
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FOUNDATION Contributed
$1,000,000 toward
A New Heart for the Valley Capital Campaign
Raised $130,000 during the Annual Foundation Dinner
$57,000 donated
to Family Promise as a part of the Foundation Dinner’s Fund the Need initiative
Awarded $13,500 in scholarships to eight college students Awarded $31,000 towards student camps and mission trips at Forest Home Summer Camp and Center for Student Mission: Denver Awarded $3,500 grant to MentorKids USA
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A NEW HEART FOR THE VALLEY
$9,100,000 pledged
in 2018
$4,618,341 pledges
received in 2018
280 donors to A New
Heart for the Valley (Individuals & Families)
100% of VPC Session Elders and Pastors made a campaign commitment
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VALLEY DAY SCHOOL 149 children enrolled 40 new VDS families Nine students receive tuition assistance thanks to the generosity of Presbyterian Women Children attended Chapel 50 times
78 families toured
VDS
34 families have
children on the VDS waitlist
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STATISTICS 1,400 members on
December 31
40 new members 11 third grade Bibles
presented
241 hours spent
reading Valley Vine issues online
6,978 video plays on Vimeo
18,139 visits to vpc.church
(+10% over 2017)
78,585 pageviews on vpc.church
79.8% of visits to
vpc.church were from new users
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YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT We, the Pastors and Staff at VPC, feel blessed to share this time, this place, and this ministry with you. Your encouragement and energy are a beautiful and powerful response to our gracious God! Christian Education
13%
Mission, Outreach, Congregational Care
10%
Pastoral Ministry
22%
Worship & Music
8%
Administration & Facility
47%
2018 Expenses
Administration & Facility Pastoral Ministry Christian Education
$1,069,819 -Personnel expenses included in $489,424 $297,739
each category -Complete Balance Sheet will be available at the VPC Congregational Meeting on Tuesday, January 29
Mission, Outreach, Congregational Care $217,171 Worship & Music Total expenses in 2018
$184,567 $2,258,720
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