Presbyterian Women
Jeannie Wright Retirement Celebration Today between 9 & 10:45AM Worship Services Landes Center Patio
Family Ice Skating Fun Sunday, June 2, 2-4PM, Scottsdale Ice Den, 9375 E. Bell Rd., 85260 Cost: $5 (5 years & younger), $7 (6 and up) RSVP online by May 28: vpc.church/women Join us Sunday morning for the start of Summer Sunday School, then join us for an afternoon of family fun ice skating at the Scottsdale Ice Den. All rates include skates. Invite your friends!
Sign up for Presbyterian Women Circles New Circles September 2019—May 2020 Wandie Hulick, wild4uofa@aol.com PW offers women meaningful ways to live out their faith in the midst of a caring community. For over 200 years, PW groups have played a major role in sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ and witnessing to the promise of God’s kingdom. All women are welcome. Sign up today!
MENTAL HEALTH MINISTRY
May is Mental Health Awareness Month vpc.church/mentalhealth
Mental Health America of AZ SEEDS Conference May 22-23, Glendale Community College 6000 W. Olive Avenue, Glendale Register online: mhaarizona.org/2019-seeds-conference.html Conference theme, #NextGen:B4STAGE4 will build collaborative partnerships that promote the mental health, resilience and self-determination of young adults. #NextGen:B4STAGE4 seeks to normalize help seeking behaviors of young adults and promote constructive conversation.
Care & Support
VPC News
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT... • U.S. military veterans who identified as highly religious or spiritual showed high levels of gratitude, purpose in life, and post-traumatic growth, and lower risk of depression, suicidal thinking, and alcohol abuse than non-spiritual/ religious peers.
FOCUS
Valley Presbyterian Church week of May 19, 2019
Jeannie Wright, Executive Assistant to Pastor David Joynt, has announced that she will retire at the end of May. We are sad to lose a vital and cherished member of the VPC Staff team, but are excited for all the adventures she's planning for the next season of her life! Please join us today celebrate her ministry and service to the VPC community.
Kelly & Mike Nieto Congregational Meeting & Farewell Reception Congregational Meeting Sunday, June 9, 10AM (Following 9AM worship), Landes Center
Session has called a Congregational Meeting to acknowledge the change in call for Pastors Kelly & Mike Nieto.
What needs a makeover in your life?
Farewell Reception/Summer Lunch Sunday, June 9, Noon (Following 10:45AM worship), Landes Center
VPC's Summer Lunches will kickoff the summer with an opportunity to celebrate and say goodbye to the Nieto family. If you would like to help with the Reception/Summer Lunch event or participate in a Love Offering for the Nietos, email Kris Bahr: krisb@vpc.church.
VPC FINANCIAL SUMMARY: Year-to-date as of April 30, 2019
Income $721,247 Expenses $745,982 For a more detailed update, check out the latest edition of the Valley Vine, online: vpc.church/vine or contact Kris Bahr: krisb@vpc.church, 480-991-6424 ext. 112
Learn more about these events inside the FOCUS:
Family Worship Sunday, May 26
Children ages three and up are invited and encouraged to join the rest of the congregation during worship. *Nursery available (0-2)
• Finding humor in a situation can lift moods and help people better deal with and overcome difficult experiences. • Living a healthy lifestyle may not be easy but can be achieved by gradually making small changes and building on those successes.
Please pray for those recovering from recent medical procedures:
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 2019 Monday, June 24-Friday, June 28 8:30AM-Noon Register: vpc.church/vbs
Sharon Arendt, Herb Blinn, Pat Ciccone, John Hale, Michael Heenan, Millie Jacoby, Elizabeth Jessup, Jo Ann Jones, Jim Lawrence, Carole Marr, Jan McKenzie, Chris Melde, Dee Melde, Julie Rist, Lara Robinson, Nancy Savoy, Nancy Sumner, Jim Unruh, Ellie Van Denburgh, Andrea Winius
Please pray for those at home or in a care facility:
Carolyn Bathurst, Kathryn Bennett, Joyce Black, Charles Buckley, Jerry Burnette, 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, Sue Larson, Jim Lorenz, John Mueller, Dorothy Nern, Janet Nielsen, Lois Nuernberg, Joyce Newlon, Judy Owens, Mary Strasser, 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 Clare Kooi.
Prayer Chain: 480-991-6424, prayers@vpc.church
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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
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