Vincent Stirrings

Belong. Believe. Become. 

Come as You are 

We exist as a congregation to: 'Go and make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

Sunday Morning Educational Ministries.
There is room at the table. Come as you are!
9:00 a.m Beginning September 8th!
Sunday School - Children
Youth Group
Sunday School - Adults
 
Wednesday Morning Small Group
Currently taking a break.
Wednesday Evening Small Group 
Wednesday evening Bible Study will be meeting at 6pm. We continue to watch The Chosen while eating a light supper followed by discussion using The Chosen Bible Study Guide. Please call the church office 838-4425 if you plan to attend so books can be ordered. There will be a signup sheet to assist with weekly supper. We look forward to seeing you!
Prayer Chain
If you have a Prayer Request, please know you can contact Judith at:  prayers.vumc@yahoo.com or 701-484-1237.  You may also contact the office and we'll get the information forwarded to Judith.
Possible New Teams Developing
Worship Design Team
Greeter/Usher/Radical Hospitality Team
Is God nudging you to be part of a team that helps to design worship and/or welcome with a radical hospitality?
As we continue to grow in our love of God and neighbor, we continue to seek opportunities to care for people who are here, while reaching beyond the walls and strengthening relationships with those who might not yet experience the life-freeing power of a relationship with Jesus.
I'd like to invite you to pray about the possibility of developing these teams as we continue to grow and move forward.    
Expanding Music Options
Leadership has approved an intentional process to build on Vincent's music ministries.
This has a few implications:
1) We are seeking 10-15 people willing to be part of a special music pool for worship. Each week, in addition to the choir, 3-5 people from this special music pool will also bring some music to worship.  If you sing, play an instrument, or are interested in finding out more / being part of this pool of musicians, please visit with Kyla or myself.
2) We are over half way to our goal of raising $10,000 to get this ministry started.  If you would like to give toward this ministry, please clearly mark your online donation, check, or envelope with 'Music Startup' or 'Expanding Music'.
Prayer Names
As people of faith we pray.
Every week, we have dozens of names and circumstances identified for prayer.
As we continually monitor this, we continue to evaluate how we best communicate prayer concerns and wishes in a respectful, faithful manner.  
Weather Updates/Schedule Disruptions
I'm hoping Spring is here!  :-)
When we do have challenging weather, as long as we can safely have an audio/visual person, musician, and myself, we will hold worship.
My suggestion is to error on the side of safety if there are questions.
During weather disruptions, we give thanks for the opportunity to be able to stream worship on Facebook, through our website, and on Youtube.  
If there are questions or disruptions, the quickest way for us to communicate schedule disruptions or changes is through our Vincent Facebook page.  (My cell number is 701-500-6773).
More and more we're finding that the news stations prefer to share the information via their website.
If there is an ACTIVE blizzard warning, the church office will be closed unless otherwise noted.
Dinner & a Jesus Story 
 December 30th @ 6:00 pm  
Kid's activities available
At Dinner Church, people gather around tables for food, fellowship, and faith. Everyone is welcome!
Warming House
Meals are being prepared at the church on Tuesday afternoons beginning at 3:15. Anyone is welcome to join in cooking!
Congregational Care Ministry
Lisa Luft, R.N. is heading up this ministry.  Her new email is:  um.nwregioncares@gmail.com
We can also help you connect with Lisa through the Vincent office (701-838-4425).
If you have questions about any of this, please feel free to reach out.  

In the Hospital
We are intentional about checking the hospital roster every weekday. Even so, please do not hesitate to let us know if you or someone you care about is in the hospital, or has a hospital event scheduled.  We don't always find out about a hospitalization, and sometimes we only find out after the fact.  The church's number is 701-838-4425.  Please know we appreciate knowing you are in the hospital.
The church phone is answered from 8 am to noon and 1 - 5 pm Monday through Friday.  If a message is left at the church, we seek to return the call in a timely manner.  If a message is left outside of office hours the call will likely not be returned until the following day or Monday.

Pastor's cell phone/Congregational Care Phone:  701-500-6773
We try to have this covered all the time.  If you call or text, a message will be returned in a timely manner.
Vincent UMC Goals
Is there a goal area that might interest you? Reach out and let's visit.
Our Goal areas are:
Goal 1: Update/Clarify a church directory (including our membership list)
Goal 2: Develop a Year-Round plan for Stewardship
Goal 3: Further Develop a Worship Team
Goal 4: Children and Youth Ministry
Goal 5: Begin a 3 Year Small Group Development Process
Goal 6: Caring / Visitation Ministries (this could also possibly include a digital discipleship component)
Goal 7:  Survey community partners
Please pray for guidance, unleashing, and progress in these goals in ways that help to further the Kingdom.  

Vincent Cares 

We exist as a congregation to:
 'Make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.'  
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Where God is nudging you

We now have 7 identified goal areas identified if God might be nudging you to take a step forward in ministry.  This is something we can only make progress on if we work on these goals together.