LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR
THIS SATURDAY AT 9:30 AM  |  CHILDCARE AVAILABLE
TOPIC: TEAMWORK AND EFFECTIVE MEETINGS

All emerging and existing leaders are encouraged to attend our next high-impact Leadership Development Seminar this Saturday, July 9! With teaching from Executive Pastor Jordan Schumacher and Church Council member Jeff Lamb, you will learn how to more successfully build and strengthen your team, including strategies on how to hold more effective and productive meetings.  

All seminars are FREE, open to everyone, and designed to deliver top-quality content so you walk away with skills and strategies to help you lead better, grow your team, and use your leadership skills effectively inside and outside the walls of the church. Seminars are held from 9:30-11:30 am in the VRBC seminar room. Childcare (infant through completed fifth grade) is available upon request by contacting Karen Simmang at [email protected] or 972-304-8722.
 
CLICK HERE to register--and consider inviting a guest who is interested in leadership development to join you! 
WILLOW CREEK GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
AUGUST 11-12 |  EARLY BIRD PRICE ENDS JULY 12

Would you like to save $30 and be equipped by nationally recognized experts to sharpen your skills and unleash your full potential to make real change in your community and world? 

The Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit is coming to VRBC via satellite August 11 and 12 and is committed to the singular idea that inspired, encouraged, and equipped Christian leaders transform their communities. 
 
As a Host Site (#089), VRBC members are eligible for discounted rates to attend the Summit. Early bird price is $89 if you register on or before Tuesday, July 12. Thereafter, cost is $119.
 
CLICK HERE to register, and be sure to enter Password: PREMIER16 to take advantage of VRBC's discount pricing.  

SACK SUMMER HUNGER
SATURDAYS THIS SUMMER--CAN YOU HELP?

Volunteer this summer every Saturday morning at VRBC from 9:00 am to 11:00 am to assemble weekly nutritious food sacks and to deliver them to families in Valley Ranch who are in need. This is a great opportunity for everyone, including families with young children and students.
 
On the final Saturday, August 13, we will be delivering backpacks with school supplies and praying for the children as they prepare to return back to school.

Click here to sign-up to serve!  To learn more about Sack Summer Hunger, click here to watch a short video.For questions, please contact Amy Wilkins at [email protected].



MISSIONARY SPOTLIGHT: EDITH GUZMAN
 
Edith provides support to e3 Partners' US Strategy Director and all of the US team leaders bringing groups to Peru. For every campaign heading to Peru, Edith handles the logistics, helps the translators, and acts as the host for each American team. She works directly with Peruvian pastors to prepare them not only to receive US teams, but to be active in church-planting on their own without any American presence. She also helps in the training of I Am Second translators and churches. 
  
At VRBC, Edith is partnered with the Women's ABF.  To learn more about Edith and her ministry, click here to watch a short video.
MISSION TRIP OPPORTUNITIES
DEADLINES EXTENDED FOR A LIMITED TIME

INDONESIA: OCTOBER 15-29
Join Senior Pastor Larry Parsley to serve alongside our friends in Indonesia. This trip is ideal for college students, adults, and even young families! You will have the opportunity to do lots of different types of ministries based on your skills, including work with graduate students, local churches and pastors, English conversation practice, women's ministry, and more. 
Click here 
to view the trip flyer. For more information, contact Amy Wilkins at [email protected] or 972-304-8722.

PERU: NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 6
Did you know VRBC has been serving in Peru for over a decade? Join Associate Pastor John Hewlett late this fall to do ministry with our VRBC-supported missionaries in Lima, as well as to help with the Peru Christmas Store in partnership with our sister church, El Buen Pastor. Isn't it time you went to Peru?
Click here 
to view the trip flyer. For more information, contact Amy Wilkins at [email protected] or 972-304-8722.