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🎆Happy New Year! - What's Happening This Week | Jan 1-5 2025

VCOC Leadership Team • December 31, 2024

Announcements for January 1-5, 2025

Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. - Phil 3:13-14

Dear church family,

We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and got time to rest and be with family and friends during the holidays. We wish everyone a very Happy New Year filled with a deepening relationship with God, a growing love for each other through Jesus' example, and strength to serve and care for the people around us, being led by the Holy Spirit.

- VCOC Leadership Team

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

Prayer Midweek - January 1st at 7:30pm on Zoom
Sunday Service for January 5th - at South Arm United Church at 2:00pm
Register for Guy Hammond Webinars coming up at our midweeks on January 15th and 22nd, 7:00pm-8:15pm

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

Join us for Midweek - Prayer for 2025 | January 1st 7:30pm (Zoom)

This Wednesday at 7:30pm we have an opportunity for anyone available to pray together on Zoom for our first midweek of the year.

What: Pray together for the New Year as a church
When: Wednesday, January 1st, 7:30pm-8:30pm
Where: Zoom - Link on website or here

Our Sunday Worship | January 5th 2:00pm at South Arm United Church

Since Burnaby South was not available, we will be meeting this Sunday at 2:00pm at South Arm United Church, Richmond.

What: Sunday Worship Service
When: Sunday, January 5th, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Where: South Arm United Church, South Arm United Church, 11051 No. 3 Rd, Richmond, BC V7A 1X3, Canada

Register for Guy Hammond Webinars - Strength in Weakness Ministry

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. Here is some more info below from the Strength in Weakness website:

SIW Webinar Event - 2-Part Series with the Vancouver Church of Christ

Unpacking Pro-Gay Theology - Join Guy Hammond as he discusses the origins of Pro-Gay Theology, its arguments and how Christians can learn to dismantle them. We’ll take a look at how we arrived at this cultural moment and what it will look like to be faithful to Jesus in our time. We will walk through practical relationship questions as we try to help people follow Jesus in an LGBTQ+ world. We’ll explore how to help hurting people with compassion as we interpret hard teachings with integrity.

For more information and to register, please see links below and SIW Webinar Event Details.