Village Student Ministries

Greetings,

We had a great service on Sunday as we all got to pledge and celebrate what God is doing and going to do in the life of VillageChurch. I was excited to take part in this service and hope that we have many more to come. My favorite part had to be the food and if you were there you know exactly what I am talking about. On Sunday May 3 we will be having our Parent Rally following the 10:45 am service. For those who have children in the Youth Group I highly suggest that you attend this meeting. There we will be going over in detail about Summer Camp and will be discussing issues such as "Teens and the Internet." The cost is $10 per family or $5 a person. Lunch will be provided, so please come and hear what is going on in the life of your teen.

Im out,

Matthew Phillips

Notes from Our Pastor

I can't brag on our y'all enough! I told y'all that we needed to have at least $75,000 for our capital campaign this year. Last Monday night our leadership team came together and they alone pledged $82,000! I was absolutely blessed and amazed and reminded that God's thinking is a whole lot bigger than mine! Sunday, the rest of the church had the opportunity to pledge. Our middle goal was to pledge $100,000. Our top goal was to pledge $150,000. You pledged $104,000 on Sunday! Combined with our leadership pledge, VillageChurch pledged over $187,000 for April, 2009-April, 2010! Once again you have smashed our top goal! This will enable our church to make our interest payments on the new construction for 2009, to do our landscaping, buy equipment and more! I am so proud of you and your willingness to step out on faith!

Drive by the property this week! They're roofing and walling in the building this week! It looks GREAT!

I am so blessed to be your pastor! I can't wait to see how God's going to use VillageChurch this year!

Sincerely,


Erik Estep
VillageChurch

Village Student Ministries

Greetings,

I just have three words, Ignite Ignite Ignite. Our last Ignite of the year is next Wednesday April 15 from 6:30-8:30. Whoever brings the most friends will win FREE CHICK-FIL-A. If you have not come yet then I highly suggest you make it out for the final Ignite of the school year. Do not forget that this Sunday is Easter. A day to celebrate our freedom in Christ and rejoice in the fact that we worship a risen savior. I want to encourage everyone to come worship with us this Sunday at VillageChurch at Lake Carolina Elementary. Do not forget because of Easter we have no youth activities. All activities will start back on April 15. Have a great week and I will see you on Sunday!

I'm Done,

Matthew Phillips

Notes from Our Pastor.

I like to act as though there aren't many things that scare me or make me nervous. But the fact is I definitely have some fears. Yet this Sunday gives me and you the opportunity to eliminate one of those fears. What fear is that? It is the fear of death. You see, this Sunday we're celebrating Easter which commemorates Jesus' victory over death! And through His resurrection we can look forward to a resurrection as well. Because of the resurrection we will be able to say like Paul did in 1 Corinthians 15: 55-56, "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?' The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.'"

Come celebrate Jesus' resurrection with me on Sunday. I'll look forward to seeing you!

Sincerely,

Erik Estep
VillageChurch

Walls are going up!

Village Student Ministries

Greetings to all,

I hope everyone is having a great week! I hope this cold weather will go on home and stay gone for a while so we can get some good spring time warmth around here. Speaking of warmth, this Wednesday we are going to be meeting at the house at 6:00 pm -7:30 pm. We are asking everyone to bring any old clothes that they do not wear so that we can give them to the Burmese Refugees. We will have the house set up like a Thrift shop and we are asking the students to be the employees. There we will gather all the clothes and sort them out by gender and size. We will pack them up and send them away to those who are in need. We also will have two quest speakers who have had to flee from the Civil War going on in Burma. They will tell us about their own devastation and what God is doing in Burma. I encourage everyone to come to this event. This will be a great time to serve, learn and hang out with each other as we help grow God's Kingdom. I will be looking for you on Wednesday and I hope everyone has a great week!

I'm outta here,

Matthew Phillips

Notes from Our Pastor

Greetings!
We are entering into year two of our capital campaign "Building on Faith, Giving in Joy." For the next several weeks my messages are going to be centered on how we can build on faith and give in joy. We're also going to be blessed by hearing testimonies from Gary Blight, Barry Slayden and others from our church on what VillageChurch means to them and how God's leading them to be a part of this campaign.

What needs to happen for this campaign to be a success? A few things. First, this campaign will be a success as we turn our attention from ourselves to our God. Anytime our focus moves to God we're in line with God's will. Also, this campaign will be a success as we realize that beneifts that come with teamwork! When our church is united behind one cause it's awesome to see what God can do. The great thing is we're going to see what our teamwork with one another and God has brought about as we watch our worship center go up before our very eyes! Finally, VillageChurch needs to pledge and give a certain amount of money for this campaign to be successful. At a bare minimum, we have to raise $75,000. That is a goal I believe we can easily achieve. But our next goal is $100,000. Most churches our size would be pleased to raise this amount of money for the 2nd year of their campaign. I believe this is a goal we can achieve. But our victory goal is $150,000. To reach this goal would be a great blessing to our church. It not only would take care of this year but would give us a head start into next year's campaign. Join with me in praying this campaign will be a success!


Sincerely,

Erik Estep
VillageChurch