Green Valley Community Church 411

Upcoming Events

With the New Year we have a start up of all new events to help people get connected. Make sure to take some time to look over the Update or scan through the website (www.gvcconline.com) for all the details of things going on. Here is a quick list of events:

Jr High & High School Snow Camp
Date: Janaury 25-27
Time: leave 1/25 at 1:30pm, arrives 1/27 3:00pm
Location: Sky Mountain Cost: $115.00/person
Link: www.gvcconline.com/doc.aspx?showhidden=true&id=194

Men’s Breakfast
Date: January 26
Time: Doors open at 7:30am
Location: GVCC Auditorium
Cost: $10.00/person
Additional Items: Guest Speaker Sherwood from Bayside of South Sac
Link: www.gvcconline.com/doc.aspx?id=193

Valentine’s Dance for Married Couples
Date: February 15 Time 6:00-10:00pm
Location: GVCC Auditorium Cost: $30.00 pre-sale/couple, $40.00/couple at the door
Additional Items: This year dinner is included.
Link: www.gvcconline.com/doc.aspx?id=193

Focus 2006 – Leadership Conference
Date: February 24-26
Time: Sun 5:30-9:00pm, Mon 8:00am-9:00pm, Tue 8:00-11:00am
Location: GVCC Auditorium
Cost: GVCC Members $100.00/individual, $125.00/couple, Non-members $150.00/individual, $200.00/couple
Link: www.gvcconline.com/doc.aspx?showhidden=true&id=173

Women’s Retreat 2008 – Finding Piece of Mind
Date: April 4-6
Time: 4:00pm on Fri – 11:00am Sun
Location: Zephyr Point Lodge
Cost: $150.00/person Additional Items: Guest speaker Cyndi Telander
Link: www.gvcconline.com/doc.aspx?showhidden=true&id=196

To purchase ticket or register for an event refer people over to the website.

Christmas Eve

Hi all!

The Café is closed on Christmas Eve and there will be many people serving most of the day.  With this in mind, we will be having meat and cheese platters available in the kitchen for any staff or volunteer (serving most of the day) to grab a quick bite.  Again, this is primarily for people who are serving for several services as it is difficult to get away for lunch.

Also – a quick reminder that all staff are expected to serve at one service and attend one service.  Each holiday I hear mumblings (I know, hard to believe with this group, no one expresses their opinion J) of why staff is expected to attend, there was nothing to do.  Here are a few suggestions:

1) Most Important is creating a “buzz” in our lobby.  Hang out, greet people, help pass out cookies or help at the coffee bar.  We want people to enter a fun and exciting place; first impressions are created before the band even begins.  We will have LOTS of visitors!

2) Check with Tanya, if you like to hold babies, I am sure nursery can use your help here. (childcare only available in the nursery).

3) Check with Ushers, with this being a workday sometimes they can use extra help.
4) Check out our facilities, trash emptied, paper towels in bathroom…also, there will be plenty of cars with presents in them, walk around the parking lot, if people are visible, less chance of break-ins.

Anyway – holidays are a hectic time for everyone, so thank you in advance.  Pick a service that works best for you and your family and have fun.

Tara Morgan

Christmas Musical Tickets

Tickets are on sale now for this year's performance of "The Christmas Post". It's been interesting to see how the online ticket sales are going. I've seen orders come in from Laguna Hills, San Mateo and Sunnyvale. If you haven't bought your tickets I suggest you do so soon. With the way sells are going I hope to see the matinees and the Friday night shows sell out quickly. Don't forget to buy tickets for those friends/family that would not normaly come to GVCC. I always try to think of someone in the community that has helped GVCC in some way over the past year and buy them tickets. This could be a favorite bank teller, UPS delivery person, or someone from a county agency that you wish to introduce Christ to.

For anybody interested in buying tickets go to www.gvcconline.net. There is an ad button on the bottom of the screen that will take you to the page listing show dates and times. When someone orders their tickets online they have the option on how they want their tickets delivered. They can either have them mailed to them for $1.00 (trust me when I say this doesn't even cover Tara's time to process the orders plus the postage) or they can pick them up at the Box Office. Most people are just having them mailed to them. Tickets are also on sale before and after each service. Starting November 5th the Box Office will be open during normal office hours.

Don't forget that the Monday and Tuesday night shows are cancelled this year. By doing this Jouni was able to add on more weekend performances. I think this was a great idea. Not only does it open up show times that are more convenient for people in our community, but it also give our performers a well deserved break in their week.

If you know anyone who has a business that would like to sponsor this year's performance the forms are at the Information Center. Becky Laughlin is handling the sponsors; with Laura Todd designing the program. A business sponsor can receive their company information in the program, a side screen ad before each performance, their name on the poster and their company information on the website depending on sponsorship level. This is a great way for a business to reach people in our community.