By Pastor Lee Eclov As time passes we discover ways that our church bylaws can be clarified or simplified. The Board of Elders has approved a number of changes which will be brought to the congregation for a vote at our November 20 Annual Meeting. The proposed changes do not, by and large, change any …
Read more »The famine in northeastern African is devastating. In September we invited you to give to that need and we received $1,878. When we called World Vision to arrange for the funds to be transferred, we learned that the U.S. government will match our gift times five! So that comes to $9,390. This grant continues, so …
Read more »Caleb Mark Davis, son of Daniel and Magen was born Friday, August 19 and was welcomed by mom, dad and big brother Eli.
Read more »A pictorial directory is crucial for a church with as many new faces as VCL has. It is how we learn and remember names, besides providing the information we need to connect. We need your picture! We will have a photographer ready and waiting before and after the morning services of October 9, 16 and …
Read more »Pull out those shoeboxes and get ready. Pamela Hedges will be telling us more about Operation Christmas Child shortly, but now is the time to consider participating again this year. Operation Christmas Child has been an active ministry of Samaritan’s Purse since 1993, and has sent over 8 million boxes to over 130 countries to …
Read more »By Pastor Lee Eclov The Elders have appointed a task force to begin exploring the idea of going to two Sunday morning services. They will consider such things as how to gather your input, what the triggers would be to indicate that the time has come to make such a change, how the morning would …
Read more »By Susan Eclov The children’s Sunday morning 9:00 a.m. class is a hands-on experience. One of their projects this summer was to create first aid/safety kits as they studied compassionate outreach. These kits were designed to provide necessary items during a power outage, including a flashlight, simple snacks, a first aid kit and other im- …
Read more »By Pastor Michael Mauriello Love Inc., the furniture and apartment supply ministry located in Zion, IL. has become a part of the fabric of our church’s ministry. Our monthly group of folks who go and deliver and pick-up furniture have blessed and been blessed both by the ministry directors at the warehouse (“Spark”, Laurie, Johnny) …
Read more »By Pastor Michael Mauriello It’s very evident that you love your growth groups. Almost everyone who was in a growth group last year rejoined their group again. In addition we started a whole new group for the Mundelein and Vernon Hills area! If you missed your chance to sign up for a group, IT’S NOT …
Read more »By: Pastor Lee Eclov I love Deuteronomy 4:7, “What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him?” At VCL we have a variety of ways in which we pray together: All-church urgent prayer email blast. When an …
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