TONIGHT:

• Children's Choirs at 6:15 PM
• Holy Week Tenebrae Service at 6:30 PM (youth are welcome in worship)
• Chancel Choir rehearsal at 7:30 PM

Easter Sunday @ VBC

Prior to morning worship, we will have Sunday School at 9:15 AM. Please click here for our Sunday School brochure. All young adults (18 - 28ish) are invited to join us at RND Coffee at 9:00 AM for our small group.

Invite a friend for worship this Easter Sunday at 10:30 AM! The Chancel Choir will reprise one of their songs from the Palm Sunday Musical, and Travis will continue in his sermon series. The message is titled "A New Chapter," and the scripture is John 20:1-18. If you can't join us in the sanctuary for worship, please do so through livestream at www.vintonbaptistchurch.org or through our Facebook page.

There will be no other activities this Sunday.

BBQ Lunch Fundraiser

Please sign up to join us Sunday, April 27th for a BBQ luncheon, with all proceeds benefiting the youth's summer trip to Converse University for Passport Youth Camp. The cost is $15/plate, which includes a sandwich, drink, chips, coleslaw, and cookie. You are welcome to eat with us in the gym or schedule your meal for takeout. Please sign up at the Welcome Center or by clicking here. Please plan to pay at the door by cash or check (made payable to Vinton Baptist, with "BBQ lunch" notated in the memo line). Thank you for your support!

Youth Choir Summer Tour

This summer our Youth Choir and friends will travel from Vinton to Detroit, Michigan. We hope to rekindle our relationship with Meditation Missionary Baptist Church, with whom we sponsored VBS several years ago. We will attend their worship service, sing at local veteran’s homes, and do various mission projects in the area. Following our work in Detroit, we will tour our way to Chicago, where we will visit the Museum of Science and Industry, take a cruise down the famous Chicago River, and stop by the famous “Bean.” The cost of the trip is $300 per person. A sign-up sheet is in the choir room. A $150 deposit is due next Sunday, April 27th. The second and final payment of $150 is due May 25th. See Chris with any questions.

Preteen Outing

Preteens are headed to Treetop Quest on Sunday, April 27th! Please plan to meet at Explore Park at 1:30 PM. Pickup will be 3:30 PM. The cost is $29/person. Please let Whitney know if you plan to attend, as she will need to arrange for tickets, waivers, etc.

Upcoming JOY Senior Events

April Senior Breakout: On April 29th, we'll have a Senior Breakout with lunch at Liberty Station. You are welcome to drive or sign up to ride the bus (until it is full). Departure is 10:45 AM. Your cost is only what you spend.

VWCC Arboretum and Plant Sale: We are adding a day trip on Saturday, May 3rd to Virginia Western's Arboretum and plant sale with lunch afterward. We will depart at 9:00 AM, and your only cost is what you spend. Please sign up at the JOY Senior table.

Messengers Needed to Represent VBC

The RVBA Spring Associational Meeting is Tuesday, April 29th at 6:30 PM at Bonsack Baptist Church, and we need several volunteers who are able to attend and who would represent Vinton Baptist as messengers. If you are available, please contact Patsy Talbert in the church office at 540-343-7685. Thank you!

Wednesday Activities

Please note that our final date for regular Wednesday activities this spring is April 30th. This will be the last day for Children's Choirs, Youth Missions Group, and Weeknight Worship. It will also be the final meeting of the spring Wednesday Women study.

Children's Sunday &

Parent/Child Dedication

Mark your calendars for May 4th, which is Children's Sunday! In addition to having our children serve in morning worship, we are also planning a Parent/Child Dedication. If you have a baby or young child and would like to formally dedicate them to the Lord, please email whitney@vintonbaptistchurch.org.

Vacation Bible School

True North

July 14th - 18th

 5:30 - 8:30 PM

CLICK HERE to register as a participant or volunteer!

Judy Thomas

c/o Brookdale Roanoke

1127 Persinger Road SW

Garden House #25

Roanoke VA 24015

Wednesday, April 9, 2025:

• Children's Choirs: 27
• Youth Missions Group: 15
• Weeknight Worship: 41
• Chancel Choir: 76

Sunday, April 13, 2025:

Sunday School: 226

10:30 AM Worship

• in person: 529
• online: 773

Thank you to the Fellowship/Berean Sunday School class for their donation to the Maintenance & Improvement fund.

Thank you to the Open Door Sunday School class for their donations to the Food Pantry, Youth Choir Mission Tour, and Vacation Bible School.

Annie Armstrong Offering for North American Missions

Thank you for helping us meet and exceed our Annie Armstrong Easter Offering church goal of $2,450! This campaign will continue through the end of April, so it's not too late to support missionary efforts across the United States and Canada. There are special envelopes in your box of envelopes and also in the pew pockets in the sanctuary. 

Easter Offering

This year's VBC Easter Offering has been designated for the William Byrd Middle School Food Pantry, which helps students and their families who are experiencing food insecurity. There are "Easter Offering" envelopes in the boxes of offering envelopes, or you can simply mark your donation with the notation "VBC Easter Offering."

Christian sympathy is extended to the family and friends of Shirley Pace, who passed away March 20th; and to Brian & Andrea Lafferty and family in the sudden death of his niece, Stacie Bolen.

Open Position: Minister of Children & Families

Please see our website at vintonbaptistchurch.org for details on this position and how to submit your resume.

Bible Reading Plan

On Monday we read through Numbers 13-14, which is the classic passage explaining how the spies were sent into the land of Canaan and returned with a report that scared the Israelites and went against God's command to enter the land. Only Joshua and Caleb encouraged the Israelites to follow God's leading. And once again the Hebrew people lashed out against their leaders and wished that they had never left Egypt. The debate was so heated that the Israelites considered stoning Caleb and Joshua (14:10)! God was so angry that he threatened to kill everyone and start over, creating a new people through Moses. Moses, though, pleaded to God on behalf of the people. God forgave them (14:20), but he also decreed their punishment - that no Israelites except Joshua and Caleb would enter the Promised Land (14:22-30). The ten spies who delivered the scary report were killed through a plague (14:37). Then - and I had forgotten this part of the story - the Israelites decided that they WOULD obey God and go into the Promised Land as he had commanded. Only it was too late. And Moses warned them that it was too late. But they tried anyway, and their enemies defeated them because God was no longer with them in that endeavor.

As I was listening to this passage, I was reminded how much I identify with the Israelites. I may hear God prompting me to do something, but I often don't have the faith to follow through with it. Then, after further consideration, I decide that I should have trusted God from the beginning, and I try to forge a path that may or may not be open to me anymore. I can sit back and criticize the Israelites' lack of faith (knowing the rest of the story), but how often do I also display this same lack of faith? And - perhaps a more helpful question - how can I trust God when my circumstances seem to contradict what he tells me to do? I would love to know how you handle these situations and how God has helped you overcome your circumstances in the past.

-- Kim

Thank you to my church family for preparing the useful Easter box for me and to Billy Meador, with whom I enjoyed visiting. I found everything in the box handy and useful. I appreciate being remembered so kindly.

Clinton Western

Dear Church Family,

I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you for the visits, cards, and gifts. They are greatly appreciated, but most of all for the prayers. Yours in Christ,

Leonard & Barbara Shank

Thank you, church family, for the prayers, calls, cards, and visits during David's surgery and recovery. Words cannot express the peace we had during his procedure and the days that followed. Your prayers were truly felt. We are so thankful and blessed to have such a wonderful and caring church family. With love and blessings,

Debra & David Semones

Please note that the church office will be closed Easter Monday, April 21st. We will reopen at 9:00 AM Tuesday, April 22nd. The Food Pantry, which is normally open on Monday mornings, has been rescheduled for Tuesday instead.