Sip & Social Justice Women's Sip & Social Justice Event Tuesday, March 5, 6:30-8:30PM Camp Social Restaurant (6107 N. 7th St, Phx) Sign up: vpc.church/women Cost: $30, Includes dinner and dessert Learn about the problem of human trafficking in our community. Our speaker is from The Phoenix Dream Center, a faithbased non-profit that works to help those aging out of foster care, people seeking recovery, and those trapped by trafficking.
Valley Presbyterian Foundation Dinner Friday, March 29, 6PM, Arizona Country Club vpf.givesmart.com This year's Foundation Dinner: Havana Nights is a fundraiser designed to support a specific church or missional need. Don your favorite panama hat and salsa your way through the night! We've partnered with GiveSmart, a site designed to put payment and bidding in the palm of your hand. View and bid on items weeks before and even during the event.
VPC'S MENTAL HEALTH MINISTRY
This 12-week class is for family, partners, and friends of adults living with a serious mental illness. This class is designed to help family members and friends understand and support their loved one while maintaining their own well-being. If someone you love is struggling with mental illness, this course is for you!
VPC Hosting Family Promise March 3-10 Chris Woodard: chrisw@vpc.church Family Promise rescues homeless families from the streets and provides emergency shelter and basic needs in a program designed to assist their return to selfsufficiency. Family Promise partners with VPC to provide safe overnight shelter, food, and compassion to families in crisis. Contact Chris if you're interested in getting involved.
Care & Support
Please pray for those recovering from recent medical procedures:
Lyn Ambrose, Sharon Arendt, Pat Ciccone, John Hale, Millie Jacoby, Elizabeth Jessup, Barbara Jewett, Jo Ann Jones, Jim Lawrence, June Lightburne, Carole Marr, Jan McKenzie, Dee Melde, Dorothy Nern, Julie Rist, Nancy Savoy, Nancy Sumner, Ellie Van Denburgh, Andrea Winius
Please pray for those at home or in a care facility:
Carolyn Bathurst, Kathryn Bennett, Joyce Black, Herb Blinn, Charles Buckley, Gloria Diefenderfer, Bonnie Domaz, Helen Farmin, Roger Fercho, Donna Gardner, Corenthel Green, Ginny Groom, Luella Gross, Sara Hammond, Louella Hermanson, Jean Hiser, Jeannette Huggins, Evelyn Jenkins, Heather Kirk, Claire Kooi, Sue Larson, Jim Lorenz, John Mueller, Janet Nielsen, Lois Nuernberg, Joyce Newlon, Judy Owens, Lara Robinson, Mary Strasser, Virginia Tatum, Helen Wolfe For more information about those in our community, call Tammy: 480-991-6424 x163
Sympathy
Our church family extends its Christian sympathy to the family and friends of Lester Goss.
Prayer Chain: 480-991-6424, prayers@vpc.church
We welcome requests confidentially for you or someone else. Please have permission from the individual before placing your request.
week of March 3, 2019
Devotionals available in Worship Centers and online: vpc.church/devo
At Oasis Community Wednesday March 6
Ash Wednesday*, March 6 5:15-6:15PM—Free dinner, Landes Patio 6:30-7:30PM—Worship, Landes Center *Childcare available for Pre-K & younger Reflect on God's salvation story What is Ash Wednesday?
vpc.church/mentalhealth NAMI Family-to-Family Program Wednesdays starting March 6 6-8:30PM, Free Elizabeth Weiss: esweiss1231@gmail.com Registration: 602-759-8182 or education@namivalleyofthesun.org
Ash Wednesday
FOCUS
Valley Presbyterian Church
Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, is a tradition commemorating the 40 day fast of Jesus’ temptation in the desert (as seen in Matthew 4, Mark 1, & Luke 4). It is an opportunity for us to reflect on the reality that life is short, we all will face death, and everlasting life is promised in Jesus by receiving God’s forgiveness through Him. Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent, a 40-day (not including Sundays) intentional season of fasting, self-examination, and worship of the Triune God by remembering the story of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection. Free Spaghetti Dinner 5:15-6:15PM, Landes Patio
Worship 6:30-7:30PM, Landes Center
This free dinner is a chance to gather as a community. Everyone is invited!
Worship will be an opportunity for the whole family to think about and interact with the ways God is present in the world. During worship you can visit different stations to reflect on what God asks of us during Lent, the season that leads up to Easter.
Questions? Email Tina Gilbreath: tinag@vpc.church Or visit the website: vpc.church
VPC News
ICM DONATIONS—Thank you for donating to ICM over the years! Currently VPC does not have volunteers who serve at ICM weekly as in the past, and who would take donated items with them. We now must schedule pickups of these items. Going forward, we request that you arrange for items to be picked up from your home by ICM or the charity of your choice, or drop them off at the White Dove Thrift Shop.
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
Real- A New Sermon Series Begins Sunday, March 10
Sip & Social Justice
Women's Ministry Sip & Social Justice Event Tuesday, March 5, 6:30-8:30PM Camp Social Restaurant Sign up: vpc.church/women Learn about the problem of human trafficking in our community.
Ash Wednesday Wednesday, March 6 5:15PM- Free dinner, Landes Patio 6:30PM- Worship, Landes Center Reflect on God's salvation story
FOUNDATION DINNER 2019 Valley Presbyterian Foundation
FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 6PM arizona country club
vpf.givesmart.com