Weekly Bulletin

Online Calendar

You may view all-church events at any time and in any place by visiting this address on the Web at:

http://ical.mac.com/vcfp/VCFP_Calendar

Information below about subscribing to this calendar through iCal or compatible computer calendars.

Please contact the church office for more information on upcoming events listed below.

Come Serve VCFP Youth!
As we swing into a fresh year, we’re looking forward to seeing new volunteers step into youth ministry! God is very active in the ministry and it’s a truly life-giving place to serve. if you’re interested in learning more or getting involved, please email Matt at matt@vcfp.org. Cowabunga!

Church Directory!
It’s time for us to update our church contact database again. We want to make sure that we can keep in touch with you, that you receive the weekly emails if you would like, and that you receive any mailings we send out. We also publish a directory of contact details for the church, listing all of us who allow the information to be public. We do not use this information for business solicitation nor do we make it available to any third parties. We are sending out this form via email, so if you are not receiving weekly emails from the church office (on Tuesdays and Fridays), we will not send it to you, UNLESS you send us your email address, to info@vcfp.org. Thanks for your help! For questions, email Katie at katie@vcfp.org.

Lectio Divina Group
Would you like to get away, relax, and hear God speak to you? Come join Meg Venables and Colleen Peterson in a Lectio Divina group, on Sunday, February 5 from 9:00-9:45am, in Cubberley room A6. We’ll read a passage from the Bible, meditate on it individually, and listen for God to speak to us through His word. We plan on meeting every other Sunday morning. Questions? Contact the church office.

Prayer Ministry Training
On Sunday, February 5 and 12, from 9-9:50am we will be having our basic prayer ministry training. If you haven’t participated in this before and you’d like to be part of our prayer ministry on Sunday mornings, please come join us! It’s a great time to learn more about how we pray for each other and listen to God together. It will include a short biblical teaching, as well as time for discussion and practice. We ask people who pray for others on Sundays to participate in this at least once, and recommend that we all refresh every 4-5 years. On Sunday, February 26 we will be having a session for all pray-ers, novice or experienced, to learn more and go deeper with our experience of praying for each other. To sign-up, or if you have questions, please contact the church office.

Men’s Monthly Breakfast
Join other men for breakfast and fellowship on Tuesday, February 7, at 7:15am at Bajis' Down The Street Cafe (2423 Old Middlefield Road). As we build friendships, we strengthen both our church and our faith. And bring a friend! Questions? Contact the church office.

Church Life Meeting - Sunday, February 12, 12pm
Come join us! We will give important news about what we as a church are looking forward to this year, as well as staff and other updates. Bring your lunch and we will provide a special dessert! It’s time for everyone who considers this their church home to connect and hear what’s going on, as well as ask questions and find out how to be involved. Questions? Email liz@vcfp.org.

Hot Meals
Please join us, as we partner with InnVision to cook and serve food to the homeless and poor in our neighborhood. On Monday, February 13 from 4:45pm to 6:30pm. We will meet at First United Methodist Church (625 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto). Food is usually served at 5pm. Please go to http://tinyurl.com/VcfpHotMeals to sign up to come. If you have questions, contact the church office. We hope you can join us!

India Trip 2012!
We are planning to send a team of people from VCFP to serve with Acts of Mercy in Chennai, India this August. (www.actsofmercy.org) Tentative trip dates are July 28-August 11, 2012. Applications for the trip are available now through February 15. Please email Katie at katie@vcfp.org for more information and an application if you are interested in being part of this trip.

Ash Wednesday
Adults and youth, please join us to observe Ash Wednesday in the church office at 445 Sherman Avenue, Suite S, from 7:30-8:00am, 12:30-1:00pm, or 5:30-6:00pm on Wednesday, February 22. (Please note parking can take a long time during lunch). At our Ash Wednesday gathering there will be a brief devotional, prayer time and communion. We will also offer traditional ashes for the forehead to represent that as humans we are “from dust and will return to dust” (Genesis 3:19), that we are sinners and need the saving work of Jesus on the cross. (Communion and ashes are completely optional).

Elizabeth’s Thank You Celebration
We are excited to celebrate and thank our outgoing Youth Director, Elizabeth Gibbons at an all church party on Saturday, February 25 from 6:30-8:30pm at Foothill Covenant Church, Los Altos. Stay tuned next week for an Evite to this wonderful evening.

Sex, Faith and Life
Sunday, March 11, 7pm, Red Rock Cafe on Castro Street
Come an join us as we explore how to follow Jesus in the midst of a culture and context that sends conflicting messages about sex and relationships. We’ll look at what the Bible has to say about sex. We’ll hear from people in our church who are single, dating and married about how they navigate relationships and boundaries. We’ll ask questions such as, “Is sex for marriage only, and if so why?” “How can i deal with longings for physical intimacy and stay faithful?” “How do we relate to each other in church as men and women?” There will be time to listen, time to share, time to ask questions, and time to pray. If you have questions, ideas please email liz@vcfp.org. To help us plan our evening, it would help us if you can RSVP to the evite which will come out shortly.

Save the Date: All Church Weekend Away
Please mark your calendars for our all-church weekend away together, October 12-14. We have booked space at Redwood Christian Park (the same venue as we have used for men’s and women’s retreats), and hope that you can all join us - men, women, families! As you plan your year we wanted you to have this date in mind. It will be a great time for hanging out, worshipping together, learning together and being a church family. Please plan on joining us...details about registration etc. will follow later in the year, but in the meantime you are welcome to email questions, ideas or offers of help to liz@vcfp.org.

Compassion Fund VCFP
VCFP has a compassion fund that consists of 12% of the church’s annual giving. This tithe is given away to extend the transforming love of Jesus to our world and to give to those within the congregation as needed. These funds are given toward:

Monthly Support: Support given to ministries outside or within VCFP receiving monthly support.

Internal Benevolence: Giving within the VCFP body to those in need.
External Benevolence: Periodic giving to those who are not members of VCFP and other one time gifts for specific purposes.
More info on the compassion fund/guidelines is available on the welcome table. Email Katie Fantin at katie@vcfp.org with any questions.

VCFP Classifieds!
Are you looking for a job, or have one to offer? Have free furniture to give away or want to share resources? VCFPClassifieds is a public forum for unofficial announcements and for the sharing of resources, through personal ads seeking or offering housing, furniture, employment, and all sorts of other goods, services, or information. If you would like to sign up for this message group, go to http:groups.google.com/group/VCFPClassifieds or email vcfpclassifieds@gmail.com to be added to the group.

Sunday Morning Service Opportunities
Children’s Ministries: This ministry provides programs for children ages 6 weeks - 5th grade during our Sunday morning service at 10am. Volunteers serve on a variety of rotations.

Youth Ministry: This ministry provides programs for youth (Jr/Sr High) during our Sunday morning service and at events outside of Sunday mornings. Volunteers serve on a variety of rotations.

Hospitality Ministry: This ministry welcomes the congregation to the Sunday morning service, hands out bulletins and helps newcomers find their way around church. Volunteers are asked to serve on a monthly rotation, helping from 9:45-10:15 and 11:20-11:45.

Facilities Set Up: This ministry helps set up the classrooms for children/youth needed for our Sunday morning service. Volunteers are asked to serve on a monthly rotation from 8:45-9:30am.

Facilities Tear Down: This ministry tears down the classrooms and patio after Sunday service. Volunteers are asked to serve on a monthly rotation from 11:45-12:15.

Projection Ministry: This ministry provides audio/visual support for our Sunday morning worship service. This is during the Sunday morning service from 9:30am till the end of the service. Volunteers are asked to serve on a monthly rotation.

Sound Mixing: This ministry provides technical and artistic support for any ministry that needs sound reinforcement on Sunday mornings. Volunteers are asked to serve either once or twice a month.

Sound Set Up: This ministry prepares the worship team staging area each Sunday. This is from 8:00-9:00am on Sunday mornings. Volunteers are asked to serve on a monthly rotation.

Sound Tear Down: This ministry tears down the equipment used by the worship team on Sunday mornings after the service ends. This is from 11:45-12:15. Volunteers are asked to serve on a monthly rotation.

For more information and to get involved, contact Katie Fantin at katie@vcfp.org or call 650-327-5727. For more info, come to the sign up table outside after the service.

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Calendar: Week of January 30, 2012

Upcoming Events at the Vineyard

Communion...First Sunday of the month.

Prayer for Physical Healing...Every 3rd Sunday, at the end of each service.

Youth Group...Youth meet in M2 at 10:00am, except for the first Sunday of the month.

Intercessory Prayer Meetings (a time to intercede for our church; everyone is welcome) Tuesdays at 6:15am at the church office in Palo Alto.

BAM BAMs (a mother/baby group)...Meets twice monthly, locations and time varies.

Small Groups...Meets weekly, locations and times vary.

Jail Ministry Worship Service...Every second Sunday at 1-3pm & 7pm and every fourth Sunday, 1-3pm.

Men's Monthly Breakfast...Every first Tuesday, 7:15am, Bajis' Down the Street Cafe, Mountain View. Next 2/7.

Prayer for Paul Lindstedt in Moldova...Every third Sunday, 3:30pm to 4:30pm.

Hot Meals...Twice a month, Mondays & Wednesdays, 3-7pm, First United Methodist Church (625 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto) & First Presbyterian Church (1140 Cowper St, Palo Alto). Next 2/13.

Prayer Ministry Training...2/5, 2/12 & 2/26, 9-9:50am.

One Voice...2/10, 7:30pm.

Church Life Meeting...2/12, 12pm.

Snow-fest!...2/17- /19.

Ash Wednesday...2/22, 7:30am, 12:30pm & 5;30pm in church office.

Elizabeth’s Thank You Celebration...2/25, 6:30-8:30pm.

Reducing the Risk...3/11, 12-3pm in A2.

Sex, Faith and Life...3/11, 7:30pm, Red Rock Coffee Shop.

All Church Weekend Away...10/12-10/14.

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Online Calendar: Subscription instructions

If you have Apple's iCal or another iCal-friendly calendar on your computer, you can subscribe to the church calendar in the following ways:

In iCal's "Calendar" menu, select "Subscribe ...". A dialog box will open with a place to insert the following address:

webcal://ical.mac.com/vcfp/VCFP_Calendar.ics

In Google's online calendar (as an example of an iCal-compatible Web-based calendar), once you have signed up and are on the calendar page, there is a box on the left side with the heading, 'Calendars'. Click the link at the bottom of the box, 'Manage calendars'. In the window that opens, under 'Other calendars', select 'Add calendar', then the 'Public Calendar Address' tab. Enter the following web-calendar url in the box and click 'Add':

http://ical.mac.com/vcfp/VCFP_Calendar.ics

Other calendars may be able to subscribe to the church calendar, though the details might differ. Visit the help pages for the individual program for more information.

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