We wanted to do something special to show our local teachers and school staff that we appreciate them and are praying for them. We figured that food is a great way to say, “thanks” so we decided to provide and serve lunch for our teachers and staff at Kaneland High School (Thursday) and Kaneland...
We had a great Barn Bash today. Over 700 people from all three VBC campuses took part in the festivities that included hay rides, great food, square dancing, football, bounce houses, a petting zoo, pumpkin painting, face painting and even a dunk tank where everyone got their shot at dunking the...
When I was 14 years old, I took my extra lawn mowing money and started sponsoring a child. I’m not sure what prompted me to do that (it was over 25 years ago, after all!) but child I was linked up with was 5 years old and he lived in Uganda. Those were the difficult days...
The weather didn't seem to scare anyone away - over 600 people came out for the festivities. Josh Volkening was back with his "through the river and through the woods" hit hay ride, square dancing, live music by the Wooden Rockers, outstanding food, excellent pie, bounce houses, games for the...
If you knew you had one month to live, your life would be radically transformed. But why do we wait until we’re diagnosed with cancer or we lose a loved one to accept this knowledge and allow it to free us? Don’t we want all that life has to offer? Don’t we want to fulfill the purpose for which...
The Awana Grand Prix was a blast this year! We had a great turn out and the kids worked so hard on their cars. We really enjoyed a wonderful time of friendly competition between the kids and fellowship with the families. We hope to have more people join us...
As we are setting aside a couple of days to seek the Lord's face together through prayer specifically for the issues that are at hand, I came across this in a book of Puritan prayers this morning... I thought it was a great representation of hearts that are seeking after Him...
The devistation in Haiti is emense. As a church we're praying for opportunities to help... On Feb 20 we're planning to prepare 50,000 meals to send down to a ministry partner in Haiti. That's a great start, but we want to do more... The even bigger issue that is on our hearts as a VBC
Missions Conference 2010 was a huge hit! We had at least twice as many people attend the Friday night missions fair this year as we have had in any of the past years. The total number of attenders was over 250! It was a family friendly event and there was something for the whole family. The...