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February '10 Financial Update
- by: VBC Elder Team 02/09/2010
February '10 Elder Update
- by: VBC Elder Team 02/02/2010
Windows into Haiti have allowed us to see how sheltered and privileged we are. Hopefully, they have also opened our hearts to being God’s hands and feet - to use our abundance to help those in need. Sometimes God catches our attention with one thing only to use that to open our heart to something else... more...
February Missionary of the Month
- 02/01/2010
This month’s missionaries are Steve and Brenda Hostetter who serve at Oak Hills Christian College in Bemidji, Minnesota, more...
January Elder Update '10
- by: VBC Elder Team 01/01/2010
2009 has been a great year in the life of Village Bible Church. It has also been a year of wonder and of change. more...
2009 Financial Recap
- by: VBC Elder Team 12/31/2009
2009 ended on a very positive financial note, as the church rallied during the last two months of the year to wipe out the deficit that had accumulated and to end up with a surplus of $10,000. more...
December Elder Update'09
- by: VBC Elder Team 12/01/2009
There are so many opportunities to share the real joy of Christ's birth with those who do not know Him as their Saviour and Lord.... more...
November Financial Update '09
- by: VBC Elder Team 11/03/2009
About this time last year, we realized that 2009 was going to be a difficult year. We reduced our original budget and have scaled back in many areas. We’ve strived to be both wise and prudent. We’ve tried to cut back while continuing to adequately fund the base operations. At the same time... more...
September and October Elder Update '09
- by: VBC Elder Team 09/01/2009
September and October are busy and exciting times in the life of Village Bible Church. Much is happening – so much that the common question we’ve heard these past few weeks has been, “How do I choose?” more...
September Financial Update '09
- by: VBC Elder Team 09/01/2009
Jesus plainly taught that we should “Lay up your treasure in heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrupt and where thieves do not break in to steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:20-21). more...
August Adoption Update '09
- by: VBC Elder Team 08/01/2009
What is the First Baptist Church of Shabbona, and how did it get onto our adoption trial radar? more...
August Elder Update '09
- by: VBC Elder Team 08/01/2009
Village Bible Church desires to be a family of growing believers committed to glorifying God by reaching our world with the life changing Gospel of Jesus Christ. What exactly does it mean to be a family of growing believers? more...
August Financial Update'09
- by: VBC Elder Team 08/01/2009
As a church, we are held to a high standard of responsibility for the resources at our disposal.... more...
What Does The Bible Say About ME & VBC?
- by: Keith Duff 08/01/2009
God has placed us into the body of Christ for our own protection and blessing. Just as in every earthly family, it's not always fun. We don't always have warm and fuzzy feelings in the body. There are difficult and unlovely moments as we grow together as a family, but there are also blessings that we will never experience unless we become relational and connected in the body of Christ. more...
July Elder Update
- by: VBC Elder Team 07/02/2009
Summer ministry is not just beginning but is in full swing, and we want to take a moment to give you a brief ministry update. more...
Adoption Update
- by: Keith Duff 07/02/2009
- Series: Adoption Update
Over the past few weeks, God has encouraged us by opening up ministry opportunities that none of the three churches would likely have experienced alone... more...
Q2 Financial Update
- by: Keith Duff 07/01/2009
As a church, we’re concerned that giving has fallen significantly below budget... At the same time, we’re encouraged by how God has sustained us to this point... more...
Summer Worship Services
- by: VBC Elder Team 06/01/2009
Summer is also a great time for change, so we’re going to move from one Sunday morning worship service to TWO on June 28! Our summer services will be at: 8:15 am & 10:30 am more...
June Adoption Update
- by: VBC Elder Team 05/31/2009
- Series: Adoption Update
The trial of our church adoption and multi-site ministry concept is now in full swing. We’ve been fully engaged in a trial partnership with Grace Bible Church of Aurora, and recently we’ve also begun working in a more limited way with the First Baptist Church of Shabbona. more...
Watering Seeds of Ministry
- by: VBC Elder Team 05/01/2009
It has been encouraging to see God water seeds these past few months. more...
May Financial Focus: Stay Focused
- by: Keith Duff 05/01/2009
How do we stay on our feet, moving forward, as the economic fire comes hot and heavy? more...
Multi-Site Ministry Trial
- by: VBC Elder Team 04/02/2009
God seems to be placing before us an opportunity to strengthen a neighboring church in a unique way. After much prayer and dialog, the elders and members of VBC have agreed to to enter into a trial 'adoption' of Grace Bible Church of Aurora which we believe may be used by God to help both churches impact an increasing number of lives in our communities. Last fall, Grace Bible Church approached us and asked us to consider adopting them into the VBC family – and helping them to reach their own community more effectively. Please be in prayer with us as we walk cautiously into this new opportunity and see how God either affirms or redirects our efforts. more...
April Stewardsip Focus
- by: Keith Duff 04/01/2009
Many people see material possessions as a means for acquiring personal happiness and contentment. Like the rich fool of Luke 12, they hoard their possessions in hopes of gaining security or "the easy life." The New Testament's teaching on possessions, however, proves these materialistic views to be not only wrong but also foolish. more...
Fruit that Bears Witness
- by: VBC Elder Team 03/01/2009
When was the last time you thought through your own salvation? In what ways have you seen fruit recently that bears witness of your rebirth? With whom can you share this message of new life even this month. How? more...
Bring Hope
- by: VBC Elder Team 02/01/2009
Do you know that there are people all around you who need hope and help in their marriages? This year’s Valentine’s event is designed around that exact need. more...
A time to fear?
- by: VBC Elder Team 11/02/2008
In these times of global unrest and uncertainty, our inclination may be to fear - but Christ says, "Fear not!" more...
Wise Stewardship in the Face of Recession
- by: Keith Duff 11/02/2008
Here are some suggestions as to what we can do in the face of recession. Let’s grow this list – add your own suggestions! more...
Election 2008
- by: Keith Duff 11/01/2008
God chooses who our leaders will be. The outcome of upcoming elections, will be the result of God's invisible plan, and whatever happens, we must trust that it is for our good. more...
Screwtape Letters - On Stage
- by: Keith Duff 09/26/2008
Join us on Thursday evening, October 16, as we attend a performance of C.S. Lewis' brilliant novel, Screwtape Letters. In this story, Lewis explores the theme of spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view. Beloved by both audiences and critics alike, The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis offers a funny, frightening and provocative theatrical experience that will change the way you think about the influence of demons in your every day life. Set in a strikingly eerie, elegant and austere office in Hell, the play follows an urbane senior devil, Screwtape, who confidently dictates crackling good prose to his secretary, Toadpipe. The mission: To instruct a novice demon, Wormwood, on the fine art of tempting a young Christian away from "the Enemy" (Screwtape's name for God) and bring him safely down to the ravenous "our father below." more...
Media Warning: The Shack
- by: Keith Duff 09/25/2008
Decline the invitation to meet with God in The Shack. It is not worth reading for the story and certainly not worth reading for the theology. more...
August Elder Update
- by: VBC Elder Team 08/02/2008
What exactly does it mean to be a family of growing believers? In 1 Corinthians 12, we read, “The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one bodyâ€. As God weaves together the fabric of Village Bible Church, He brings together unique gifts. We are all different and yet are all very important to the full functioning of the body of Christ –the church. Individually we are disconnected parts but united we are a family that God can use to bring glory to Himself in a powerful way. more...
Media Warning: A New Earth, An Old Deception
- by: Keith Duff 06/18/2008
On March 3, 2008, Oprah Winfrey hosted a unique online class in cyberspace that reached 500,000 people in more than 139 countries. The interactive webcast, which featured spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle and his mega-bestseller A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, ended up making headlines as "one of the largest single online events in the history of the Internet." But... this Web class unintentionally creates an occasion of genuine clarity. We face a choice of ultimate importance. We can stand with "the truth" of Tolle-Oprah and a long tradition of mystics who suggest that man is God and that "God" is merely a human creation. Or we can stand with Jesus Christ, who proved that he was "the way, the truth, and the life," and affirm that God is God, and man is God's creation. more...
Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian
- by: Keith Duff 05/14/2008
It is also a place that's filled with more life lessons than you may remember, though. Between battles, brief as those interludes are, there emerge some pretty compelling allegories, both spiritual and cultural. At the fore is the assertion that even in a world devoted to reducing stories of God's faithfulness and miraculous interventions to mere myth, we can make a choice to believe. And that choice will, quite literally, be our salvation. - pluggedinonline.com more...
Media Warning: Grand Theft Auto
- by: Keith Duff 05/07/2008
The Associated Press reports that "Grand Theft Auto IV" sold more than 6 million units in its first week. With sales like that, it’s certainly the big ticket. If you have kids and if you allow them to play video games, chances are good that this is one they may try to persuade you to let them spend the $60 that’s burning a hole in their pocket on. Should you acquiesce? No way. more...
Darfur Update
- by: Keith Duff 05/05/2008
A few weeks ago, the United Nations World Food Program announced that it will cut half its food supplies to the people of Darfur because of a lack of funds and relentless attacks on its convoys. Here's how you can help. more...
Elder Update: Our Purpose
- by: VBC Elder Team 05/01/2008
Think fast – what is our purpose as a church? Why has God placed Village Bible Church on Route 47 in Sugar Grove? What is our primary calling through which everything else funnels and through which our “success†is to be measured? The old adage that goes something like this, “If you don’t set a goal, or a mark, you’ll miss it every time,†is true. more...
