This past week, we sent three teams to Washington and Gifford, Illinois to assist with the tornado relief efforts taking place there. The teams were made up of people from all four of our campuses - over 20 people total who helped for 1-3 days. The damage from these storms was extremely intense...
Today we shifted our focus from Washington, IL to Gifford, IL. Same story, smaller town. The tornado went right through the center of Gifford and cleared a path as it traveled. Houses leveled to the ground, nothing left. Amazing. The homes were strewn across fields like they...
Today a team of six men left our Sugar Grove campus at 5:00 am to help families in Washington, IL who's homes were impacted torn up by the tornadoes last Sunday. Their brief initial response once arriving on the scene was quite telling...
As a church, our finances are extremely tight right now. However, we all have a roof over our heads and food to eat. Many in the Philippines have neither right now! So, as an elder team we strongly encourage you to give generously to the dire needs in the Philippines right now - even if that...
We're off! With the goal of serving orphan slaves in the poorest country in the western hemisphere, Jen Mehochko, Keith, Kate & Max Duff are on our way to Gressier, Haiti, for one week. (We're teaming up with 11 oters from around the country.)
We want you to be the most generous person you can become, for God's sake. We don't care so much if you are growing in your giving to VBC or to other eternally focused efforts - the important thing is that you begin increasing your Kingdom investment (which lasts for ever) and decreasing...
We want to be more generous. We want to invest with an eternal focus rather than in things that will wither and fade away. But unless we put into place a gameplan to do it, nothing will ever happen. Here are some ideas to implement this week! As your pastor, I want you to be the most...
Our week of family camp at Silver Birch Ranch went great. The weather was cool, but that didn't slow down the 70+ people that attended from our church...
For less than $2 a day, you can literally save the life of an orphan child in Uganda. In a place where there is no working welfare system, where tens of thousands of children live in child-headed families, where they do hard, menial labor just to earn one meal a day, you can give a child hope...
The Above & Beyond Christmas offering totals increased after this announcement was made on 1/1 as year-end offerings made online and by mail were received in the days that followed. The actual totals can be seen in the graphs below. Way to come together Village Bible Church to give a...