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Members Business Meeting – Pursuant to our Bylaws and Societies Act provisions, the Board will proceed with the MBM scheduled on Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 1:00 pm to be held online via Zoom. We ask all Registered Members interested to attend to please contact the Church Office by email address (info@vcbc.bc.ca) by July 22 in order to register for the Members Business Meeting and for us to directly send you the formal Agenda, minutes from the last MBM, and the link to join the Zoom meeting. Please note that any voting for this meeting will be done electronically and will be recorded. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact any of the Moderators of the Church. We look forward to your participation.

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Join us for a special Sunday Life Group on July 5 after service as Pastor Paul provides an introduction to the upcoming Total Growth Discipleship Program in November. We will be joined by past graduates who will be sharing with us their experiences from the program. For those not able to make it to this session, we will have a recording of it available for viewing later on. For more information about Total Growth, please visit https://vcbc.ca/total-growth-discipleship-course/

Thank you for those who registered! Please continue to pray for the volunteers as they are preparing for the online camp content.

An Online Prayer Box has been set up for those who wish to seek prayer support from our prayer team. Entries can be submitted anonymously but you also have the option to be contacted if you wish to have someone pray with you. Submit your prayer requests below or go at https://bit.ly/vcbcprayerbox.

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In the midst of COVID, our association hopes to celebrate and worship with youths grades 7-12 on Aug 23-27 in a way that will be different from previous years. Register or find out more from our newsletter (newsletter.sycbc.ca) or our website (sycbc.ca). 

Prayer Week: May 18-22
Prayer Retreat: May 23 @ 9:30am – 12:00pm

Let’s come together as a family to pray for our world, church and community. We will be focusing on the theme of waiting for God by centering on Psalm 13. Let this be a time of lamenting, waiting, and bringing our burdens to God. Also, leading up to the prayer retreat, from May 18-22nd, we will be providing daily resources below for individual reflection and prayer to prepare our hearts for Saturday’s retreat. Register by going to: https://forms.gle/cZb2M7vGR4avjXSg6

Prayer Week Day 1 Devotionals (May 18) – Please click here to download.

Prayer Week Day 2 Devotionals (May 19) – Please click here to download.

Prayer Week Day 3 Devotionals (May 20) – Please click here to download.

Prayer Week Day 4 Devotionals (May 21) – Please click here to download.

Prayer Week Day 5 Devotionals (May 22) – Please click here to download.

Please click here to join the Online Prayer Retreat on Saturday, May 23.

Please note that the start time for the Online Prayer Night has moved to 8pm every Sunday starting today via Zoom conference. Please click here if you would like to join us in prayer for our community and for the world in midst of the pandemic situation.

VCBC is now introducing Online Offerings using Interac e-Transfer Autodeposit. You can now use online banking to make an Interac e-Transfer to VCBC. To obtain the designated VCBC email address before making your first e-Transfer, please contact Hannah at the Church Office (hannahc@vcbc.bc.ca). The funds will be deposited into VCBC’s bank account automatically. Please see the full instructions in the Online Donations page. We hope that those who are able will use this option to catch up on any offerings that they may have missed in the past 6 weeks.

Join us at 10:30am, April 10, for our online Good Friday Service. We would like to encourage families to have 2 or 3 candles (electric also works) or lamps available for an interactive activity. Please note: Due to new Zoom security update, it now requires each user to register in order to participate. We also highly recommend that you use the Zoom app for better viewing experiences. For the Good Friday Service, please click here for the browser link. For Zoom app users, please click here.

5 Practical Steps to Stop COVID-19 Spread: 

1. STAY HOME – avoid unnecessary physical social contact.
2. WASH HANDS – and if not possible, use hand sanitizer.
3. WEAR MASK – read the full newsletter to find out why it matters.
4. STAY HEALTHY – your health care system depends on you.
5. BE KIND AND CONSIDERATE TO EACH OTHER – we can all do our part.