Welcome to
Varsity Bible Church!
4807 Valiant Dr. NW,
Calgary, AB T3A 0Y3
Phone: 403-288-1121
We are a Christ-centered community
fellowship in beautiful North West Calgary,
Alberta, Canada.
Come join us either Saturday night or Sunday
morning and let us worship the Lord
together
Weekly Bulletin
Monthly Bulletin
Quick Links:
 Pray as You Go
Servants Corner
Varsity@Nite
...have glorified
the Lord
with us!
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VBC VALUES
As part
of the visioning process that our church
has been working on in the past year, we
would like to get your opinion on one of
the three main sections of this process
in a document describing the values of VBC.
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To review it and to leave your
comments, you can visit the online link
below. This was also emailed to you last
week and we will also have hard copies
of the document available at the back of
the church.
Many
thanks! To participate in VBC Values
please visit:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LVHT6YN
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Hot off the Press!
Read VBC's Spring Edition of the
Varsity Intercom
Welcome Back!
The team from VBC to the
Dominican Republic is back!
The Season of Easter
It may come as a
surprise to you that Easter is more than that
single day of observance when we celebrate
Christ’s resurrection. Easter is actually a
seven-week season of the church year called
Eastertide, the Great Fifty Days that begins at
sundown the evening before Easter Sunday and
lasts for six more Sundays until Pentecost.
Pentecost is often celebrated as Ascension Day
and marks not only the resurrection of Jesus
from the dead, but his exaltation from
servanthood to Ruler and Lord as the fitting
climax of Resurrection Day (Eph 1:20-22).
It’s a time to
celebrate, especially after the 40 days of Lent
where we mourned, repented of, and gave up, in
whatever ways we could, our sin. As we
celebrate, we are invited to consider what we
might “take up” (as opposed to giving up during
lent) that would bring the good news and hope of
Jesus to our communities, places of work, or
world. We have the next 50 days to deliberately
pray that God would show us how we might be part
of passing on the good news in word and deed
wherever we find ourselves!
Part of the reason we set aside and observe
these days and seasons is because they provide
shape to what we consider sacred time; they help
give structure in defining what it means to be
Christian and to be a people who reverently and
faithfully respond to God. The Pentecost season
following Easter focuses on the church as the
witness to the resurrection and emphasizes that
the church, as empowered by the Holy Spirit at
Pentecost, is the best witness of God’s presence
and work in our world.
Just as an interesting aside, the colors for
Easter Sunday and Ascension Day are white and
gold. For the Easter season, white symbolizes
the hope of the resurrection, as well as the
purity and newness that comes from victory over
sin and death. The gold (or yellow) symbolizes
the light of the world brought by the risen
Christ that enlightens the world, as well as the
exaltation of Jesus as Lord and King.
NOTICE: Thank you to all those
who attended the
Plan
to Protect webinar
on Saturday January 14th.
If you did not attend the training, but
still need to, please contact the office at
288-1121 to get the webinar link so that you
may do the training online. Thanks.
Click
here for more information.
NOTICE: Pictorial directories (and free 5 x 7’s)
are still in the works—a lesson in patience. In
the meantime, we have printed our regular
directories which are now available at the back
of the church.
Weekly
Church Events:
(Please contact
the church for more information on any of the programs
below, lmuise@vbchurch.ca)
Mondays:
3:00-5:00pm - Czech & Slovak Kids Playgroup in
the VBC Gym. Contact Andrea
5:00-8:00pm
- Czech Folk Groups in the Gym.
3:00-9:00pm - Music Lessons. Contact Lynn in
the office for more information
(lmuise@vbchurch.ca)
Tuesdays:
10:00 - 11:30am - Seniors Bible Study and Prayer
Time. Meet in the East Wing
3:00-9:00pm
- Music Lessons. Contact Lynn in
the office for more information
(lmuise@vbchurch.ca)
Wednesdays:
9:30 - 11:30am - VBC Play Group. Meets 1st & 3rd
Wednesdays of each month. (in the Gym) All parents and tots are welcome. For more
information, contact Sumyu Neufeld
7:00 - 9:15pm - Youth Group - All youth (Grades
7 - 12) are welcome to join in for fun, food
and Bible Study times. For more information
- contact
Pastor Brad brad@vbchurch.ca
~ Youth Group Praying Parents - meets the 3rd
Wednesday each month to pray for the youth
and the youth leaders and their activities. For
more information, contact Terri-Mae Hepburn
Thursdays:
7:00a.m. - Men’s Prayer Group - meets here at
Varsity Bible Church. All men are welcome.
4:00 - 6:00pm Homework Club - meets at the
church. For Students from Grades 1 - 12.
3:00-9:00pm - Music Lessons. Contact Lynn in
the office for more information
(lmuise@vbchurch.ca )
7:00 - 9:00pm - College & Careers - For
all young adults age 18+. Meeting at the
Thiessens for now. Contact Laura Thiessen
for more info:
laura.thiessen@rocketmail.com
Saturdays:
8:30
- 10am - Come Pray with us - 1st
Saturday of each month
6:00pm - Varsity@Nite Worship Service. All are
welcome.
Sundays:
10am Morning Worship
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Varsity
Bible Church has gone hi-tech. You can
now make your offerings on-line through
Canada Helps. Just go to
www.CanadaHelps.org and type in
‘Varsity Bible Church’ or click logo to
the left.
Please
remember that they do charge a 3.9% fee,
so if possible, please continue to
donate by cheque if possible.
This is
mainly a convenience for those who find
on-line giving more convenient and is
great for regular scheduled giving
without the hassle.
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Church
Events
Section
- Complete listing of activities happening
around our church!
Servant's
Corner
- See schedule for those doing Prayer,
Greet, and Coffee.
Sermon
Section
- MP3 Audio files.
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