Gloria Sink Memorial Coat Drive

Our annual coat drive has been renamed the Gloria Sink Memorial Coat Drive in honor and memory of Gloria. This year's collection continues through the end of October. Specific requests for coats/hoodies can be found on cards placed around the JOY Senior bulletin board, although all clean, new/gently used coats and hoodies are welcome. Donations can be placed on the coat rack in the Welcome Center. Thank you so much for all the coats and hoodies that have already been donated!

This Sunday @ VBC

Come worship with us at 8:45 or 11:00 AM this Sunday, October 22nd. Travis will begin a new sermon series; his sermon is titled "A Place of Love," and the scripture is Philippians 1:12-18a. If you can't make it to church in person, you can find our livestream at www.vintonbaptistchurch.org or on our Facebook group page. We hope you'll also join us for Sunday School at 9:50 AM. If you need suggestions on which Sunday School class(es) to visit, just give the church office a call at 540-343-7685.

If you are part of our Children's Sunday School teaching team, please plan on joining Jessie Burgess for a brief (30 minute) meeting in the library this Sunday, October 22nd at 12:15 PM. Thank you!

The Preteens (3rd-5th graders) are also planning a fun afternoon at Layman Farms this Sunday. The bus will leave VBC at 2 PM, and we plan to return by 4:30 PM. Cost is $20/person, and we encourage you to bring spending money if you want any snacks. Questions? See Jessie Burgess.

All other Sunday afternoon/evening activities will take place at the usual times.

Vinton Community Playground

NEXT WEEK is our much anticipated playground build! The official build dates are October 25th - 27th, 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM. The ribbon cutting and unveiling ceremony will take place at 2:30 PM Friday, October 27th, and representatives from VBC, Boys & Girls Clubs, Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth, Kaboom!, and the Town of Vinton will be involved. EVERYONE is invited!

It's not too late to volunteer. If you can help in any capacity, please click here to register. The build will take place rain or shine. Please come prepared for the weather in clothes that are comfortable and can get dirty or stained with paint.

If you can lend any of the following tools to us, please put your name on them and they will be returned after the build: shovels, rock rakes, wheelbarrows, digging bars/poles, concrete hoes.

We are still in need of monetary donations for the playground fence and miscellaneous expenses. If you are able to give, please click here. Make sure that you select "Playground" under "Fund."

Thank you for supporting this community playground in so many ways!

JOY Seniors

If you plan to join us next Thursday, October 26th for our trip to Fincastle to shop at the Heritage Market, The Pie Shoppe, and Ikenberry Orchard - with lunch at Cracker Barrel - please sign up at the JOY Senior table as soon as possible. Your cost is whatever you spend. We will depart at 9:30 AM.

Fun & the Son

No Tricks, All Treats Party

Next Thursday, October 26th, 9:30 - 11 AM, come join us on a special day and play some games, make a festive craft, and eat some special snacks. After all, the fun is never ending when we are playing and pretending! Open to newborns - PreK and their parents/guardians.

Supper Club

Our next Supper Club will be Saturday, October 28th, 6-8 PM in the gym/small dining room. Our theme is "tailgate affair." Bring your favorite tailgate dish or appetizer to share while we watch some college football and have fun with football trivia! Everyone is welcome.

Fifth Sunday Luncheon: October 29th

On October 29th we'll be on our special 5th Sunday schedule: Sunday School at 9:15 AM and One Combined Worship at 10:30 AM. Everyone is invited to stay for lunch in the gym after worship. There is no charge. Our menu is fried chicken, mashed potatoes, mac-n-cheese, slaw, and assorted desserts. Come, share a meal and fellowship with us.

Trunk-or-Treat:

October 29th, 4:30 - 6:30 PM

We are SO excited for this year's Trunk-or-Treat event! Right now we have over 20 trunks signed up - everything from Candyland to Snoopy to Jurassic Park! We've added additional sign-ups if you want to get in on the action. Just click here to be included in our trunk decorating contest!

Our Family & Recreation Committee is also hard at work on planning a fun night of outdoor games and treats for all the kiddos! Encourage your friends and neighbors to bring their children for all the FUN!

We're still collecting individually wrapped candy and goodies. You can drop off your donations in the marked bin at the Missions Tables. Thank you for making this a a fun night of fellowship in our community!

In case of rain, all activities will continue in the gym. Themed decorations, candy, games, and treats will go on as planned.

Weeknight Worship

Just a reminder that Weeknight Worship continues every Tuesday evening at 7 PM through November 14th. However, there will be no Weeknight Worship Tuesday, October 31st.

Deacon Nominations

Deacon nominations are now open for the 3-year term beginning in 2024 and ending in 2026. Please click here to print a nomination form, or pick one up at the Welcome Center. All ballots should be placed in the nomination box at the Welcome Center no later than Sunday, November 5th.

Operation Christmas Child

This year's deadline for Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes is November 5th. Now is the time to pick up a wrapped shoebox at church, fill it with goodies according to the accompanying brochure, and return it no later than November 5th.

Can't fill an entire box? Could you donate a few things to go into our boxes instead? Small toys, stuffed animals, deflated soccer balls with pumps, toothbrushes, washcloths, combs/hairbrushes, pens, pencils, sharpeners, crayons, small coloring books, socks, etc., are all needed. You can drop any of these items in the green bin underneath the OCC Missions Table.

We also welcome funds to cover shoebox shipping costs: checks can be made payable to VBC, with "OCC shoeboxes" in the memo line. If you have any questions, please see Darlene McCaskill.

Thrive Youth Ministry

Fall Retreat sign-ups are open! Our dates are November 10-12, and we'll be at Camp Wilderness Adventure in New Castle. Click here for more info, and click here to sign up for Fall Retreat. All forms are due ASAP!

Third Annual Christmas Craft & Vendor Fair

On Sunday, December 3rd from 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM, VBC will host a craft & vendor fair in our gym to raise funds for our summer missions trip. If you are a vendor who would like to participate, please click here for guidelines and the registration form. Questions? Please contact Whitney Russell.

Calvary's Hill Coming to VBC

Join us Sunday, November 12th for a gospel concert by Calvary’s Hill at 6:30 PM in the sanctuary. Concert admission is free; a love offering will be received. Click here for a sampling of their music. Please spread the word around our community!

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Community Assistance Fund

Our Community Assistance Fund has run dry again. This fund is used to assist individuals and families in our community with needs such as utility bills, rent, fuel, etc. If you are able to donate, please mark your check or envelope with "Community Assistance," or select that fund if you are giving online. Thank you!

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Thank you to the Lunch Bunch for their donation to the Gloria Sink Memorial Coat Drive.

Thank you to the Fellowship/Berean Sunday School class for their donation to the Playground Fund.

WMU Invitation for Missions Donations

The WMU asks for your continued support of the Alma Hunt Offering for Virginia Missions. We hope to reach our $2,200 church goal by the end of this month.

The offering for World Hunger has also begun. If you have a box of envelopes, it will be a yellow envelope. Please help us meet our church goal of $1,700 toward global hunger relief.

Christian sympathy is extended to Susan & Mike Foster and family in the death of her mother, Janice Dinnerville of Lakeland, FL.

Boys & Girls Club Donations Request

The Boys & Girls Club is collecting water bottles and snacks for the Vinton Police Department. The Vinton PD will be meeting with Boys & Girls Club families at their October Family Night on Thursday, October 26th. The children want to donate water and snacks to the department as a thank you for helping keep our community safe. There is a box in the Welcome Center for donations.

"Check out" our new books in the church library!

The Heirloom by Beverly Lewis

The Florence Legacy by Lauraine Snelling

Wildflower Falls by Denise Hunter (#4 in the "Riverbend Romance" series)

The "Dangerous Beauty" series by Angela Hunt: Esther, Bathsheba, & Delilah

Bible Reading Plan

Fee & Stuart describe the book of Job as "one of the literary treasures of the world," as well as "a brilliant wrestling with the issue of the suffering of the righteous and the justice of God, while also speaking to the larger question, 'Where is wisdom found?'"

Job is a classic example of a theodicy, which means that it tries to understand how and why evil exists in a world governed by a good God. Fee & Stuart insist, however, that it is more of "...a theology (God putting human beings on trial as to whether they will trust him not only when they receive no immediate benefits but also when he does not give them the explanations they demand...)."

A few key points that Fee & Stuart note:

• Poetry is the dominant literary form, and they suggest reading Job out loud;
• The organizational structure includes a narrative prologue, followed by three sets of dialogue (with each friend elaborating on Job's situation and Job responding to their comments), then in chapter 28 there is "the discourse on 'Where does wisdom come from?,'" followed by a set of three monologues, and then chapter 42 finishes the book;
• Job's three friends represent views of "'conventional wisdom,'" which is flawed;
• Elihu represents "the overconfidence of youth, who think they really are wiser than their elders";
• Job comes closer to the truth than his three friends or Elihu, but his understanding is still mistaken;
• God's monologue represents the answers to the questions posed by this book. "...he speaks only at the end, when all human voices have been silenced."

I sincerely hope that you enjoy the complexities of Job as much as I do and that we all come away from this book with a better understanding of who God is.

Click here for a copy of our reading plan, or simply download our VBC app (search your app store for "Vinton Baptist Church VA"), click "Bible Reading Plan" on the bottom menu, click "Plan," and then either read or listen to each day's scripture being read to you. Happy reading!