Friday, May 12, 2017

April 2017 Newsletter

Inviting Others to Church This Easter


Here are 7 ways that you can invite your friends, neighbors, and family members to church with you this Easter!
1. Pray for them by name, before inviting them.
2. Pair the invitation with food or hospitality.
3. In some appropriate cases, offer to pick them up at their house that morning and ride to church together. 
4. Be contagious. Are you expectant, and praying for Easter   services at our church? Do you believe God could use us to reach people who don’t know Christ?
5. Have compassion toward their insecurities about church. 
6. Use social media to fish for some who may be interested or seeking.
7. Ask God to use you to invite and reach out for His name’s sake, and to be a blessing by inviting people to Jesus.



Feed The Kids Fundraiser 5K

Come to the east side of the mountains for a 5k fun run and 1 mile walk in the fresh air to support Feed the Kids!
Race takes place on Saturday, April 22nd, 9am, at Roosevelt Middle School in Tijeras. Race fee is $35. All proceeds from the race go to purchasing food for local kids. For information on race registration and complete details on the day’s events go to  www.facebook.com/feedthekids5k.
Online race registration is through Active.com. If you don’t have access to Facebook you can email Rose Alexa at feedthekids5k@gmail.com to receive a registration form and address to send race registration fees.
Race package pick-up will be Friday, April 21st, at FBC Tijeras between 4:00pm & 7:00pm. Register before April 12th to receive a free t-shirt!



Inviting Others to Christ This Season

1. When someone asks, “How are you today?” Reply, “If I were any better, I would have to be sedated!” (Then smile!) What’s it about? Relationship to Christ that changes my life.
2. Smile more to get conversations started. A real smile starts inside, and as you go throughout the day, think about God’s love for you and others.  
3. Ask a question about family, friends, and then faith. 
4. Assume that everyone has a interest and need for God. They have at least one, sometimes both. And ask them about their faith, “can you tell me about your religion", and how they found out “about God.” A conversation about truth can happen even if they don’t know the truth, and listening to them not only starts a conversation, but helps you to know how to speak truth toward where they are at.
5. Appeal to our greatest message. God is love, and He has come near to you, and many others in Christ. 
6. Ask a question based on the annual TIME covers to start a conversation about the truth. “Did you read that…?” What do you think about that?
7. Appeal to the time of year, and holidays. Will you go to church this Easter? Spring reminds me of new life, and God’s good news…”. Statements like this will either begin a conversation, or not. It’s not our job to open a heart, but to find open hearts by asking.



VGC Youth Missions Trip

This summer, the VGC teens are headed to the Grand Canyon on a missions trip! The Grand Canyon is one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World and nearly five million people from all around the world visit it each year. What a unique opportunity we have to share the Gospel with all nations!
If you are a student who has completed 6th-12th grade, we’d love to have you join us! Not sure how to share your faith? No worries! We will provide a few days of evangelism training to help you get comfortable sharing. Training will be July 10th and 11th here in the East Mountains and we will spend July 12th-16th at the Grand Canyon. The cost of the trip is still to be determined.
Want to help the teens get to the Grand Canyon? Fundraising will begin shortly! Stay tuned for more information.
If you have any questions about the trip, please contact Mike Harding at 505-382-7157 or mharding2@liberty.edu.



Calendar Event Details

· Apr 1—Men’s Breakfast, 8am-10am @ VGC, please RSVP with Tom Meluso (vista880m@gmail.com)
· Apr 1, 8—2:7 Discipleship Class, led by Stan McCoy @ VGC
· Apr 2, 9, 16, 23, 30—8:30am Service @ VGC, coffee fellowship @ 8am
· Apr 2, 9, 16, 23, 30— 10:30am Service @ VGC, coffee fellowship @ 10am
· Apr 2—2:7 Discipleship Class, led by Fred Woodfin @ VGC
· Apr 2, 9, 23, 30—Youth Service, 5pm-7pm @ VGC
· Apr 3, 10, 17, 24—Leavitt LIFE Group, 6pm-8pm @ Leavitt home
· Apr 5, 12, 19, 26—Prayer Meeting/Dinner, 5:30pm-6:15pm prayer and 6:15pm-6:55pm    dinner @ VGC
· Apr 5—Israel Study, 7pm-8pm @ VGC, led by Alice Kraft
· Apr 5, 19, 26—College & Young  Careers LIFE Group, 6:30pm-8:30pm @ Harding home
· Apr 6, 13, 20, 27—Worship Practice, 6pm-7pm @ VGC
· Apr 6— STORM “Countdown to Easter” Puppet Show, 6:30pm @ Good Shepherd Lutheran in Edgewood
· Apr 7—Young At Heart Spring Concert, 2pm and 7pm @ Sandia Baptist in ABQ ($15), meals @ 11:30am and 5pm ($10), purchase tickets at yahconnie@ aol.com
· Apr 8—Vista Sisters Breakfast, 9:30am-11:30am @ VGC, please RSVP with Sheryl Stewart (sheryl@barryhess.com) or Christie Lord (crickandchas@yahoo.com)
· Apr 12, 26—Feed the Kids, 10am-12pm @ First Baptist Tijeras
· Apr 13— STORM “Countdown to Easter” Puppet Show, 6pm @ Monterrey Baptist in ABQ
· Apr 22—Young Lives Ablaze Evangelism Conference, 9:30am-3pm @ Eastern Hills Baptist in ABQ, for students 3rd-6th grades, $30 before 4/7 and $35 after 4/7, contact Gayle DeRose for details (deyellow rose@hotmail.com)
· Apr 22—Feed the Kids 5K/Walk, 9am @ Roosevelt Middle School in Tijeras, fee is $35, register @ www.active.com
· Apr 27—Storehouse Mobile Pantry, 2:15pm-5pm @ A Montoya Elementary School, volunteers needed, contact Sheryl Stewart for details

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