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Mark Your Calendars for C2C Seminar on February 3 & 4
Come learn a unique tool for sharing the Gospel to people from different cultures. IMB missionaries, Ken & Barbie, will be leading a Creation to Christ (C2C) seminar at VGBC on Friday, February 3, 6-9 pm & Saturday, February 4, 9 am-5 pm. It will be taught the same way as in the field. To enroll, contact Jeff Carson.
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Mission Trip Opportunities
Interested in participating in a mission trip? The following info meetings will be held Sunday, February 12:
2013 Uganda (2:30 pm, room 177) - Supporting the Pease family, who are IMB missionaries.
CrossWorld 2012, (3:30 pm, room 177) - Supporting Mark & Lona Webb by ministering to children of missionaries during a conference held in Switzerland in October.
For questions on the above trips, contact Jeff Carson or David Boncler.
Brazil 2012 (4:30 pm, room 172) - The trip is open to adults and older teens accompanied by their parents. A church will be built this summer for a poor community in the state of Piaui. Questions? Contact Keith Sennate.
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Annual Mexico Mission Rummage Sale
Saturday, February 25, 8am—2pm
Help support the Mexico Mission Team by donating items to the sale. All proceeds go directly to material costs for building houses for those in need in Mexico. We partner with Casas por Cristo to build these tangible expressions of God’s love and open doors, allowing the Gospel to be presented. Donations can be dropped off beginning Thursday evening, February 23, and all day Friday, February 24. For those who are moving and cleaning out before that date, contact Jan Halstead, who will accept early donations. Be sure to stop by on Saturday to shop!
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2011 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
The 2011 theme for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is “His heart, His hands, His voice – I am Southern Baptist missions.” As followers of Jesus, we, the Church, are to fulfill the Great Commission and be: His heart, His hands, His voice
. . . through praying
One of the ways we can fulfill the Great Commission is through prayer. In fact, prayer is first and foremost! Pray with God’s heart for people groups who have never heard the Good News, and for our missionaries who are our voice in the darkness. Pray about giving generously to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® to sustain those we’ve sent to be our hands touching a lost world.
. . . through giving
Paul said, “All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it” (1 Corinthians 12:27). Southern Baptist missionaries cannot carry the Gospel to the ends of the earth without our support: the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® allows us to do just that. The 2011 goal is $175 million. Our church’s goal is $65,000.
. . . through going
Billions of people remain lost and time may be running out for them. The Church is given the privilege and responsibility for helping reach the people groups of the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Pray about your involvement in partnering with missionaries in fulfilling this Great Commission.
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Acts 1:8 Assessment Results Brochure
The Missions Committee prepared a brochure for the 2011 Ministry Fair. It includes all the ministry opportunities that our members can take part in, beginning locally and literally reaching around the world. This brochure is available to view and print as a PDF file. Click here if you need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
 How the Missions Committee Serves You . . .
Our goals are to prayerfully
- Encourage the members of the church to become personally involved in mission projects.
- Discover possibilities for mission projects and share the findings with the church.
- Promote mission activities.
- Educate the congregation with mission opportunities.
- Administer the Missions Committee finances.
- Recommend the mission offering goals for the church.
- Develop guidelines for those seeking financial sponsorship for missions.
- Consider how to advocate prayer for our short-term and career missionaries.
- Facilitate the mission strategy.
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When we send a portion of our offerings to the Cooperative Program, where does that money go? 
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Vista Grande has a heart for Missions, both in service and giving. Our gifts support the North American Mission Board and the International Mission Board, along with members of our church who are involved in a variety of hands on projects.
From the gifts we receive, we give to local missions, to associational missions and to the Cooperative Program for a total missions giving of 10% of our annual receipts. Our church gave the following special offerings in 2009:
- $64,775.92 to Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for international missions
- $9,738.49 to Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for home (North American) missions
- $3,209.11 to Nicy Murphy annual offering for state missions - done in September.
Our 2010/2011 goals are: Lottie Moon $65,000, Annie Armstrong $10,000, Nicy Murphy $3,500. YTD in 2011, we have given $38,810.40 for Lottie Moon, and $11,022.67 for Annie Armstrong.
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Mission Projects - Support and Funding
Vista Grande works with volunteers to advance the Kingdom of God through missions. Learn more about the guidance and support available for short term mission trips.
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VGBC Mission Survey
The VGBC Mission Survey was featured at the Ministry Fair. The feedback was valuable and they would like to invite the rest of the church to participate.
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Mark and Lona Webb have answered God's call to minister to the people of Ireland and left on July 4, 2011.
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Vista Grande has been supporting Brazil mission work for over 14 years. Keith Sennate returned in June, 2011 and joined a team building another new church.
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The team will return to Mexico on March 25 - 31, 2012 and plans to build two houses in Juarez with Casas por Cristo.
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We made mission trips to Uganda in 2009, 2010 & 2011. Ministry opportunities included teaching, evangelism, medical and sports clinics. Follow the link to learn more.
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The Youth Department provides 120 sack lunch meals to the homeless people of Acacia Park, usually on the second Saturday of each month. You can help by picking up staples during your regular grocery shopping, donating cash to purchase food, or participating in the distribution.
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Would you like to learn more about the people and countries of East Asia and how you can pray effectively for them? Did you know that your Lottie Moon Christmas offerings provide support for these missionaries and others around the world?
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Chris and Colene grew up as members of VGBC. After 12 years of food and clothing ministry in northern Colorado, God called them to a new area of ministry in Oakland, CA.
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Learn about Annie Armstrong, Lottie Moon and Nicy Murphy.
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An on mission congregation prays, gives, knows, and goes on mission with God.
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