Index:

Index……………………………...…....1

Scripture Reading………………………....2

Announcements……………………….......3

Monthly Birthdays………………….….....4

Newsletter References…………………….5

View from my Place ………………..…….6

Our Mission Statement …………….….7

Staff and Ministries……………………….8

Other content……………………………9

Thank you for feasting with us today!

Welcome to Valley Brook

Thank you for worshiping with us today. We are very glad you chose

to spend your Sunday morning with our Valley Brook family. For

your convenience, our ushers are standing by to meet any needs you

may have during the worship service.

Welcome Home!

Today’s Scripture:

Psalm 100

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. 2Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful

songs.3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his we are his people, the sheep of

his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise

his name.5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all gen-

erations.

Announcements:

Outreach Missionary Efforts

As the Covid-19 carries on, our committee is more determined than ever to make sure VBCC keeps up our bi-monthly distribution of supplies -- 100 blessing bags, water, face masks -- to Our Daily Bread in Baltimore. Our next distribution is Saturday, August 8. Although personal distribution of the blessing bags is still not possible, there are opportunities to contribute to the needs of folks that are really hurting! Here's how you can support our second summer outreach:

1. Pray for the success of our mission and for the growing disadvantaged population in Baltimore. 2. Financial -- any amount will help to supply the needs of these folks! Remember that the giving section of the VBCC website includes an option for contributing directly to the church's Community Outreach. 3. Notes -- Write a simple, short, encouraging note or prayer on a 3x5 or 4x6 index card (or note paper) that we can include in a blessing bag (see samples at the end of this message). If you are willing to write 2 or 3, we'd soon have enough to put one in every bag. Please mail by Tuesday, August 4 to Jeanne Perin, 8845 Warm Granite Drive, Columbia MD, 21045-5946.

College Student List :

BOYS 1. Solomon Barnes – Bridgewater College 2. James Barnes - Albany State University 3. Roger White - University of Rochester 4. Kyle Sinclair – Johnson and Wales University 5. Abeku Abercrombie - North Carolina A&T State University 6. Daniel Weatherford – Howard Community College 7. Rashaan Foster- Howard Community College 8. Isaiah Terry - Howard Community College

GIRLS 1. Marissa Allen – Temple University 2. Joselyn White – University of Maryland Global Campus 3. Jasmine Brown – Montgomery Community College 4. Takeysha Suggs – Howard Community College 5. Taneka Suggs – Howard Community College 6. Carlamarie Fernandez – Howard Community College 7. Akasha Archer – Arundel Community College 8. Sierra Ashley - Missouri Valley College 9. Simone Ashley - Western Governors University 10. Alicia Clanton - Elon University 11. Adair Holton – American University of Rome

Monthly Teaching Theme: Foundations

August Birthday Celebrities

August 3 Maxine Howard

August 6 Josselyn White

August 7 Veronica Barnes

August 8 Erin Watley

August 13 Patricia Nestor

August 14 Courtney Hutchinson

August 16 Jennifer Incavido

August 20 Lisberth Johnny

August 20 Mary Ekpenyong

August 21 Jay Stanton

August 22 Juanita Scott

August 23 William (Skip) Bryant

August 25 Matilda Southerland

August 27 Kristen White

August 28 Juddith Kinney-Gladden

August 31 Don Brodnax

Power Hour Of Prayer Conference Call

Join us every Wednesday night at 8:00 pm for our Power Hour of Prayer conference call. Call in to

receive prayer and/or to pray for others. If you are not able to join us, you may email your requests to us

and we will be sure to pray for you.

Dial in #: 1-712-775-7031/Code:159-890-679

Email Address: prazimprazimprazim@yahoo.com

Valley Brook Cam

The Valley Brook cam captures members and friends of Valley Brook living the vision and making our

church family a better place for all of us.

This week the Valley Brook Cam captured:

Frank and Deidre Abbott, sacrificing a generous portion (but not all) of their 30th wedding anniversary celebra-

tion in order to serve another couple.(Attention: If you have a candidate for the Valley Brook Cam, contact Pastor Dan

at pastor@valleybrook.curch)

Prayer Requests and Praise Reports

Please pray for our sister Tinera Fobbs who’s brother passed away earlier this

week.

Please pray for the Lord to heal Amy Park’s anxiety over unemployment and fear

of moving on.

Newsletter References:

View from My Place

The name of Jesus represents many things to people. In my youth,

"Jesus" and going to church were synonymous. People called it the

house of the Lord, so I thought that’s where He lived. To others He is

associated with words like, morality, spirituality, religion, and social

welfare, but not usually with words like vibrancy, vitality and vivacity.

Jesus is used to that. He arrived as a baby with no fanfare. He grew up in a place that was both obscure and

scoffed at. He was rejected by the religious establishment and ultimately died an ignominious death. Yes, in

between He performed astonishing miracles, but miracles have a very brief shelf life. Nothing external can

sustain a hungry soul. The purpose of Jesus’ miracles was to persuade people that He was the One who could

give them what they were truly thirsty for – the fullness of His life within them. That is why Jesus

said, “Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within

him” (John 7:38).

To the natural eye, Jesus has always been a rather ordinary looking door. But whenever someone dares to

open that door by faith, they discover He is the entranceway of a life and a world of wonder. No one can ade-

quately explain or describe that world to anyone else. No one can take pictures of it and post them online or

put them in a travel magazine. Nor can anyone open the door for someone else. No, to experience the hidden

treasure of the life Jesus offers, every person must personally reach out by faith to Him. When I did so, I dis-

covered He was and continues to be unfathomably more I could have ever imagined.

(Comments? Write me at Pastor@valleybrook.church)

We, the members of

Valley Brook Community Church,

purpose to:

Know Jesus Christ better

Understand and experience the grace of God,

and as a result, grow in Christ-like love for others;

Authentically share our lives with one another;

Serve one another, each in our own unique,

God-given way;

Be a diverse congregation;

Make our music diverse and our

worship whole-hearted;

And

Reach out to others with the attitude that we

are as needy of Christ and undeserving

of Him as anyone else.

Senior Pastor

Dan S. Baty

443-414-8522

Pastor@valleybrook.church

Church Staff

Youth Director

Robert Abercrombie

443-804-9770

Rabercrombie.es@gmail.com

Bookkeeper

Tracy Sinclair

443-538-7319

tdslovey@gmail.com

Office Administrator

Carlamarie Fernandez

443-863-3504

cfernandez.vbcc@gmail.com

Regular Office Hours

Tuesday and Thursday

8:00am—2:00pm

Church Elders

Michael Yeakey

240-593-6706

James Allen

410-740-0340

William Newell

410-799-3508

Robert Abercrombie

443-804-9770

Pastoral Deacons/Deaconesses

Member Care Gary Reynolds 301-604-2425

Outreach/Hospitality Robbyn Wherry 202-699-2591

CareNet Grace White 301-938-8437

Administrative Deacons

Facility Maintenance Robert Craig 443-745-4896

Facility Upkeep Don Brodnax 240-508-2578

Ministry Coordinators

Benevolence Michael Yeakey 240-593-6706

Children’s Education Dr. Judith Kinney-Gladden 410-591-1248

Men’s Ministry Bryan Davis 301-725-2240

Women’s Ministry Flemena Barnes 443-756-9699

Marriage Minutes Couples Frank and Deidra Abbott 410-975-9954

Employment Assistance Ministry Nat Alston 301-437-6758

Hospitality Ministry Robbyn Wherry 202-388-4905

Outreach Ministry Robbyn Wherry 202-388-4905

CareNet Ministry Grace White 301-938-8437

20-Somethings Keri Watley 443-893-3679

Positive Impact Partners Robert Abercrombie 301-421-1525

Ushers Tinera Fobbs 410-564-9982

Web Connections Ministry Chris Miils 301-536-8272

Music Ministry Veronica Barnes 301-957-5770

Worship Center

7065 Deepage Drive

Columbia, MD 21045

Fellowship Center and Administrative Offices

3333 Spencerville Road

Burtonsville, MD 20866

Church Contact Information

Phone: 301-476-9499

www.ValleyBrook.Church

“Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.”

Psalm 103:1-2 (NIV)

As a church family, we are committed to pray and trust the Lord for three specific areas in our ministry.

That God would use our challenges to draw each of us closer to Him.

That God would use our challenges to deepen our love for each other and unity with each other.

That God would use our challenges to release the gifts and resources of our church community to

the extent necessary to meet our needs.

Monthly Contributions

July 2020 $22,682.44