Think fast – what is our purpose as a church?....
Think fast – what is our purpose as a church? Why has God placed Village Bible Church in Aurora, Sugar Grove and Indian Creek? What is our primary calling through which everything else funnels and through which our “success” is to be measured? The old adage that goes something like this, “If you don’t set a goal, or a mark, you’ll miss it every time,” is true.
Hopefully this sounds familiar, as it is the official vision statement – the everyday commission - of our church. It is our hope and desire that as a church we would be a family that cares for each other and together strives, above all, to bring glory to God. One way we do this is by sharing the life-changing truth of Jesus Christ with the world.
Sharing the truth of Jesus takes many different shapes and can happen every day.
Summertime does, however, provide some unique opportunities through mission trips, sports camps and Vacation Bible School.
This year, Lord willing, we will have 40-50 people participating in mission trips and over 150 people sharing Christ with the 500+ children who will attend Vacation Bible School at one of our three locations - and the majority of these children are not part of our church family. As you read about some of these opportunities, we hope that you will not just read and then forget, but that you will take part by (1) praying regularly for the preparation and the actual ministry, (2) serving by investing your own time and energy, and (3) giving of your financial resources.
We are excited to see how God will grow us and use us this summer. These are indeed encouraging times!
Your elder team,
Al Gonnerman, Mario Arindaeng, Tim Badal, Scott Capp, Keith Duff, and Jon Pilkington
