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Needs for the month of July:
Toiletries of all kinds.
Look for the bin in the Worship Center lobby to drop off your donations.
Need for the Month: $56,000.00
Need for the Week: $13,000.00
Giving this Week: $13,577.00
July Total: $45,687.00
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VBS 2026 Recap
VBS Recap
Great Bible stories, exciting worship, awesome games, fun crafts, and of course, amazing water slides for water night, and baptisms were all part of Inside Out VBS 26!
VKids S.T.O.R.M. Sundays in June
The month of June in VKids was S.T.O.R.M. Serving Together On a Real Mission! Each lesson focused on Jesus’ ministry to the hurting , the lonely and the outcast. Each Sunday the kids completed a
Under Maintenance
Please be advised that our VCA campus is currently experiencing on-going issues with water draining from our upper parking lot into the area in front of our main building. This is wastewater from a clogged
Jehovah Shammah – The Lord is There
“We know You by a thousand names, and You deserve every single one. You’ve given me a million ways to be amazed by what You’ve done.” -Phil Wickham
The Gift of God’s Presence
The Here and Now of God’s Presence
The Not Yet of God’s Presence
He doesn’t just love us from afar; He wants to be where we are.
Zephaniah 3:17 “The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing”
The Lord’s loving presence is a gift freely given that cannot be taken away from us.
Roman’s 8:38-39 “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Ezekiel 48:35 “The distance all around will be 18,000 cubits.
“And the name of the city from that time on will be: the Lord is there.”
The Temple is a symbol of God’s Presence. The place on Earth that overlaps with the Kingdom of Heaven.
The Here and Now of God’s Presence
John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.
Jesus was the place on earth that overlapped with the Kingdom of Heaven.
Jesus was the new temple that would expand out to include all creation.
When Jesus was crucified, the moment he died, the veil was torn in the temple, removing the barrier between God and humanity.
1 Corinthians 3:16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?
He gave us His Holy Spirit, so we would become temples, the place on earth that overlaps with the Kingdom of God.
We are to be the instruments of His Heavenly Kingdom breaking into this world, right here, right now.
God’s people are the temple, His Presence, His Heavenly Kingdom, moving throughout this world, blessing, and multiplying.
The Not Yet of God’s Presence
Someday, God’s presence will fill all of creation. Heaven will come to earth, and all of creation will be redeemed and restored.
Revelation 21:1-4 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
God’s future is not a disembodied escape from this world; it’s the ultimate restoration of His good creation.
We’re His temples today, bringing forth His Heavenly Kingdom to the lost, the lonely, and the broken.
We get to participate in the redemption and restoration of God’s good creation, right here, right now!
“Eternity actually begins right now, and we have a purpose; we are all called to live fully in the moment of today, using our spiritual gifts and the communal resources of the church to transform this world into a place where God’s will is done on earth as it is in heaven. Our hope is not in what this age has to offer, but our hope empowers and drives us to bless others right here and right now and invest in the flourishing of the people around us, because that is what the first coming of Christ was all about.” -Nijay Gupta, Paul for This World