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Core Values

A focus group was held on Sunday, Nov. 8 to discuss the results of the "core values" survey. Over 30 folks filled out the survey forms and the focus group came up with these "Core Values" for Vista Grande to live into. They are:

  1. LOVE grounded in FAITH and HOPE
  2. ACCEPTANCE which includes RESPECT and WELCOMING
  3. CARING RELATIONSHIPS - FAMILY, CHILDREN, COMMUNITY, FRIENDSHIP

Now we need to match our worship, fellowship, Christian education, mission, property usage, financial responsibilities, and membership growth with these values. That's the goal!

Mission of the Month for July

Northern Churches Care Health and Back to School Fair.

Each year Northern Churches care (NCC) hosts a Health Fair, providing school physicals and other health exams as well as a forum for a large number of health and social services organizations to provide information and assistance to the community. Additionally, school supplies are provided to hundreds of students in needy families. This year the goal of NCC is to provide 1500 backpacks filled with supplies, but at this time (mid-June) funds have not been forthcoming to even begin to approach that goal, so every item we can provide will be important. NCC is going to fill backpacks with a standard list of supplies for four different grade levels before the health fair, then issue a backpack filled for the appropriate grade level to each student at the fair. The health fair will be held on Saturday, July 31, and we at VGCC can help by either providing supplies or, if you desire, cash to help in this project.

Lists of supplies for each of the four standard back-packs will follow this article. If you are able to purchase an appropriate sized backpack (or two or three or four) and fill them with the listed supplies, that would be great. If you can just buy a backpack without filling it, that too would be wonderful. Or, if you can just buy some of the supplies and bring them in, that too would be a significant contribution. This is a great mission and whatever you can contribute will help some needy child. We’ll be receiving these donations in July and getting together to fill whatever backpacks are contributed with whatever supplies are available. Then we’ll turn filled and unfilled backpacks and extra supplies over to NCC to complete the process. We can receive backpacks and school supplies at VGCC until Sunday, July 25. Just bring them in and leave them on the first landing up the stairs.

School Supply Lists by Gradelevels

Preschl,Kindergarten,1st Grd

  • Backpack (neutral color)
  • Scissors
  • Bottle glue
  • A 12 pack #2 yellow pencils
  • Large pink eraser
  • 3 Two-pocket folders
  • Set of watercolor paints
  • 1 wide-ruled spiral book
  • Box 24 crayons
  • Ruler

2nd thru 5th Grades

  • Backpack (neutral color)
  • Scissors
  • 2 Glue Sticks
  • A 12 pack #2 yellow pencils
  • Large pink eraser
  • 4 two-pocket folders w/brads
  • 1 wide-ruled spiral notebook
  • 1 composition book
  • 1 pkg wide-ruled looseleaf paper
  • 1 pkg colored pencils
  • Ruler
  • 4 red ballpoint pens

6th thru 8th Grades

  • Large backpack (neutral color)
  • Scissors
  • 2 Glue Sticks
  • A 12 pack #2 yellow pencils
  • Large pink eraser
  • 4 two-pocket folders w/brads
  • 2 college-ruled spiral notebooks
  • 1 college-ruled composition book
  • 1 pkg college-ruled looseleaf paper
  • 1 pkg colored pencils
  • Ruler
  • 4 red & 4 black ballpoint pens

9th thru 12th Grades

  • Large backpack (neutral color)
  • 1 pkg #2 yellow pencils
  • 4 two-pocket folders w/brads
  • 2 college-ruled spiral notebooks
  • 2 composition books
  • 2 pkgs college-ruled looseleaf paper
  • 1 pkg colored pencils
  • Ruler
  • 4 red & 4 black ballpoint pens