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An Online Blue Christmas Service will be held on Sunday, Dec 20 at 7pm. This event provides an alternative platform for those who feel pressured to engage in a joyous and celebratory tone to still engage in safe and reflective worship during Christmas. Please stay tuned for more details.

Members Business Meeting – Pursuant to our Bylaws and Societies Act provisions, the Board will proceed with the MBM scheduled on Sunday, October 25, 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 October 21 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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Fall Module (Sundays @ 11:15am, from Oct 4 to Dec 13)
Instructor: Rev. Paul Chan

“In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.” Whether Ben Franklin or Mark Twain was the original author of this quote, he
should have added “suffering” to the list.

• Suffering has driven many to atheism “There cannot be a God!”
• Suffering has driven many simply to turn away from God: “He does not care!”
• Suffering has drawn many closer to God: “Lord, I cannot go through it alone.”
• Suffering has also become a favourite subject of philosophers and theologians who have filled the world’s libraries with their volumes.
• Suffering has also become a basis on which for some to pass judgement on the innocence or guilt of the sufferers.

As Christians, we also struggle with this inevitable in life, wondering:

• Is it the work of Satan?
• Is it a direct result of our sins?
• Is it an indirect result of the sins of the world?
• Why do good people suffer?

Join us as we wrestle with these age-old questions together with Job and his three friends in the Book of Job. You may be surprised to find out that the ultimate teaching of this book has less to do with suffering, but more to do with a far more important truth that is central to the faith in Yahweh!

Schedule & Materials for This Term are available at: https://vcbc.ca/jobslg/

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Sept 15 is the Final Registration Date for Rev. Paul Chan’s 27 week Total Growth Discipleship Course (Nov 2020 – May 2021).  Thank you very much for those of you who have already registered for the course.  Those who are still interested, please register before our extended deadline.  For health and safety reasons and to better accommodate participants’ schedules, the weekly sessions will now be completely conducted online.  While there is no registration fee for this course, you are required to purchase a selection of books.  Subsidies are available for students and others.  You will be assigned to smaller accountability groups and are encouraged to meet together once a month on your own.  For more information, please visit https://vcbc.ca/total-growth/.  Please submit your completed registration form to the Church Office (cindyso@vcbc.bc.ca).

Pioneer Clubs. We are now accepting pre-registrations for Pioneer Clubs. Please register online at https://bit.ly/pioneer21 so we can have an estimate of how many children are interested, if the church reopened. Thank you.

Watch the sessions again at: https://summercon2020.vcbc.ca

Sept 1 – 6:  Save the week for Summer Conference 2020 – “Living in Times Like These”.  We are so glad to be having a virtual Summer Conference with Pastor Paul Chan as our speaker.  We intend to run two attendance tracks for you to choose from: 1) Flexible Track, where you (or your small group) can download and view sessions any time during the week.  2) Traditional Track, where we will host two sessions, including small group discussions and prayer time, on Saturday, September 5 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm and then from 7:30 to 9:00 pm. The conference will end with our Sunday morning service on September 6. You can register for either track at https://bit.ly/2020summercon. For inquiries please contact Jackson via english@vcbc.bc.ca.  We look forward to having you join us!

We will have an online SYC at 7pm, August 28th where you will have the opportunity to engage in powerful worship and discussion on the theme of awakening and a chance to reconnect with old friends from SYC! The event is completely free, but please RSVP at https://bit.ly/syc2020rsvp.

We will be celebrating Lord’s Supper as a community. To participate, please remember to have your bread and juice ready to partake it together during this week’s service.

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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