During the month of February we are going to spend some time looking at the wonderful attributes of God’s “unfailing love” towards us and how that should be applied to our marriages. As we learn more about the way that God loves us then we are better able to love our spouses. Throughout the month …
Have you ever realized the day before Christmas that you forgot to get a gift for someone on your Christmas list. This usually leads to regifting something from your closet, a gift card to the Quik Trip, or a quick trip to whatever store you can find open. It is bad feeling when you noticed …
Last night we had a wonderful Mission Accomplished Service for the Canfields and the Pearsons. Robert & Kelli spent six months in Peru studying and working as part of their training in the Our Generation Training Center. Andrew and Holly have been burdened with a desire to assist missionaries in the the area of media. …
Is there anything greater than seeing God’s people come together in serving to fulfill the God’s mission?! We are having a blast getting ready to move into our new building. Micah Rastelli started the work almost 48 hours ago. It is amazing how much has been accomplished in such a sort amount of time. However, …
On December the 4th from 5 – 9 pm we will be taking the Students of Vision rock climbing at Adrenaline Climbing in Suwanee, GA. You can learn more about the company that provides this indoor rock climbing opportunity at http://www.adrenalineclimbing.com/. We hope your will mark your calendar and plan to have your teenagers and …
anomaly |əˈnämÉ™lÄ“| noun ( pl. -lies) Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected. Every Sunday night we have a wonderful time studying the Word of God. This Sunday night we will being doins something different, something out of the normal, and may be something that many people would not expect. You might …
Join us Tuesday Night at 7:00 pm for our Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner We will be giving thanks for all the blesseings we have been so graciously given from our awesome God! There will be a sign up sheet at the Welcome Center if you would like be part of the volunteer team that will …
We hope you are making plans to join us this Saturday for the 1st Annual Turkey Bowl! Contrary to popular belief we are not bowling turkeys or seeing how many bowls of turkey we can eat. We will be having a flag football game. The “Old Timers” verses “The Whipper Snappers”. We are suggesting a …
ADULT BIBLE FELLOWSHIP / DECEMBER SERIES Sundays at 9:30 AM As a church, we are gearing up for our move this December! More important than making sure we have the chairs ready to move, we must make sure we (the people) are ready to make room for God in 2010! We have an exciting and …
We are very proud of our teenagers for their initiative in raising money to help with the move! Our youth ministry has nearly tripled since we moved into our current building. As a result we had to knock out some walls for them. They raised $366.00 at last weeks Rummage Sale! They are using this …
Thank you all for you prayers. Bro. Tony & Mrs. Stacey have been overwhelmed by our churches response. You are a wonderful church family. We are here at the Palmetto Richland Hospital here in Columbia, SC. They are looking at moving here to Charlotte or Atlanta. Here is the latest update from Mark Coffey. Mark …
This morning Ethan Howeth was accidentally shot in the leg while deer hunting. We will keep you posted as we receive information. All we know at this time is that he is at the hospital with his family.
Set Your Clocks Daylight savings time ends Sunday morning at 2 am. So make sure before you go to bed on Saturday you set your clocks back one hour. It is so great to gain an hour. We will make sure we have something for you to do at the church for all of you …
This goofy video was made to help you see how close the new building is to our current building! We are so thankful to have found a building near Hwy 400 and on exit 12. When Monday, December 14th looks like the date for the move. This will be an exciting time for Vision Baptist …
On many occassions people have asked me how they could help the youth ministry. Well, here is one way that you can! This weekend we will have a Rummage Sale at the home of Chuck and Leisa Littlefield. If you have any items you would be willing to donate please let us know. The yard …
Judson ElÃas Masters Born October 9, 2009 @ 9:28 A.M. 7 lbs. 8 oz. 19 inches If you would like to send Tyler and Gretchen an email letting them know you are praying and congratulate email tyler@masterscall.net Learn more about this wonderful family www.masterscall.net
Judson ElÃas Masters was born just a few minutes ago! All we know at this point from Tyler is that Judson, “appears to be healthy and is a good eater”. Tyler, Gretchen, and Judson are at Emory at Johns Creek Hospital. We will provide a picture and more additional information as soon as we are …
Please be in prayer for our pastor’s father, Bro. Charles Gardner. He is currently in surgery in Tennessee. Last night Bro. Charles had two strokes. We will keep you updated as soon as we know more. Please, pray… 1. for the doctors as they perform the surgery. 2. for the family during this difficult time. …
We enjoyed three powerful, full of truth sermons on Sunday night. Scott Newton preached a message entitled “Christ Centered Missions”. This is a very timely message as we will be going into our missions conference in 7 weeks. Christ Centered Missions
Wayne Cooke preached a wonderful message from the text containing the story of the Prodigal Son. He brought one of the three wonderful sermons we heard last night at Vision. I would like to encourage to watch, listen, and apply the three sermons from last night. Here is a link to watch the service if …
We know that the start of the school year can be a trying time for our students. We have a large percentage of our youth group going into their freshman year of high school. Starting at 1 pm on Friday, August the 7th we will be having a 24 hour training course for our students. …
Last night we had a wonderful service at Vision Baptist Church. Wayne Cooke, Philip Bassham, and Scott Newton delivered powerful, truth filled messages from the Word of God. We wanted to make their outlines available to you. The first outline is from Philip Bassham. It was the best 15 minutes of teaching on music I …
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After several weeks of intense competition, Philip Bassham won our Vision T-Shirt Design Contest. You can see a picture it on the Welcome Center in the main foyer. We will be taking orders once again this Sunday after the morning service. The cost of the shirt will be $10. We will only order the shirts …
On several Saturday’s throughout the summer Lang & Fe set up the volleyball net in the field in their subdivision. It is a great time of fun and fellowship while enjoying the outdoors. There is a really nice play area for the kids and plenty of room for them to run around. Also, you can …
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8xuGJY2Z_Y[/youtube] Last night we had an incredible service! We had our Commissioning & Ordination Service for David Gardner. We will post pictures soon. Our missionaries wanted to let David know how much they believe in him. Many sent in letters, others sent in video clips. If you did not get your letter into David and …
Words to David Gardner from some of our missionaries.. Read More »
May 2009 Dear Pastor and Church family, It is a true pleasure to be able to share with you once again all that has happened this past month. We again want to thank you for your prayers and friendships. We know that this is a difficult time with the economy and we want to say …
 All this week we will be receiving votes for the 2009 Vision T Shirt!! We have had many people submit designs for this contest. If you have not seen all the designs you can see them on display on the back hall way of the church or click here. VOTE NOW Please be in …
P.C. Garage Sale From Project China blog Just want to say a quick “thank you†to those who helped out with the garage sale. We are going to be moving out of our house soon and therefore downsizing and selling a lot of stuff, so our church got behind us and a few people added …
You should know, recognize, and love the couple in the silhouette above. They have given so much of their time to serve in and through our church. For future security reasons we do not link their name to their picture online. They are exactly the type of couple a church should be getting behind and …
The deadline to submit a design for the Vision T Shirt Contest has been extended. We are looking for at least 2 more submissions by April the 19th. All the information needed can be found on our website. Click Here Here are 3 of the designs that have been submitted so far!
Our 2009 Spring Sermon Series is called the “Hall of Faith”. During the months of April and May we be studying the characters mentioned in Hebrews 11. Each week we will have an accompanying character profile from history. Below is the article that was placed in our bulletins as an insert this week. We want …
We had a wonderful night last night in our Youth Service. I am very proud of the teenagers for their understanding of how awesome it is to serve God! They took their responsibilities very seriously and did a great job. I just saw on Jennifer Armstrong’s Facebook account a project that Hollis, Rhyne and Jennifer’s …
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We are so excited that you decided to join us on a 21 day journey to strengthen your marriage. As you know we started last Sunday, Feb. 1st, and the campaign will culminate on the night of Feb. 22nd with a wedding renewal service at Vision Baptist Church. We would love to hear how it …
Q & A Sunday Night This Sunday night at 6:00 pm This Sunday night we will be having what has been one of our favorite services of the month. We will be having our Q & A Session to be followed with our monthly church wide social. This months social is “chocolate covered”. We will …
Baptist History Seminar Wednesday – Friday January 28th-30th We are so excited to have Dr. Bob Dalton with us to teach our Baptist History Seminar. Our church is an independent local congregation committed to historic Christianity; and, in particular, historic Baptist principles. During these three nights we will be taking an in-depth look into what …
I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish a very special person a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! This person has been a wonderful leader, example and friend for many years. We went to college together and it was there that I first saw his enthusiasm and love for the Lord. Because of him, I saw a …
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuVFR-DyVaM[/youtube] Sign up today and let the youth of our church and the community know that you are behind them in this battle! Register for the battle! Join us August 10th for Battle Cry Sunday Definition of a Battle Cry… A battle cry is a yell or chant taken up in battle, usually by members …
Sunday afternoon we will be taking approximately 20 students and kids to camp. I can not wait. God has radically formed my life from the preaching I heard at summer camp. There is just something about living all the craziness of life and going out to a place that is quite. The extended exposure to …
Good Morning “People of Vision”, As our Pastor is preparing to leave for Chile I wanted to give you a few prayer requests that pertain to what our church is doing in the mission of God. Mark Coffey is leading a team of people to Bolivia and Peru this week. Tony Howeth will be returning …
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2nXhIIrS28[/youtube] Many of you have requested that we put the video we showed on Sunday Morning online. Here is the 2008 “Nights of Knights” VBS Video. You will see that we have added something to the opening of it. We have an opening from our Pastor to the parents. We have also made this available …
Camp BreakOUT 2008 July 27th – 30th at Hard Labor State Park Registration Deadline this Sunday, July 20th As Chad Gordan, youth pastor at Victory Baptist Church in Loganville, GA and I have been saying, “there may have never been and there may never again be a camp like this one!” We are excited about …
I just wanted to write a quick reminder to all the teen and parents about our upcoming summer camp. We are really excited to be partnering with Victory Baptist Church to host Camp BreakOUT this July 27th – 30th. You can register tomorrow at church or on the camps official website. If you register in …
I feel a little bit like Thatcher and am unable to express my words. We are so thankful to have such a great church family. Neither Stephanie or I am are from Atlanta, but because of our great church family and friends we had over 50 visitors to come see little Thatcher. In the words …
As you know, our pastor left this morning for Burkina Faso. He is accompanied by his friend and body guard John Pearson. They will be there to teach and to encourage our missionary Keith Shumaker. Moments after the pastor pulls out of the business park the games began. We started with red – red rover …
