Strategic Service Teams: SST’s are volunteers gathered together to serve within and outside the church. Volunteers are vital to Vail Christian and we look to them to facilitate environments and potentially lead people in a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. Contact tim@vailchristian.com or ben@vailchristian.com for more information. You can also visit the Strategic Service Team page on our website at www.vailchristian.com.

Super Sign-Up Sunday: May 6th
This is the first Sunday that summer event registrations will be accepted.  Be sure to get your child registered for all of our summer fun. Sign up on May 6 at our summer camp table.  We’ll have prizes for any child or student that registers on this Sunday.  For more information about Super Sign-Up Sunday or any of the events listed below please contact: Julie Biagi at julie@vailchristian.com

Promotion Sunday is May 27th!  All children and students will transition to their new class this Sunday based on the grade they will enter in the fall.  More information to come!

Pre-School:

Day Camp –
Adventure into Egypt  
May 30 – June 1
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Empire High School
Ages: 3-5 yrs old
Cost: $20
Register by May 27


Elementary:

Day Trip – Divin’ In
Breakers Water Park
Tuesday, May 29
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Ages: Kinder – 5th grade students
Cost: $15
Register by May 27

UCYC – Kids Camp
June 3 – 6
Ages: Incoming 3rd and 4th grade students
Cost: $159
Register by May 27





UCYC – Junior Camp
June 10 – 15
Ages: Incoming 4th and 5th grade students
Cost: $259
Register by May 27

Day Camp – Cross Crusaders
July 2 – 6
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Empire High School
Ages: Kinder – Incoming 5th grade students
Cost: $55
Register by June 17



Middle School:

Day Trip – The Plunge
Castles n’ Coasters in Phoenix
Friday, June 1
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Ages: Incoming 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students
Cost: $15 plus money for lunch
Register by May 27

UCYC
June 17 – 22
Ages: Incoming 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students
Cost: $259
Register by May 27





Day Camp – The Roster
July 9 – 13
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Empire High School Ages: Incoming 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students
Cost: $55
Register by June 17

High School

BBQ – Freshmen Welcome Party
Friday, May 25
6 p.m. – 9 p.m.







Night Camp – Enigmata
June 7 – 9
5:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Ages: Incoming 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grade students and graduated seniors
Cost: $35
Register by May 27

CIY Summer Conference – ONES
June 24 – 30
Ages: Incoming 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grade students and graduated seniors
Cost: 359 $
Register by May 27

Pulse is our Sunday morning gathering for High School students. We will meet at the coffee cart, hang out, and head to a class area for a brief lesson. This will be a great chance to meet, drink coffee (or other preferred beverages) and connect with fellow high schoolers in a new atmosphere. We meet every Sunday during the 10:45 a.m. service.

VCC Golf Tournament – April 28, 2007 at Del Lago Golf Club. Registration starts at 6:30 am with a shotgun start at 7:30 am.  Entry fee: $85.00, due by April 22.  For more information, contact tim@vailchristian.com or ron.andler@gmail.com.

Parenting Presentation – April 22 – The Parenting Presentation is an opportunity for parents to share the joy of their child with the Church family and commit to raising their child to know and love Jesus Christ. This event is geared toward families with children ages birth to 2 years old.  Contact Julie Biagi at julie@vailchristian.com to receive more information or to sign up for more information.

Mother’s Day – Please join us on May 13 as our children present a special tribute to their mothers.

Last Monday of every Month: VCC Women's Book Club Contact Linda at lpitney@carf.org. Upcoming readings:
• Apr. 30 River Rising by Athol Dickson
• May 21 The Last Sin Eater by Francine Rivers
• June 25 Watching the Tree Limbs by Mary E. Demuth

Tutoring: This is an opportunity for high school students to receive free small group and one-on-one tutoring. Tutoring for all levels of mathematics, physics and Spanish is available. Meets in the Empire High School Media Center every Tuesday from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. For more information, or if you are interested in tutoring, contact Tyler Vogt at jvogt88772@aol.com.

If you are interested in starting or joining a Community Group, or if you just want some more information, contact Tim Sheaffer at tim@vailchristian.com or Trent Schlecht at tanks@cox.net. You can also visit the Community Group page on our website at www.vailchristian.com.

project one sixty eight

Project 168 is a challenge for the VCC community to pray. There are one hundred and sixty eight hours in every week – Project 168 calls the members of the VCC community to pray during one of those one hundred and sixty eight hours every week.

Pray for the leadership team of the Limpopo Area Development Project in Zimbabwe. Pray that the Lord would guide them in…

• Equipping families and communities to care for orphans and vulnerable children while providing life-skills training to those affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
• Helping farmers increase their yields by providing irrigation materials and training.
• Improving existing school buildings and providing students with much needed books and supplies.
• Training child development workers in child welfare and general sponsorship issues to help them better evaluate and monitor the living conditions of sponsored children and their families.
• Helping families launch and manage small enterprises, such as weaving, welding, or basketry, to increase their incomes.
• Establishing church leadership teams to support positive community interaction and provide training in congregational development.
  
  

Cracks from swinging hammers, the knocking and scraping sounds of mixing cement in wheelbarrows by hand, and the shuffle of 18 pairs of boots moving like worker ants on the Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point) job site were familiar sounds for a group of VCC men who ventured down into Mexico to build a house for a widow and her two children this past February.

Friday morning at 4:30am, after an extremely early wake up, the Rocky Point team caravanned down to Mexico together in trucks and suv's. By early afternoon, VCC's first ever all men's Rocky Point construction team was well underway with the cement slab nearly poured and most of the wood frames nailed tightly together. That night the men headed down to Cholla Bay to have fresh fish, shrimp tacos, and cheese quesadillas.

By early afternoon on Saturday, the men from Vail Christian Church finished construction on a home for a widow and her two children. The woman and her kids were so excited and thankful! That night they slept in a real home with walls and a roof that belonged to them for the first time.

Of course, the weekend in Rocky Point was more then just about building a house. It was a place where the Vail Christian Church men became a team of servants. It was an opportunity for these men to show what being the church is all about.

Throughout the next year, Vail Christian Church is planning to continue to be the church in Rocky Point by identifying even more families that are in desperate need of safe shelter and blessing them by making their dreams come true. Building houses down in Mexico demands a lot of time, money, and physical labor, but what a joy it is to give to families in need. By satisfying a physical need, we are able to demonstrate Christ's love - and that goal is well worth our sacrifice.

Join Vail Christian Church next November when we journey to Rocky Point to serve the men, women, and children in Puerto Penasco, Mexico.



tim sheaffer
connection pastor