SERVING GOD THROUGH THE VCC - THE VCC BOARD 2019-2020

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SERVING GOD THROUGH THE VCC - THE VCC BOARD 2019-2020
SERVING GOD THROUGH THE VCC

     THE VCC BOARD 2019-2020
SERVING GOD THROUGH THE VCC - THE VCC BOARD 2019-2020
VCC SPIRITUAL LEADERS

           PASTOR TOM                                            PASTOR NEIL
         SPIRITUAL LEADER                                      SPIRITUAL LEADER
    PASTOR TOM STATES THAT AS A PASTOR, “[HIS]            GOD’S MOST CREATIVE TIMES ARE NOT IN THE
JOURNEY OF FAITH LEADS HIM TO THE TEACHING, LOVE
                                                         GREEN FIELDS BESIDE STILL WATERS, BUT IN THE
 AND EXPERIENCE OF JESUS CHRIST. HE BELIEVES THAT
CHALLENGES TO “[T]HE MISSION OF A CHURCH ... [ARE] TO   TURBULENT TIMES OF CHANGE AND NEAR-CHAOS.
  SEE THE CHURCH AS A VEHICLE THROUGH WHICH ALL          THAT’S WHEN THE NEW THINGS HAPPEN. I LOVE
  PEOPLE COME TO KNOW THE REDEMPTIVE POWER OF
                                                           GATHERING PEOPLE WHO NOBODY BUT GOD
 GOD; TO SEE THE CHURCH AS A COMMUNITY OF FAITH,
 WHICH NURTURES, HEALS AND EMPOWERS ALL PEOPLE;         WOULD EVER DREAM OF PUTTING TOGETHER. I LOVE
AND FOR THE CHURCH TO BE A PLACE OF FAITH, FREEDOM        THE LANGUAGE OF THE WORD THAT BRINGS US
  AND FOCUS. “ PASTOR TOM HAS LED THE VCC FOR 4
                                                        TOGETHER. PASTOR NEIL WILL BE SERVING AS VCC’S
MONTHS, STARTING FROM MARCH, AND THEN FROM JUNE
              THROUGH 15 SEPTEMBER.                      SPIRITUAL LEADER STARTING FROM 22 SEPTEMBER.
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BEING ONE IN THE SPIRIT

            NICHOLE BARNER                                      DAVID CORCORAN
               PUBLICITY                                             MUSIC
      IT IS MY HONOUR TO SERVE THIS TERM ON THE VCC       MUSIC MAKES MY HEART SING AND IS A
         BOARD AS THE PUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIR. AFTER
    BECOMING MEMBERS OF THE VCC LAST YEAR, MY FAMILY
                                                         WAY TO EXPRESS YOUR SOUL! MY FAITH HAS
     AND I QUICKLY INTEGRATED INTO OUR NEW "CHURCH       BEEN REIGNITED BY THE VCC (THANK YOU!). I BELIEVE
      FAMILY" DUE TO THE WARM WELCOMING THAT WE          MY VOICE IS MY GOD-GIVEN TALENT AND I AM HERE
   RECEIVED. IT IS MY VISION TO SPREAD AND EXPAND THIS   TO SERVE AND SPREAD A MESSAGE WITH MY VOICE.
          WARMTH INTO VIENNA. I WANT TO USE THE          I VALUE THE COMMUNITY WE SHARE, THE MUSIC WE
     PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT I HAVE GAINED OVER       SING AND THE JOY OUR SERVICES BRING TO OUR
   MANY YEARS WORKING IN MARKETING AND PR, TO SERVE           LIVES. I INTEND TO REMAIN APART OF THIS
    GOD AND THE VCC COMMUNITY. I BELIEVE THAT THE VCC         COMMUNITY AS LONG AS I AM IN VIENNA!
     HAS A BEAUTIFUL VOICE, AND I WANT IT TO BE HEARD.
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USING OUR GIFTS & TALENTS

   EDSON DORNELES                                   MARYANNE MACRIS                                              CASSANDRA MCCONNELL
 CHRISTIAN EDUCATION                               CHARITY & MISSIONS                                                  WORSHIP
     I'M HERE TO SERVE THE LORD AND MY       RELIGION THAT GOD OUR FATHER ACCEPTS AS PURE AND FAULTLESS          WHEN MY PATH LED TO VIENNA COMMUNITY IN 2016, I
                                             IS THIS: “TO LOOK AFTER ORPHANS AND WIDOWS IN THEIR DISTRESS AND
 COMMUNITY. AS A PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR, I                                                                        KNEW THAT I HAD FOUND A SPIRITUAL HOME FOR ME
                                               TO KEEP ONESELF FROM BEING POLLUTED BY THE WORLD”. JAMES 1:27
  WANT TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR        (NIV) FOR ME, SERVICE TO OTHERS IS ABOUT BEING THE HANDS AND      AND MY CHILDREN. THEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, I WAS
  CONGREGATION TO BE CHALLENGED IN THEIR          FEET OF JESUS. IT IS NOT ABOUT MEETING AN OBLIGATION OR           CALLED UPON TO SHARE MY VOICE AND MUSICAL
                                                CHECKING OFF A BOX. TO PLEASE OUR LORD AND TO KNOW HIM               LEADERSHIP WITH THE CHURCH BODY AS CHOIR
   KNOWLEDGE AND GROWTH. I BELIEVE THAT          MORE IS SUCH A BLESSING. THERE IS NO PEACE LIKE BEING IN THE
                                                                                                                 DIRECTOR. I FEEL BLESSED AND PRIVILEGED TO HAVE THE
THROUGH EDUCATION WE CAN GROW STRONG,         CENTER OF GOD'S WILL. I WOULD LOVE TO TALK WITH OTHERS IN VCC
                                              ABOUT SOME FACE TO FACE OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE, WHETHER IT IS       OPPORTUNITY TO INSPIRE OTHERS AND SHARE ONE OF
SERVE BETTER AND LOVE MORE! I ALSO WANT TO    SERVING IN A SOUP KITCHEN, A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OR MINISTERING           GOD’S GREATEST GIFTS, MUSIC, WITH THE
 SUPPORT THE CURRENT TEAM AND EXPAND OUR     TO FAMILIES STAYING IN VIENNA WITH SERIOUSLY ILL CHILDREN. IN THE    CONGREGATION ON A WEEKLY BASIS. I AM GLAD TO
     DEPARTMENT WITH MORE RESOURCES.         PAST I HAVE SERVED IN CHURCH OUTREACH, ON THE BOARD OF YOUNG
                                                                                                                 SERVE AS OUR WORSHIP CHAIR AND WILL CONTINUALLY
                                                 LIFE AND OUR FAMILY HAS SPONSORED A KENYAN CHILD NAMED
                                              GUMATO FOR 8 YEARS. AND AS WE UNITE TO ALLOW OUR HEARTS TO         SEEK OUT WAYS WHICH WE CAN GROW TOGETHER IN
                                               BE MOVED BY WHAT MOVES OUR LORD JESUS I AM ENCOURAGED BY                                 CHRIST.
                                                                        THE LOVE IN VCC.
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LETTING GOD GUIDE US

       MICKELA MOORE                                 KITTY MCKINSEY                                       ANNE STOREY
         MODERATOR                                  VICE-MODERATOR                                         FELLOWSHIP
  SERVING OUR CHURCH AND LEADING A GREAT
TEAM TO SUPPORT INITIATIVES THAT ALLOW US TO       VCC HAS BEEN MY SPIRITUAL HOME SINCE THE         TOGETHER WITH MAURINE MELLINGER-DEROY,
  GROW IN THE SPIRIT AND THRIVE AS A CHURCH       EARLY 1980’S, WHEN I LIVED IN VIENNA FOR THE       MIRIAM MUHORO AND RICK SUE, OUR TEAM
 MOTIVATES ME! WITH GOD’S GUIDANCE, I PRAY        FIRST TIME. AFTER CIRCLING THE GLOBE TO SERVE    SUPPORTS THE FELLOWSHIP DIMENSION OF OUR
 THAT, LED BY PASTOR TOM, WHO HAS SERVED AS
                                                REFUGEES, I HAVE CHOSEN VIENNA AND THE VCC AS        VCC. WE RECOGNIZE THAT FELLOWSHIP IS
OUR SPIRITUAL LEADER FOR 4 MONTHS, AND PASTOR
  NEIL WHO WILL SERVE AS OUR SPIRITUAL LEADER     MY PERMANENT HOMES. AS VICE-MODERATOR, I         CENTRAL TO OUR CHRIST-BASED APPROACH TO
    STARTING LATE SEPTEMBER, WE AS A BOARD       HOPE TO SERVE THIS CONGREGATION BY LEADING       GATHERING TOGETHER AND STRENGTHENING OUR
SUPPORT THE SPIRITUAL GROWTH OF THE VCC AND     THE SEARCH FOR A PASTOR WHO WILL LEAD US FOR                      COMMUNITY.
  LEAVE A POSITIVE LEGACY ON THE INSTITUTIONS                       SOME YEARS.
           THAT GOVERN OUR CHURCH.
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WALKING IN HIS FOOTSTEPS

      RANTHY TOBING                              ALICE WANNER                                  SITA WEINRICH
        TREASURER                                    CLERK                                      MEMBERSHIP
 I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE     I CONTINUE TO SEEK NEW WAYS TO SERVE OUR        I LIKE SERVING ON THE BOARD, BECAUSE I
     GOD AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE             CHURCH AND AM LOOKING FORWARD TO            WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE LIFE OF OUR
  COMMUNITY. WITH THE TALENT GOD        SUPPORTING THE BOARD AS CLERK THIS YEAR.         CHURCH. VCC MEANS A LOT TO ME. I AM
GAVE ME, I AM HONORED TO SERVE IN THE        I JOINED VCC IN 2011 AND PREVIOUSLY       AUSTRIAN. AFTER 13 YEARS OF LIVING IN THE
   BOARD AS TREASURER. MY HUSBAND,         ORGANIZED THE COLLEGE & CAREER GROUP           USA, I RETURNED TO VIENNA. I BECAME A
                                         (2013-2016). AS CLERK I HOPE TO ASSIST BOTH
 LAHIRU, WILL ALSO SUPPORT ME IN THIS                                                     MEMBER OF THE VCC IN 1996. SINCE MY
                                              THE BOARD AND THE CONGREGATION
POSITION AND WE ARE HAPPY TO BE PART      THROUGH MAINTAINING ORGANIZATION AND
                                                                                            RETIREMENT, I VOLUNTEER IN HIV/AIDS
    OF THE TEAM. WE’RE BLESSED TO BE    TRANSPARENCY WHICH I BELIEVE TO IMPORTANT         PREVENTION AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
SURROUNDED BY THE WARM VCC FAMILY.          PILLARS OF TRUST AND COMMUNICATION.                    ESPECIALLY FOR YOUTH.
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