Vine and Branches Ministries - Outreach Progams

Bearing Fruit through Children’s Outreach Programs

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:49:46 -0500

Children across our city and especially in the more rural areas often face the challenge of staying in school, coming home to an empty house or having younger siblings to care for while their parent's work. These children receive the unconditional love of Jesus Christ when we visit their neighborhoods & invite them to come to the home of a person who is active in serving the Lord. Taking an interest in their homework, time to play with them, teaching a Bible lesson or fixing them a simple nutritious snack are all ways in which Christ’s love is exalted through our Outreach Programs. We’ve had the privilege of seeing lives changed as children & their parents are coming to know Christ as their Lord & Savior through VBM Outreach Programs.

Life on the Vine: August Update

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:02:30 -0400

Friends and Partners in Ministry, we have made it home to Piedras and have hit the ground running!

Leaving town in May while school was still in session and making it back in August just a week before classes start again makes it seem as though we had no "summer"! Aleana spent the first few days playing for hours with every friend & toy she had almost forgotten about! How excited we were to be back alongside the Lord's work here and encouraged to see the growth God has been bringing these past 3 months to VBM's outreach programs! We still are averaging 15-20 youth in our thursday home group that meets and our youth have now opened another new group that meets in a fairly large privitized neighborhood in town on tuesdays which had 12 attend this week! VBM's Outreach in Cenizos neighborhood with Roman and Karla continues to minister to and meet the needs of 35 consistent children. We were able to do a special saturday outreach there with some friends from near Houston and received 75 children who were blessed with bags of school supplies. Another VBM special saturday outreach in the "2000" neighborhood received 110 children at Sylvia's home. Thank you to Friendswood Community Church and Faith Community Church over near Houston who blessed each child with bags full of school supplies while we shared with them a meal and the good news of Christ. Thanks also to our missionary friends The Mercers in Quemado Texas at the Cornerstone Children's Ranch. They received LOTS of good used donated school supplies and called us to come out and fill up last week! PRAISE GOD for His timely provisions!

Lunch time!

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:29:56 -0400

Lunch time!

A VBM Outreach to colonia children

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:28:59 -0400

A VBM Outreach to colonia children

congregation New Creation

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:27:05 -0400

congregation New Creation

congregation sunday morning

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:26:54 -0400

congregation sunday morning

New backpacks and school supplies for scholarship students

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:26:17 -0400

New backpacks and school supplies for scholarship students

Outreach opportunities VBM

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:26:00 -0400

Outreach opportunities VBM

Saturday Outreach VBM

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:24:31 -0400

Saturday Outreach VBM

valeria w donated backpack with supplies

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:24:10 -0400

valeria w donated backpack with supplies

Veronica scholarship student w donations

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:23:52 -0400

Veronica scholarship student w donations

VBM outreach Cenizosn colonia

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:23:42 -0400

VBM outreach Cenizosn colonia

Youth serving @ Saturday outreach

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:23:19 -0400

Youth serving @ Saturday outreach

Outreach Activities

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:20:47 -0400

Outreach Activities

An Unexpected Blessing: City Sewage Services Installed!

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:52:19 -0400

VBM's Property for future Outreach Facilities and Programs has just been blessed in a very unexpected and tremendous way! We knew when we began to purchase the property back in November 2007 that there were not yet city sewage services near us as the property is located in a rural but rapidly growing area of town. This property is in the desert exactly between 2 extremely needy neighborhoods where God has pressed on our hearts to continue ministering. However, we have seen the city plans and know that soon the city will be expanding the flood and tornado victim's new neighborhood to finish building the neighborhood to run right beside our property. We have known in our spirit that God is preparing us on this property to be a point of salvation for many to come and know and grow in Christ.