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November 2012

 

 

November

1    Club 56 Pumpkin Bash  

1    ReFuel Meeting

1    Men's Great Banquet

4    Daylight Saving Time Ends 

6    Passages: Surviving the Holidays 

8    Women's Great Banquet

9    ReFuel Bowling Night 

9    KN 34

9    Bridgepoint Luncheon

10  Widow & Widower Lunch 

11  The Holiness of God Study begins 

11  CROP Hunger Walk

13  ESOL Thanksgiving pm

14  ESOL Thanksgiving am 

14  SWATT (55+) Potluck Lunch

15  SWATT (55+) Day Trip  

15  ReFuel  

16  Army Orchestra Concert

16  Club 56

16  Student Retreat

17  Griefshare: Surviving the Holidays

18  Fair Trade Mart

21  Thanksgiving Eve Service

24  Messiah Sing Along

25  Family Advent Workshop

26  Church Street Stroll

29  Annual Hanging of the Greens 

 

 

Sneak Peak at December  

2    Advent Service for Wholeness

7    KN 34 Caroling

13  ReFuel Christmas Party

14  Club 56 Caroling 

16  Glorious Sounds Concert

24  Christmas Eve 

 

Connect to Upcoming Events for a complete listing and details.

 

VPC Staff News
We welcome Kevin Miller, Young Adults Coordinator.
Kevin Miller  
We also welcome Amanda Strong to Student Ministries at the new Admin. Asst, Student Ministry.
Amanda Strong
Read more about Kevin and Amanda.
Looking for a Way to Serve or Give to Others this Season?
There are people in our own backyard that are hungry, homeless, and/or unemployed...there is an endless need for food, clothing, gifts for Christmas and more.
 
Come to the Giving Tree in the Great Hall any Sunday from November 25 to December 23.  Take a tag, buy a gift, lend a hand.  Read more. 
Gifts from the Heart
"Fall Back" on
November 4 
Daylight saving time ends on November 4 at 2am.  Set your clocks back one hour and enjoy a slower start.

Alarm Clock
Why do we Give?
         ...because God is Changing Lives through this Church.
Pledge Sunday 11.14.12 
View Pastor Pete's video message.

PLEDGE SUNDAY 11.4.12

GriefSurviving the Holiday

Holidays... They're "supposed" to make us think of words like thankful, merry, and happy.   

 

But... what if a loved one is not coming home this holiday season? What if death, divorce, or distance causes us to associate the holidays with words and feelings like depression, anxiety, and stress?  GriefShare and Passages are both presenting, "Surviving the Holidays."

 

  • Passages, Tuesday, November 6, 7:00pm, Room 324 
  • GriefShare, Saturday, November 17, 10:00am, Room 203   
Fall Retreat
Student Ministries Fall Retreat 
November 16-18  
 

It's that time of year again...time for the annual Student and Youth Worship Ministries Fall Retreat.  Join us for a weekend of fun, fellowship, worship, games and a great speaker.  Registration is $125, additional cost for high ropes and climbing wall.  Details;registration.
Bridgepoint logo
Upcoming Bridgepoint Events  
BridgePoint Luncheon with Doug Hill, Friday, Novembe
r 9, 12:00pm. 

Career Networking Night, Wednesday, November 14, 7pm
Ways to Serve and Support in November 

CROP Hunger Walk, November 11 

Registration at 1:30 pm, walk begins at 2:00 pm. Town Green.  

More info;register.   

   

Fair Trade

  

Beyond Ourselves Fair Trade Mart 

November 18, 9-12:30 pm, Gathering Space.
Prepare for Christmas by shopping our largest collection of Fair Trade gifts ever.  This bazaar features fairly traded handcrafts and foods from low-income regions of the world.   

Thanksgiving! A Service Of Thanksgiving
Wednesday, November 21, 7:30 pm 
An informal, family-friendly hour of worship to include hymn-singing, intercessory prayer, meditation on scripture, and the Lord's Supper. Read more.
Youth Choir Messiah Sing Along
Saturday, November 24

Join the VPC Youth Orchestra and combined youth choirs of Lewinsville, Falls Church and Vienna Presbyterian Churches on Saturday evening, Nov 24, at 7:00pm. We would love for people to come listen and/or sing, bring family, friends and neighbors.

Advent
Family Advent Celebration
November 25, 3:00 to 6:00 pm

Bring family and friends to celebrate the start of the holiday season.  Make Christmas gifts, sing carols, enjoy fellowship and dinner.   Read more.