Cooks’ Tour Alzheimer's Support Group 2 & 4 Wednesdays 10-11:30AM, Chapel Room 602 Facilitators: Craig & Hope Boutte Register: vpc.church/care nd
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Do you feel overwhelmed caring for a loved one suffering from Alzheimer’s and would love to meet others on the same journey? This support group brings people together and provides an opportunity to share experiences, hopes, and frustrations in a safe setting. Find encouragement and insight from others who are walking alongside a loved one with Alzheimer’s.
Stewardship 2020
FOCUS
Valley Presbyterian Church week of October 6, 2019
49th Annual
Proceeds support missions around the world.
Friday, November 1, 9AM-3PM Lunch: $20, Home Tour: $20 Get tickets Sundays on the patio, church office (M-F, 9AM-12PM), or online: vpc.church/cooks One of your favorite fall events is coming soon! Cooks' Tour is lovingly created each year with you in mind-from trinkets to trips, confections to crafts, all to benefit mission partners around the world. Visit the website to learn more about this fantastic event! Silent Auction/White Elephant drop offSaturdays, 8-11AM behind Landes
CARE PACKAGES FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS & MILITARY
Invitation to Deepest Intimacy Invitation to a connection with God through prayer Forbid it, Lord, that our roots become too firmly attached to the earth, that we should fall in love with things. Help us to understand that the pilgrimage of this life is but an introduction, a preface, a training school for what is to come. Then shall we see all of life in its true perspective. Then shall we not fall in love with the things of time, but come to love the things that endure. Give us, we pray, the courage to simplify our lives. So may we be mature in our faith, childlike but never childish, humble but never cringing, understanding but never conceited. So help us, O God, to live and not merely to exist, that we may have joy in our work. In Thy name, who alone can give us moderation and balance and zest for living, we pray. Amen. -Peter Marshall (1902-1949) Presbyterian Minister, Chaplain of the Senate (1947-1949)
15th Annual NAMI Walk Saturday, October 19, 9:15AM, State Capital Registration 8:30AM, namivalleywalk.org Elizabeth Weiss: esweiss1231@gmail.com, 713-203-5544 Information visit table Sundays on patio. Our Mental Health Ministry Team, The North Valley Walkers, would like you to join them to raise support to host education programs, facilitate support groups, offer training, and advocate for services for millions of Americans living with mental illness.
Why do we pledge? Because God has given us everything we have. We need your help! Rowena McAllister: rowenamk@gmail.com Tammy Milne: tammym@vpc.church This holiday season, the VPC Deacons are sending care letters and gift cards to our college students and active service members. If you have family members in the military or college, please forward their names, addresses, and birthdays by November 9. Packages will be sent by the end of November.
Care & Support
DEVOTIONALS AVAILABLE IN WORSHIP CENTERS.
VPC News
Congregational Meeting Sunday, October 20, 10AM (Following 9AM worship), Landes Center
Session has called a Congregational Meeting for the purpose of: • Electing the slate of Elders, Deacons and Trustees for the Class of 2022. • Amending the Valley Presbyterian Church Articles of Incorporation, Article VIII, to read “The highest amount of indebtedness of liability direct or contingent to which this corporation shall at any time subject itself shall be Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000), unless otherwise fixed by the by-laws and by and with the consent of the Arizona Corporation Commission."
Sharon Arendt, Herb Blinn, Dick Coffelt, Debbi Courtright, Sandra Gerlach, Rick Glady, John Hale, Elizabeth Jessup, Jo Ann Jones, Keith Kerber, Ann Kolar, Jim Lawrence, John Lee, Carole Marr, Jan McKenzie, Peggy Mullen, Lara Robinson, Nancy Savoy, Judy Schumacher, Nancy Sumner, Bob Turpin, Bob Rufenacht, Jim Unruh, Ellie Van Denburgh, Andrea Winius
Please pray for those at home or in a care facility:
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.
Read more about these events inside the Focus!
Sip & Social Justice Assisting Asylum Seekers in the Valley October 17, 6:30-8:30PM, Twisted Grove Parlor + Bar Register online vpc.church/women
Please pray for those recovering from recent medical procedures:
Carolyn Bathurst, Kathryn Bennett, Joyce Black, Charles Buckley, Bonnie Domaz, Roger Fercho, Donna Gardner, Corenthel Green, Ginny Groom, Luella Gross, Sara Hammond, Louella Hermanson, Jean Hiser, Jeannette Huggins, Evelyn Jenkins, Sue Larson, Jim & Mary Lorenz, Carolyn McElhaney, Dee Melde, John Mueller, Dorothy Nern, Janet Nielsen, Lois Nuernberg, Joyce Newlon, Judy Owens, Roy States, Mary Strasser, Bette Vyskocil, Helen Wolfe For more information about those in our community, call Tammy: 480-991-6424 x163
NEW SERMON SERIES BEGINS TODAY
Valley Presbyterian Church 6947 East McDonald Drive Paradise Valley, AZ 85253, 480-991-6424 vpc.church Pastors: David M. Joynt, David L. Turner, Travis W. Kingma
Adventures in Learning Read about every class and sign up: vpc.church/classes • Classes are free, and open to adults of all ages • Registration is encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome