Welcome to the homepage of Vineyard Via de Cristo. We have included printable versions of the team application and pilgrim registration forms and the newsletter in PDF format to make your experience more user friendly. We will continue to have old links and add new ones as the need arises. We pray that the Community will use this website to its full potential and that you will continue to give us feedback and ideas to make it better! God bless and thank you all for your continued support in ministry.
"They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest;" Psalm 107:37
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March Ultreya
& Commissioning Service
The March 2012 Ultreya will be Saturday the 17th at Good Shepherd Lutheran in Frederick. We will have a covered dish meal at 5:00 followed by our commissioning service where we will be installing Mark Carson and Kathy Brooks as Rector and Rectora of the upcoming Spring weekends. We will also find out who the next Rector and Rectora will be, so you don't want to miss out! As usual, please bring a covered dish or drinks to share. Make every effort to come and show Mark and Kathy your support and enjoy the fellowship with your brothers and sisters in Christ!
Many Hands make Light Work
or How can I Help with the Weekend?
Set-Up: begins on Thursday, at 1:00 p.m. with cabin cleaning, Rollo room set-up, unpacking the trailer, etc. As many hands as show up can be put to good use! (If you’re there at 5:00, you can grab a bite to eat, too!)
Sponsor’s Service: begins after the Rector/Rectora dismisses the Community from the opening social to begin the weekend. It is a time of worship and prayer to dedicate the weekend to the Lord, praying for each Pilgrim by name and blessing the crosses. Sponsors are asked to attend the service, or make arrangements for someone to attend in their place.
Serenading the weekend: Practice begins at 5:30. Please stay in the area that has been designated. After the serenade, timely departure (without mingling with the team or Pilgrims) is appreciated.
Tear-down: is probably the most appreciated palanca to the team, who are tired and ready to go home. If you choose this most welcome-service, plan to arrive around 2 p.m. on Sunday. The Chas will direct you to areas where cleaning and putting the camp back in order can be started.
The Clausura (closing): is the first opportunity the Community has to give the Pilgrims a hearty welcome. Show your love and 4th Day support for those Pilgrims you’ve been praying for and meet them face to face! Be patient if the weekend is not running quite on schedule; the Clausura should start between 3:00 and 3:30.
A current list of Pilgrims can be found on the Weekend Info page !
Thin
g Palanca
(Love Gifts)
If you want to provide love gifts (we used to call them "thing palanca") for a weekend, you will need to send 70 pieces. You remember them from your weekend – bracelets, key chains, pins, mints, necklaces, pencils, bookmarks and such! Love gifts just for pilgrims would be a maximum of 26 (allowing for a spare piece or two). Please support the pilgrims with these small tokens of God’s love for them and while you are making them don’t forget the most important form of Palanca – PRAY, PRAY, PRAY!
Green Palanca
As you probably know, there are many costs involved with putting on a weekend. From the fee for Camp Nawakwa and the FOOD to the numerous boxes of Kleenex® tissue we use. The weekends can’t happen without the community’s (your) financial support. The pilgrims are told that their weekend has been paid for; that happens with support from the community, sponsors AND team members, who are asked to contribute what they can toward the estimated $145 per person cost. You can send green palanca to the treasurer or donate when we take up the green palanca offering at the monthly Ultreyas. However and how much you choose to give is up to you. We don’t keep records (except for tax purposes) of how much you give and NO ONE has, or ever will be, denied the opportunity to attend or serve on a weekend based on who gave what. If you would like to mail a tax-deductible gift to help defray the weekend expenses please send it to:
Mark Carson, Treasurer
8843 Willow Wood Way
Jessup, MD 20794
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Last Updated 2/19/2012
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