What About Bob

VCC Staff Retreat

VCC staff were treated to an awesome dinner at Bob's Steak and Chop House in Dallas. 

We celebrated John S' birthday.  John turns 27 and gave us this memorable quote:   "Life is Short... Live Hard."  John is our Small Groups Pastor at Valley Creek.

Making of the Cake

Thank You Cake People!
So many people were a part of the making of our promotional cakes.  Here are a few photos.
We will party soon.  Be looking for our After The Cake Celebration invitation.  For more pics, check out the photo album.

 

Will it Float ... Will it Float?

We're heading for a Wedding.....!    That Will Rodger's Folly's tune was on my mind this weekend.  Yes, it's all about the Wedding Cake branding for our new series "Love Beyond the Wedding."  We've been building a giant 8 foot cake designed to float in Valley Creek's Pond as part of the promotion.  We also build a smaller (but still pretty big) 7' Cake to be on display in a local Town Center.  It's all about the Branding.

I could hear the theme song of David Letterman's recurring game "Will it Float" in my head as we watched the giant Wedding Cake take sail into Flower Mounds largest body of water.

It Floats!

That Takes The Cake

I would never in a thousand years believe that I would be doing ___________.   Have these words ever been yours?  I've certainly been thinking this lately.  Easter is coming and this year our focus is on launching our new sermon series.  Our pastor will be preaching out of 1 Corinthians 13... the LOVE chapter.  We're hoping that our once-a-year Easter attender will be compelled to return for the whole series which is entitled; "Love Beyond the Wedding."

We are big on branding our series at VCC.  I love the aspect of creating a look and communicating it to the community in hopes that they will visit and hear God's word.  For this series, we are using images of marriage and the wedding.  Here is a sample of our Direct Mailer which is being send to thousands of homes in this area.

The common image for this series is actually the Wedding Cake.  We're thinking there are many creative options we have with a Wedding Cake.  We're even thinking of having a real Wedding Cake in the Atrium to serve to folks on the last weekend of the series. 

In front of our church, we have a pond.  So one of the ideas we had is create a large wedding cake and float it in the pond.  We didn't think the city would allow us to do that, but as it happens, they don't have any law or rule against it.  So with green lights, we're working to make this happen.  Check this pic out...

I never thought I would be overseeing the construction of a gigantic wooden wedding cake that will be floating in our pond outside the church!

This is our Wedding Cake being built by Tom.  HUGE!  I think Tom's wife, Dawn, is ready to get that thing out of the driveway! 

Thanks Tom for all your work and to Dawn for enduring the Easter Wedding Cake.  Now we have to decorate the thing.  Icing anyone?

Trim the Tree with Ducks

We had an awesome Creative Arts Christmas Party at Frank and Cara's place last night.
Close to 100 folks for food, fun, and our first annual Christmas Ornament exchange.  We played a few games and had a little competition with balloons. 

The highlight of the night came when the Ornament Exchange began.  I believe this will be a yearly part of our celebration because of the duck factor. 

So the ornament exchange begins and we start to see a few rubber mallard ducks revealed as ornaments. After the 3rd or 4th, I suspected something may be going on here.  After the 10th rubber duck, I'm wondering who sent the memo.  Evidently, someone went wild at the Bass Pro Shop because there were over 15 Rubber Ducks posing as ornaments.  Well, instead of being a prank, the ducks became the prize.  As every duck was opened, a squeaky chorus of ducks would cheer on the new member of the family.  Ducks were snatched and in high demand. 

At the end of the evening, most of the duck family posed for a picture.  I wonder how many of these ducks will show up next year? 

BGV Workshop

A good portion of Valley Creek's  BGV's (Background Vocalists) attended a Vocal Workshop held by Scott and Vonda Dyer here in the DFW Metroplex.  Here we take a break for lunch at Lenny's in Plano.  Brandi, Eli and I would frequent Lenny's in Memphis.  Great place for a hot sandwich  (get the Philly Chicken Cheesesteak).

Zeal for Zion

Brandi and I attended the annual Messianic Jewish Bible Institute banquet at the Anatole in Dallas.  What an awesome event.  Did you know that in the last 40 years more Jewish people have come to a saving knowledge of Yeshua (Jesus) that in the last 2000 years?  Th MJBI's mission is to bring Jewish people into a personal relationship of faith with Yeshua the Messiah.  This organization primarily serves to equip leaders who will establish Messianic Jewish congregations and ministries in Jewish communities worldwide.

Imagine Celebration Begins

Some members of the Creative Art Ministry of VCC are celebrating at Patrizio's in Highland  Village.  We celebrate a busy but awesome week of work for Imagine. For the last 4 months, we have all been working hard towards the Imagine Campaign.  This is the first of many celebrations!
We pretty much shut the place down.  Eli has passed out between Brandi and I.

CFNI Connect Church Day

  Friday Valley Creek was represented well at Christ for the Nations Connect Church day.  Many of the new students looking for a church to plug into found our awesome display and friendly staff available for chat and info.  The CAM department really came through with a cool display using a poster designed by John S. and truss system designed and organized by Chris K.  Cam Video Designer Bre H. and intern Caleb S developed the looping video highlighting VCC stuff and CAMer Cedric I. helped as well.  Thanks to VCC pastors Becca R., Wayne G., Josh W. and Scotty S. for their help.

Rapture Joke Provokes Heart Attack

AUSTIN — Herbert Washington, whom co-workers at Significant Plastics Inc. say was unduly concerned with the rapture and the second coming of Christ, suffered a serious heart attack when co-workers pretended they'd been caught away without him.
    Last Tuesday, they lay work outfits on their chairs and hid in a supply room, and when Herbert came back from the restroom, he thought the rapture had occurred. The janitor, an outspoken Muslim, pretended to have witnessed everyone disappear and ran around the office feigning panic. Herbert fell to the ground clutching his heart and screaming, "I knew you'd forget me, Jesus! What did I do wrong?" He was taken to a local hospital. The employees emerged, sobered, from the supply room and gathered up their extra clothes.
    "We didn't mean to scare him to death," said one woman. "He's just always talking about it, so today we decided to turn the tables on him."
    Washington underwent bypass surgery and is recovering well and "digging into the Bible like never before," says his wife. •

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