January 6-12, 2025 - Thread Series, Back at Burnaby South + Register for Midweek Webinars

What's Happening at VCOC - January 6-12, 2025

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,. - Phil 1:9-10

Dear church family,

We had a great service last Sunday and we were honoured to have special guests Charles and Sarah Setiawan who are ministers in Jakarta, Indonesia, and parents of our very own Cesar! Charles preached on growing in Jesus and you can listen to his sermon here on YouTube.

- VCOC Leadership Team

P.S. 🙏We have some new prayer requests sent in from members of our congregation. Please click the "View Prayer Requests" link at the bottom of the email you receive from this post to view and pray for our brothers and sisters in our church.

Here's what happening this week (more details below):

• Sunday Service for January 12th is at 10:00am at Burnaby South Secondary. 
• Thread Series - Continuing with Episode 32: Saul
• Register for Guy Hammond Webinars coming up at our midweeks on January 15th and 22nd, 7:00pm-8:15pm
• ⚠️No House Churches for January 2025  due to scheduling changes in the calendar

-> To view our full calendar for the next few months, please see our Gatherings page on the VCOC website.

Thread Series: God's People Blessed - Episode 32 - Saul

We are continuing with the final episodes in the Thread Series "God's People Blessed". This coming week we're focusing on the life of King Saul. From the Thread Podcast series:

Join us in a crucial conversation about spiritual leadership as we focus in on the life of Israel’s first king, Saul. In this episode, we delve into the profound topic of spiritual leadership by examining the life of Saul, the first king of Israel. We also discuss the inherent dangers of elevating kings and leaders, as warned by Yahweh, and how Saul’s lack of humility and spirituality led to his downfall. This episode highlights the critical distinction between worldly leadership and spiritual guidance and explores the continuing relevance of these lessons in modern faith communities.

You can find helpful links to the Podcast and Weekly Quiet Times here:

• Podcast for Episode 32
• Web App link to Episode 32 Quiet Times
• To see how to navigate to the Quiet Times on the Thread App (browser based) please click here.

Our Sunday Worship | January 12th 10:00am at Burnaby South Secondary Cafeteria

This coming Sunday we will be meeting at our usual location at 10:00am at Burnaby South Secondary, Cafeteria area.

• What: Sunday Worship Service
• When: Sunday, January 12th, 10:00am-11:30am
• Where: Burnaby South Secondary Cafeteria

✏️Note that we will be at Burnaby South for the remaining Sundays in January: 12th, 19th, 26th.

Due to scheduling change with Burnaby South Secondary and having January 5th as a special service, we will not be having House Church gatherings for January 2025 but will resume house churches as scheduled in February. If you have any questions, please email info@vcoc.ca and a member of the leadership team will get back to you.

Register for Guy Hammond Webinars starting January 15th, 7:00pm 

Guy Hammond will be doing a 2 part Webinar series exclusively with the Vancouver Church of Christ over two midweeks in January. Please see details below and links to register for these two sessions.