VBS Is Right Around the Corner!

You still have time to sign up for VBS! CLICK HERE to register. We'll meet July 14th - 18th, 5:15 - 8:30 PM each evening. Please spread the word! Children who do not preregister can register at the door when they arrive. Our staff and volunteers are hard at work preparing to share Jesus with children ages 3 - rising 6th graders! Please keep these folks in your prayers throughout this week and next!

This Sunday @ VBC

We're gearing up for VBS, which starts this Sunday evening!! In the meantime, plan to join us for Sunday School (9:15 AM) and morning worship (10:30 AM). Wally Mayo will be bringing the message, as the Russells are on vacation; his sermon is "Do Ya 'Know Your Stuff'?" The primary scripture is Proverbs 1:5. We're looking forward to a blessed time together worshiping our Lord. If you cannot join us in person, livestream is available through our app, at www.vintonbaptistchurch.org, and through our Facebook page.

Keystone Paper Drive

The annual Keystone Paper Drive, which is sponsored by the JOY Seniors, runs the entire month of July. Please consider donating paper goods such as paper towels, toilet paper, plates, bowls, napkins, etc. Collection boxes are located in the Welcome Center and the lobby of the New Ministries Building.

JOY Seniors Schedule

We have had such a great response to the Sight & Sound/Philadelphia/Baltimore trip scheduled for September 24th - 26th that we have secured a second bus; sign-ups are open until Tuesday, August 20th. See all the details at the JOY Senior table.

Are you up for a little adventure and lots of fellowship? The JOY Senior Mystery Trip Thursday, July 25th will offer both. The cost is $99 and includes 3 meals and all admissions. We will depart VBC at 7:00 AM and return at 8:00 PM. Sign up and pay at the JOY Senior table no later than Sunday, July 21st.

The July Senior Breakout (lunch out instead of in the gym) will be Tuesday, July 30th at Liberty Station in Bedford. The bus will leave VBC at 10:45 AM. Please sign up by July 28th (whether you are riding the bus or driving) so that we will have an accurate head count.

Upcoming Summer Youth Events:

Emerald Point Water Park Day- July 24th (Wednesday)

Sign up here to reserve a ticket: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040C4DAFA92AAAFC1-50036554-emerald. The cost is $40 payable to the church. Emerald Point is a cashless venue. Meet at the church at 8 AM. We plan to return at 8 PM. Plan for dinner on the road and lunch/snacks at the park.

Roanoke River Tubing Adventure- July 30th (Tuesday)

Sign up here to reserve a spot:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040C4DAFA92AAAFC1-50036670-river. The cost is $18 plus whatever will be spent on lunch afterward. Meet at the church at 10 AM, and we will plan on returning around 2 PM.

Link2Hope Volunteer Opportunity

Many people in Roanoke are hurting, lost, and looking for truth. Many church members would like to find ways to encourage those suffering and just need the tools and opportunities to do so. Link2Hope is a platform designed to do that. You can utilize it to meet relational, spiritual, and material needs and build relationships with those who need the hope of Jesus. Click here to see what it's all about and how you can get involved.

Sandy Bowyer

c/o Our Lady of the Valley

Memory Care

650 N. Jefferson Street

Roanoke VA 24016

Sunday, July 7, 2024

Sunday School: 184

10:30 AM Worship:

• 282 in person
• 246 online

CBF Offering for Global Missions

We are SO close to meeting our $2,200 church goal for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) Offering for Global Missions. One hundred percent of these funds support the long-term presence (salary, benefits, and housing) of CBF field personnel around the world. Please simply mark your gifts payable to Vinton Baptist and notate "CBF Offering for Global Missions." Thank you to everyone who has given!

Bible Reading Plan

We're getting ready to begin the fourth gospel: John. Fee & Stuart explain its authorship as follows: "... the beloved disciple who 'wrote [these things] down' ... most likely refers to John the apostle, son of Zebedee (otherwise not named in this Gospel); the 'we' of 21:24 suggests another person is responsible for the Gospel in its final form." They also suggest that it was written in the late first century (90-95 AD). They state, "John's Gospel is one of the great treasures of the Christian faith. Intentionally telling the story from a perspective after Jesus' resurrection and the gift of the Spirit ...., John writes to reassure believers of the truth of what they believe (in light of defections and rejection) - that through the Incarnation God is fully and finally known. Here is God's love in full and open display."

According to Fee & Stuart, the book of John is careful to explain that Jesus is Creator, the sacrificial Lamb, the Messiah, and the Savior. They note that much of the narrative is influenced by the late date (compared to the other gospels) of its writing. Enough time had lapsed since Jesus' ministry, death, and resurrection that people had begun to doubt who he was, and "false prophets" were rampant. So, "... John deliberately sets out to tell Jesus' story from the perspective of what he had come to know about him after the light had dawned (brought about by Jesus' resurrection and the gift of the Spirit)."

Happy reading!

-- Kim