Deacons for the Week

October 2-8, 2016

Dewey Chambers and Ken Culver

October 9-15, 2016

Joe Holmes and Tony Ellis

October 16-22, 2016 Bob Weeks and Dewey Chambers

October 23-29, 2016 Jerry Guiltner and Garry Blosser

Adults

Students

Children

Preschool

Off Campus

Hispanic Mis. -

Dept.

1

1

0

0

-

N Mem.

459

34

63

51

-

Enroll.

0

-

-

0

-

Cont.

217

19

29

33

24

- - 31

Pres.

Totals 0 607 0 323

Worship (average attendance)

10:15 am ………………………. 292

Celebration…………… 239

Modern………………… 43

Hispanic Mission………………… 31

6:15 pm ………………………….. none

What's for Dinner?

Oct 05 Meatloaf, scalloped potatoes, veggies, roll and brownie with whipped cream and cherries

Oct 12 Chicken alfredo, fettuccine, green beans, garlic bread and pecan pie

Oct 19 Pork chops, wild rice, mixed veggies, roll and blackberry cobbler

Oct 26 Chicken fried steak, mashed potato, green beans, roll and pumpkin pie.

All menus include salad bar, tea, coffee and lemonade.

Church-wide

Mission Project

October Collect sheets, blankets

and towels (new or good used

ones) for Grace Rescue

Mission

November collect tube socks, jersey

gloves and sock caps for

Grace Rescue Mission

VBC now has WiFi: VBC-Guest

Password : Romans 6:23

Sunday School

With Sympathy The Village family expresses their

sympathy to the Jones family in the

death of Doyce Jones and to Larry

Taylor and the Taylor family in the death

of Linda Taylor.

Missions @ Village

Through September 30, 2016

Goal of $120,000 Unified Offering for 2016

Offering Disbursement:

Lottie Moon $18,671.89

Annie Armstrong $11,177.54

Edna McMillan $ 6,259.16

Mother’s Day $ 1,560.07

Unified Local $ 3,610.08

Total through September $41,278.74

3151 On Google and In Your Group

I googled 3151 this week. “Googled” is not actually an official word. But I think it will

soon be. What I actually did was perform a search on the Google internet search engine

for “3151”. Here’s what I came up with for 3151.

3151 is an address. 3151 Northwest 41st Street in OKC. It’s a single family home for

rent if you’re interested.

3151 is a genetic ID. Yes, that’s right. If you are a geneticist, 3151 is the number for

HMGN2 or high mobility group nucleosomal binding domain 2. I wrote out what HMGN2 meant, for other

people. I’m sure you already knew.

3151 is an Xbox game error code. It means that your system update was not downloadable. Bummer, now

you can’t play the latest game update. Pokémon no-go.

3151 is a bill in the 114th US Congress. It is a bill requiring information on arrests by U.S. Immigration

and Customs to be made public. Yep, that’s going to make a lot of difference - sarcasm aside.

3151 is a challenge. This challenge begins with soul-winning Commitment Day on the first Sunday of

October. It is a challenge to pray for 3 spiritual lost people, learn 1 Gospel presentation, invite 5 people to

attend your group, and share the Gospel at least 1 time.

In my opinion, the 3151 Challenge is the best one. I’m asking every person in every Sunday School Group to

make at least some commitment to the challenge. Each week in the Sunday School Group you will record any

updates in your challenge. I’ll get those figures from Damien and share them in the Sunday Morning Services.

If you haven’t already begun to pray, learn, invite and share its time now to get started.

Only you can make a difference. But will you make a difference. You must do something. We need you to be

about the Master’s business with us. I’m asking you to do this for one month. One month is not very long. But

you can be a part of changing someone’s eternity and that is a long, long time.

What’s Inside?

Jimmy Kinnaird

In Jesus always,

The October Leisure Adult Luncheon will be

Tuesday, October 25 at 11:30 a.m.

We would love to have you join us for this monthly

meeting of our church’s

senior adults. The luncheon will be in the gym.

After the meal, Wynn Anne Hook will give a report on

the Singing ChurchWomen’s

ministry trip to Latvia. It will be good for us to hear

what God is doing in one of the

countries in which the BGCO has a partnership.

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You

Johnny & Mary Jennings

Sunday School Council The Sunday School Council will meet on October 16th,

the third Sunday of the month, at 8 am in room 103. The

Council is made up of Sunday School Directors,

Teachers and Outreach Leaders. It is very important that

you attend. We try to discuss all of the new and

upcoming activities that our people need to be informed

about. If you cannot attend for some reason please

recruit someone to attend in your place and bring the

information back to you. Thank You.

Widowed Member Banquet

The evening of Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 will be a

time for the Deacon Council of Village Baptist Church

to honor all Widows and Widowers in our fellowship.

All widowed members are cordially invited to attend a

special program beginning at 6:30 PM in the

McMurrain Center. A delicious dinner will be served,

followed by music and a special message from Johnny

Wagner. We also plan on providing a gift to each of

you. Please return the RSVP card to the church office

by Monday, October 3rd, 2016.

It is our heart desire to utilize this plan to equip and

engage every church member to take ownership of their

faith and reach others for Christ.

This month we will make commitments to each other and

to God to go out, pray, share our faith, and invite

someone into our Sunday School Classes. Please take

some time to engage with what is going on here at our

church and prayerfully take ownership of our evangelism.

Connect >1 is an emphasis to EQUIP & ENGAGE

every church member in personal EVANGELISM

through the church’s small groups or SUNDAY

SCHOOL.

Pray For Our Own Elisabeth

Elisabeth begins her two-year missionary work this

month among the North African Muslims. Please

pray for these requests:

That she will learn the language quickly and well.

That God would send dreams about Jesus to the

people to whom she will be having conversations.

For boldness to share the Gospel to whomever she

speaks.

Elizabeth’s primary work will be teaching English to

Muslim University Students. You can receive

updates by emailing her at

elisatravels@mailboxwiz.com

Our next Lord’s Supper will take place during Sunday evening service on October 16th, 2016 at 6pm.

With the budget cuts this year, we are not only downsizing in staff, but also in breadth of ministry. Village Baptist Church is at a place where we need to focus on the major things that bring people to Christ and grow the church. Any refocus of this kind will involve our Sunday School groups. They are the largest and most important ministry of our church. Pastor Jimmy has determined to make our Sunday School Groups the major focus of our ministries. That means some staff reassignment and realignment. Damien Parks will be the lead minister of our Sunday School/Small Groups from the ages of 18-59. Damien will work closely with these departments and other small groups within this age range to build them into healthy groups exhibiting the five purposes of the church: Evangelism, Discipleship, Ministry, Service and Worship. Damien will also consult with Nate Kinney and Allen Kimberlin. Nate Kinney will take over the Youth Ministry at Village. Nate will still be the Facilities Superintendent, but his hours in maintenance have been reduced so that he may perform in a part-time capacity for our youth ministry. Allen Kimberlin will also take on a dual role of Minister of Music and Senior Adult Small Groups. Allen will work with groups in the 60 plus year category. We have not fully fleshed out these role changes and we are certain that there will be future adjustments as we make our way forward to a healthy and vibrant ministry.

! We are looking to add to our childcare team.

Do you love children? Would you enjoy loving on them

while their parents attend Bible Studies, Class Parties and

more? Needs: Occasional

Friday nights, Tuesday

mornings, Wednesdays and

Sundays. Contact the Children’s

Ministry office for an

application.

We have completed the first two phases of our Renew

Campaign and we have seen excellent results. We are

now reaching the final event of that program: Legacy

Planning.

There will be three opportunities for you to hear about

Estate Planning with a representative from the Baptist

Foundation of Oklahoma.

We are having a dinner on Thursday, October 13th at

6:30pm and lunch on Friday, October 14th at

noon. Both of these will be in the McMurrain Center.

On Sunday, October 16th during the Sunday School hour

there will be a breakfast in room 103 in the Pennington

Building. You should have received information and an

RSVP card in the mail. If you did not receive any

information about these events, call the church office

and we can help you get the information you need.

The Worship Arts Ministry asks you to mark your

calendar with these upcoming Christmas events.

Fri., Dec. 2 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Deck the Halls at VBC

Sun., Dec. 4 8:00-9:00 a.m.

PrimeTime Cookie Walk

6:00 p.m.

Children’s Christmas Concert

Sun., Dec. 11 6:00 p.m.

WAM Christmas Presentation

Sun., Dec. 18 6:00 p.m.

PrimeTime Choir & Village Bells Christmas

Sat., Dec. 24 5:00 p.m.

Christmas Eve Service

Quarterly Business Meeting

Our quarterly church business meeting

will be on Wednesday, October 26th at

5:45pm in the gym. If you would like to

join us for the meal prior to the meeting

call the church office to make

reservations.

Allen wishes to take this time to invite you to sing in

any of these presentations. All of the choirs are just

beginning their Christmas music. Check with Kim

in the Music Office to see each of the rehearsal

times.

VBC Staff

Reassignment and Realignment