Valley Presbyterian Church Sunday, February 24 Welcome! We’re glad you’ve joined us on this morning of celebration. For over a decade, God has been at work through VPC in Malawi, Africa. Working with Ministry of Hope and Villages in Partnership, we’ve been able to feed and provide medical care for thousands of orphans and people around the country. Wells have been dug, houses have been built, and children have been educated through your support. Work is also being done to build a school, which will allow students to stay all week at school, eliminating what is now a 10mile each way daily journey. Join us after worship today and experience a day in the life of a Malawian. There are several interactive opportunities to learn more about our partners across the globe. • • •
What is life like in the classroom and in a home in Malawi? How is food prepared & water transported in Malawi? Malawian-inspired cuisine
-Sunday School is available today for children Pre-K and younger. -Flowers are given by Ken MacLennan in memory of his parents, Isabel and Kenneth MacLennan.
VPC is honored to welcome Helen Zimba, Board Member at Ministry of Hope and Liz Heinzel-Nelson, Co-Founder & Executive Director of Villages in Partnership this morning. Helen Zimba was Liz Heinzelborn and raised Nelson is in Malawi, Africa, Founder and and relocated to Executive Dallas in 1988. Director of Her background Villages in encompasses Partnership management and (VIP). She communications, grew up in as well as Princeton, experience in New Jersey the health field, and now lives specifically HIV. with her family Helen worked in the airline industry prior in Allentown, New Jersey. She was the to shifting her professional and volunteer director of Youth Ministries at Allentown focus to HIV. She earned a certificate Presbyterian Church when God called in nonprofit leadership from Southern her and her family to live and serve in Methodist University, and worked as a Malawi, Africa for one year. She founded Case Manager for people living with HIV. VIP in 2009. Liz now dedicates her life Helen was the Chair of the HIV Planning to inviting others to come alongside the Council for four years and is a member of poor and most vulnerable, and leads the Positive Women’s Network USA. Helen teams to Malawi several times a year. Liz is a dedicated volunteer, including missions is passionate about partnering with the to Malawi with her church, assisting with developed world and villages in Malawi the South Dallas AIDS Walk, and directing to help lift them out of their respective HIV services with the AFIYA Center. Helen poverties. She is married to Stephen and is a dedicated leader and mentor to many is the mother of four grown children and women in her community. one grandchild. Join us after worship for an engaging experience on what a day in the life of a Malawian looks like. Additional Passports are available.
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Wednesday, March 6 Fellowship Dinner: 5:30PM, Landes Patio, Free Worship: 6:30PM, Landes Center
Valley Presbyterian Church 6947 East McDonald Drive Paradise Valley, AZ 85253, 480-991-6424 vpc.church Pastors: David M. Joynt, David L. Turner, Kelly Nieto, Mike Nieto, Travis Kingma