We are ready for VBS!

VBS (Vacation Bible School) has long been a tradition of our church as a time to generate excitement for the Lord and make new friends in the process. Years ago, when we met at Northway Baptist Church, we spent a lot of time and money to make VBS a success. When Northway asked us to vacate their property, we tried our best to make VBS work at Northwest Bible Church when we met there temporarily. It was difficult to do so because of space. Over this past year because of having to move to two different locations within a 12 month time, we lost some members and also our finances dwindled. We continued to pray and would not cease to believe that God has called us to the community we were planted in, which was North Dallas.As we begin our fourth month of meeting in our new location: "Royal Haven Baptist Church", we are excited about this years vacation Bible school. Having a few less people and a little less budget, God has provided everything that we need to reach a new community of bilingual people in our new neighborhood. To date, we have received the following items for VBS:

A freezer full of pork, chicken and beef for tacos from Chipotle restaurant.
A case of Jalapenos, tomatoes and onions from Super Plaza supermarket.
Pizzas from Pizza Hut
Sweet breads from Starbucks
Tortillas and chips from Rudys Tortillas
$ 780.00 from Royal Haven Baptist Church
$ 275.00 from Twin Media.
A 100 man tent from FBC Dallas.
A snow cone machine from Village Church Northway.

And also, many neighborhood businesses have allowed us to place posters in their store windows. Stores such as:
Big D Barbers
Donut Palace
Family Dollar
Chihuahua Party Supply
Cristina's restaurant
Access Dental
A plus uniform
Jack in the Box
CiCi's pizza
Starbucks and others.

So we have our teachers, food, materials and supplies ready for this years vbs. We are excited to put it on for you and we hope that you are making plans to attend. June 7-11th, 2010 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm every night. There is something for everyone of all ages.

Thank you Lord for your faithfulness and provision.
Thanks you North Dallas Family for believing that God has great things for us to do.

We will see you there!

Pastor Vince Gonzales
North Dallas Family Church

Starting over - Begining Again!

We have begun our new series on the gospel of John: "Starting Over - Beginning Again". Many people want to start their life over in one way or another. The new chapters of our lives encourage us to start over. Have you ever wiped out in life and wanted to start over again? The Gospel of John encourages us over again, but to start again from the beginning. Not where we are, but back to the beginning. John says that "In the beginning was the Word..." That is where we are to start, in the beginning, with the Word. The word is communication from God, it is getting back on track with God and His word. So understand that to start again, we have to go back to the beginning. There is no compromise there, it was our way of thinking that got us into trouble in the first place. We need to change the way we think about the former things and not carry them into the future that we are wanting to achieve. As we study this book, we find that Christ is inviting us to think differently about how we thought before. He challenges the Bridegroom to re-think what a real party is going to be. He challenges Nicodemus to re-think what it is to be "born again". He challenges the woman at the well to re-think her relationship with God and men. Quite an interesting perspective. So make plans to be with us this summer as we start all over again.