Welcome to the Spring Semester and to the Midweek Connection Service! Tonight is the start of a new semester of small groups/gatherings. I hope you had a good Spring Break and got a chance to enjoy the beautiful weather we had last week. Isn't it awesome to live in Colorado Springs?
Welcome to April and to spring in the Rockies. Spring means lots of snow, usually. As we swing into April, I want to draw your attention to some dates, this Friday night is the Adult Prom hosted by the X-Factor. This is an opportunity for you to have fun and to involve yourself in helping the teenagers of the church go to camp and help with their mission trip expenses this summer, see the website for more details.
This Saturday morning is Leadership U. If you are a leader in our church, we want to invite you to be a part of this event. If you haven't responded to the invitation, email rachel_chavez@vanguardchurch.org. She can get you on the list. It is going to be great morning for our church!
We want to welcome two new administrators to the Vanguard team. Chiceaux Lynch has been serving in the part-time role of administrator for Worship and Student Ministries. We want to welcome Chiceaux and his family to the full-time staff team. Chiceaux will be assisting the Worship, Digs, High School, and Middle School ministries. We also want to welcome Bethanie Neely to the Vanguard team. Bethanie will be administratively assisting Steve Goad and Scott Cline on our staff. She will be helping with the IT, Care, Greeting, Finances, Men's, and Small Group Ministry. Bethanie welcome to the team. It is the first time in the history of Vanguard that we have had three full-time administrators. It is time to get organized.
I also want to alert you and draw your attention to the National Day of Prayer. I (Kelly) am serving as the National Day of Prayer Coordinator for Colorado Springs. A number of the Merge Pastors have been meeting and planning out the NDP event which will be on Thursday, May 1st at Rocky Mountain Calvary Chapel just across the street from us. It will be from 7:00-9:00 p.m. The themes for the evening will be adoration, repentance, unity, and salvation of the lost. I want to encourage you to join me and our Vanguard prayer team for this evening of prayer.