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TWO ORGANIZATIONS UNITE: A BRAND NEW ERA SERVING TODAY’S CHURCHES Last month at the International Conference on Missions in Richmond, we made an historic announcement during the Friday evening main session that created a lot of buzz around the convention center and even around town. Here are the details of that big announcement:

Two years ago the leaders of the VEF and Envision in North Carolina began a conversation about making a greater impact in our region by combining into one team. After becoming convinced we could see even more Kingdom growth as ONE team rather than two, both Boards moved a year ago to begin down the path to merge into one strong organization. Two months ago, on September 8th, the final legal step of that path was completed with the unanimous vote by the Board to accept bylaws for the new organization.

During this season, a special team was tasked with executing the process for selecting the name of our new organization. The team had members from those in their twenties through their sixties. Their process included seven filtering steps that reduced the initial list of over 400 potential names down to 250, then 50, 20, 8, and 3 until the final name was affirmed. More than 120 people of varying ages, gender, and ministry backgrounds from around the country were involved in one of these seven steps.

We are proud to announce our new name: Waypoint Church Partners

A “waypoint” is a modern navigational term signifying a specific point along a journey. They are used by pilots and ship captains to chart a course to their destination.

QuarterlyVirginia Evangelizing Fellowship “Pursuing Kingdom Growth” since 1938

ANNOUNCING.. .

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Katie Campbell & Steph Saufley from Bridge Christian Church in Fishersville commissioned Michael and Rosalind Trusty along with Mark and Holly Trump to plant a church in Tauranga, New Zealand with the South Pacific Christian Fellowship.

Sonia Cabell from Maple Grove Christian Church in Charlottesville charged Jim and Claudia Tune from Impact Canada to plant another great church in Toronto, Canada.

For the past 4 years Christian churches from around the Commonwealth have been contributing special funds for the exciting vision to see 7 new churches launched around the globe as a result of the VEF hosting ICOM in Richmond. More than $250,000 of Kingdom funds

will be sent to the 7 international church planting organizations selected!

During four main sessions at ICOM, representatives from several of these contributing churches symbolically handed over-sized checks to each

church planting organization which will launch the featured church in their respective region. We’re anticipating the exciting reports as these projects become reality from one continent to the next over the next several months!

VA Churches promote church planting around the world through ICOM

Toronto, Canada

Washington D.C., USA

Minsk, Belarus

Chattisgarh, India

Amazon, Brazil

Sotouboua, Togo Tauranga,

New Zealand

World-wide Church P lanting in 2015

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Chris Santasieri and Melanie Savage from Fairmount Christian Church in Mechanicsville commissioned David and Sunisha Henry from Missions Unlimited to plant a church in India.

(Above) Pat Furgerson from New Life Christian Church dispatched Dale Spaulding from Passion for Planting to plant a new church in Columbia Heights, Washington DC with Joel and Meghan Pazmino serving as the church planting couple.

Two Organizations Unite: Cont...In modern technical terms, waypoints are the specific coordinates used by GPS devices as reference points along a charted course. More generally, a waypoint is a reference point that helps us know where we are and where we are going. Whether we are walking, driving, sailing, or flying, waypoints help us find our way.

Simply put, waypoints help you understand where you are and where you’re headed. And that is at the heart of who we are and what we are about as an organization: Coming alongside churches, both new ones and established ones, as well as their leaders, to help them understand where they are and where they are headed in their journey to accomplish their God-given mission and then charting a strategic course together to navigate from one waypoint to the next.

It’s a great name, don’t you think? We can already envision lots of great ministry applications for the use of this term. You probably can, too. Naturally, for many of us, it will take some time getting used to this new name. But in the end, the

same great mission is being accomplished by churches and leaders throughout this region to see the Kingdom grow.

Because of the work of the VEF and Envision over the years, there is great name recognition for both organizations here in our region and even around the country. One of the immediate challenges will be sharing this exciting news with anyone and everyone associated with our Brotherhood of churches.

Would you help us by sharing not only this news that the VEF and Envision are now one great team called Waypoint, but also that the same great mission of Kingdom growth will continue to be navigated now by Waypoint and all her partners. We hope your commitment to Waypoint will match and even exceed your partnership with our two former organizations. We have got a lot of Kingdom work to do. Let’s chart a course to navigate that journey... together!

Toronto, Canada

Washington D.C., USA

Minsk, Belarus

Chattisgarh, India

Amazon, Brazil

Sotouboua, Togo Tauranga,

New Zealand

World-wide Church P lanting in 2015

Chris Long from Lake Christian Church in Palmyra commissioned Dovene Afakule from Togo from the Togo Christian Mission to plant a church in Togo, Africa.

(Left) Amber West and Pam Tison from Northside Christian Church in Yorktown charged Scott Larue and George Bajenski along with Dima and Hanna Mamoika to plant a new church in Minsk, Belarus.

James Brummett from Journey Christian Church in Midlothian commissioned Earl Haubner and David Levistone from Central Brazil Mission to go plant another church in the Amazon, Brazil.

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The Home Team for “the Away Team”Over 300 volunteers from Christian Churches all over the Commonwealth played host to the world by serving in a variety of areas around the Greater Richmond Convention Center at ICOM. They served as the "Home Team" for this great conference with the "Away Team" theme.

A very special thanks goes to Chris Santasiere from Fairmount Christian Church in Mechanicsville for coordinating the volunteering both before and during the convention.

Also, many thanks to Al Kunkel from Northampton Church of Christ for arranging the transportation!

Lastly, thanks to the Greater Richmond Convention Center and the city of Richmond for helping to make this event a success!

As a team of Virginians, our dedicated, friendly crew was a demonstration of Southern hospitality at its finest.

Don Burgland from Mechanicsville Church of Christ helped construct all the furniture and then carried in supplies for

the VEF/Waypoint booth.

Courtney Mullins puts together booth flooring.

Phillip and Karen Murdock from LifePointe Christian Church greet conference goers as they arrive.

Chris Santasiere from Fairmount Christian Church coordinated all

volunteers for the entire conference!

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WAYPOINT CHURCH PARTNERS: Providing Strategic Services to Churches in the Region

Bristol, VA

Burke, VA

Burke, VA

Chatham, VA

Elizabeth City, NC

Fishersville, VA

Galax, VA

Greenville, VA

Grundy, VA

Hagerstown, MD

Haymarket, VA

King, NC

King, NC

Mechanicsville, VA

Mechanicsville, VA

Mechanicsville, VA

Newport News, VA

Reidsville, NC

Richmond, VA

Richmond, VA

Roanoke, VA

Rural Hall, NC

Rural Hall, NC

Salem, VA

Suffolk, VA

Virginia Beach, VA

Winchester, VA

Yale, VA

Yorktown, VA

Eastern NC

Senior Ministers

Youth Ministers

Senior Ministers

Mixed Group

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Senior Ministers

Senior Ministers

Senior Ministers

Mixed Group

Mixed Group

Senior Ministers

Associate Ministers

Children’s Ministers

Youth Ministers

Senior Ministers

Associate Ministers

Senior Ministers

Mixed Group

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Music Ministers

Senior Ministers

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Camp Managers

Children’s Ministers

Senior Ministers

CURRENT WAYPOINT FUSION GROUP LOCATIONS

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Converge Guest Seminars: Converge is a three-hour seminar that prepares your church to reach guests and keep them coming back.

Interest Free Loans: Waypoint assists churches with funds to purchase land or to make repairs or improvements to their property. To date over two million dollars ($2,043,000) have been loaned to 98 congregations across the region.

Guest Ready Facilities Evaluation: Does your facility enhance or distract from the ministry of your church? What do guests experience when they arrive? This thorough evaluation provides a fresh perspective on your most used ministry tool.

Seminars and Retreats: Waypoint offers multiple seminars each year on critical topics for church leaders. Waypoint also leads local and regional retreats for congregations. Vision, values, ministry planning and future direction for churches are popular topics.

Media Services: Connect with a younger audience through graphic design. Design a logo, launch a new website, construct custom brochures, or create a new brand identity for your church.

One-on-one Ministry Coaching: Coaching improves ministry skills, develops leadership and strengthens the local congregation. Waypoint offers individual coaching to ministers across the region with a team of trained staff and certified peer coaches.

Fusion Groups: Meet regularly to explore how to be pioneers of paradigm shifts, expand your leadership skills, better resource your ministry to reach its Kingdom potential, and hold one another accountable to continue personal spiritual growth.

Congregational Consulting: Waypoint meets with local leaders, directing them to the right resources or helping them solve a critical need in their church. Learn about how to hire, compensation packages, web site design, by-laws review, and elder selection.

General Fund Receipts Abingdon, Woodland Hls C of C. . . . . . . . . . . . . $600.00Abingdon, First CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $78.00Axton, County Line CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $225.00Barboursville, Union Grove CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $308.00Bedford, Peaks View CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$450.00Big Rock, Big Rock C of C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$375.00Big Stone Gap, First CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200.00Bland, Hollybrook C of C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $210.00Bristol, Suburban CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,600.00Bristol, Discovery Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $600.00Burke, Calvary CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$30,397.00Charlottesville, Maple Grove CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500.27Chesapeake, Real Life CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$900.00Chester, Chester CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300.00Christiansburg, Belmont CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000.00Covington, Cliffdale CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150.00Covington, Dunlap CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100.00Danville, North Danville C of C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$90.00Dry Fork, Whitmell CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150.00Emporia, First CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$200.00Farmville, Farmville C of C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$300.00Fishersville, Bridge CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$500.00Fredericksburg, First CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$220.00Galax, Fairlawn C of C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$373.25Glen Allen, Calvary CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300.00Glen Allen, Velocity CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$581.45Goochland, Forest Grove CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500.00Goochland, Mizpah CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100.00Gretna, West End C of C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150.00Grundy, New Hope CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$300.00Hampton, Northhampton C of C . . . . . . . . . . . . .$300.00Harrisonburg, Renaissance CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $303.00Keswick, First CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$201.47Keysville, Cool Springs CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.00Lynchburg, Lynchburg C of C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125.00Manassas, New Hope CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$300.00Martinsville, Rich Acres CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $900.00Martinsville, Chatham Heights CC . . . . . . . . . . .$106.00McCoy, Community CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$300.00Mechanicsville, Fairmount CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,100.00Mechanicsville, Liberty CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250.00Mechanicsville, Gethsemane C of C . . . . . . . . . $504.00Mechanicsville, Mechanicsville C of C . . . . . . $600.00Mechanicsville, Pastor’s Aid, Fairmount . . . . . . $60.00Midlothian, Journey CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$300.00Moneta, Mount Ivy CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$300.00Montpelier, Chapel C of C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $149.35Newbern, Community CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$250.00Norfolk, Colonial Heights C of C . . . . . . . . . . . . .$200.00Patrick Springs, Patrick Springs CC . . . . . . . . . . $470.86

Penhook, Forrest Hill CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$350.00Portsmouth, Christ`s Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . .$300.00Pounding Mill, Claypool Hill C of C . . . . . . . . . . .$671.87Richmond, United CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59.00Richmond, Area 10 Faith Community. . . . . . . $1,493.25Ridgeway, Horsepasture CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,200.00Roanoke, Penn Forest CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $525.00Rural Hall, Westside CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $356.11Salem, Living Water CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150.00Seaford, Seaford C of C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$450.00Silver Spring, Restore CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$916.64Smithfield, Smithfield CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$380.00South Hill, Oakland CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250.00Spencer, Mayo CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$515.00Spencer, Friendly CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$329.99Springfield, The Journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$450.00Staunton, Staunton C of C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $222.48Sterling, Restore Community Church . . . . . . . . $253.52Toano, LifePointe CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,042.91Vansant, Vansant C of C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$525.00Victoria, Victoria CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$500.00Virginia Beach, Avalon C of C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150.00Virginia Beach, Forefront CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300.00Warsaw, Rappahannock C of C . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,500.00Williamsburg, Williamsburg CC . . . . . . . . . . . . $450.00Winchester, New Life CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $799.04Woodbridge, Woodbridge CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $225.00Yorktown, Northside CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,510.00 Donations by Individuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,535.00 Berea Property Sale Gift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,797.00 Service Receipts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$750.00 Misc. Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$16,335.28 ReVamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$212.50 Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1.44Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$99,083.68

Disbursements Office $3,707.42 Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,057.69 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$60,625.24 Presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6,645.88 Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40.08 Seminars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$500.00 Golf Tournament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,475.66 Church Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$866.99Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $78,918.96

G F Balance 6/30/15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $36,126.27 Total G F Receipts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $99,083.68 Total G F Disbursements . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$78,918.96 G F Balance 9/30/15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$56,290.99 GF Balance 7/01/2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$36,126.27 Fiscal Year 2015-2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$20,164.72

Virginia Vision ReceiptsBarboursville, Union Grove CC . . . . . . . . . . . . $308.00Bristol, Discovery Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,400.00Chesapeake, Great Bridge C of C . . . . . . . . . . .$307.20Chilhowie, Chilhowie CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150.00Collinsville, Stone Memorial CC . . . . . . . . . . .$250.00Covington, Cliffdale CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150.00Glen Allen, Calvary CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$300.00Glen Allen, Velocity CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,325.80Gloucester, Reedswood CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300.00Hampton, Northhampton C of C . . . . . . . . . . .$300.00Hampton, Crusader’s Class, Northampton . .$75.00Harrisonburg, Renaissance CC . . . . . . . . . . . $1,211.00Mechanicsville, Fairmount CC . . . . . . . . . . .$1,800.00Mechanicsville, Bill Farmer Class, Fairmount. . . . $150.00Midlothian, Journey CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$200.00Richmond, Area 10 Faith Community . . . .$5,973.00Ridgeway, Horsepasture CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $600.00Ridgeway, Class 7, Horsepasture . . . . . . . . . . . . $63.00Ridgeway, Men’s Class, Horsepasture . . . . . . $84.00Rural Hall, Westside CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $560.47Salem, Living Water CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150.00Silver Spring, Restore CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,909.38Sterling, Restore Community Church . . . . . $662.42Toano, LifePointe CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,171.67Virgilina, Willow Oak CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300.00Williamsburg, Williamsburg CC . . . . . . . . . . $510.00Woodbridge, Woodbridge CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . $225.00Yorktown, Northside CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,800.00 Donations by Individuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $525.00 Berea Property Sale Gift . . . . . . . . . . . .$59,660.00 Kingdom Equation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$805.00Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$89,225.94

Disbursements Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$93.50 Presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,392.91 Committee Mtg & Coaching . . . . . . . . . . . .$134.45 Church Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,241.17 Directed Transfer to VEF . . . . . . . . . . . .$9,000.00Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$22,862.03

VV Balance 06/30/2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$57,720.44Total VV Receipts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$89,225.94Total VV Disbursements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,862.03VV Balance 09/30/2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$124,084.35VV Balance 7/01/2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$57,720.44Fiscal Year 2015-2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $66,363.91

Treasurer’s Report - 3rd Quarter 2015 - July, August, And September

Thank you for your support in Navigating Ministry Together with Waypoint Church Partners. Respectfully, Thomas W. Light, Treasurer

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Waypoint is partnering with The Point Church to establish their 5th campus in the Northwest district of

Raleigh, North Carolina. Bill Finley, who grew up in the immediate area, will be the Campus Pastor to launch this new church community. The Point Church, just 5 years old, also has campuses in Cary, Apex, Raleigh, and a Latino Campus. The Point has a vision to plant 30

churches in the “Triangle” area in the next 15 years.Bill graduated from Wake Forest University and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He led a church plant in Charlottesville, VA for twelve years, and is presently a campus pastor for the Point Church. In March, the new church will launch in Northwest Raleigh, a growing area with business leaders who work in the Research Triangle Park. He has been married to Cindy for 24 years and is the proud father of seven children.

A new Church community in Northwest Raleigh!

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The VEF QUARTERLY 3408 DEERLOPE TRAIL WILLIAMSBURG, VA 23188 is published quar-terly by the Virginia Evangelizing Fellowship. (USPS 654-900) Postage PAID at Williamsburg, VA with additional entry point at Roanoke, VA post office. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to VEF QUARTERLY, 3408 DEERLOPE TRAIL WILLIAMSBURG, VA 23188.

Mailing Address:Waypoint Church Partners

PO Box 6224Williamsburg, VA 23188

Fall 2015 www.waypointchurchpartners.com Volume 15, Issue 4

QuarterlyANNOUNCING.. .

As the Executive Director of Waypoint Church Partners, I’m excited about all that’s in store for our new organiza-tion. Check out what’s inside this issue of the very last VEF Quarterly for the news about our historic merger, ICOM’s impact, and the way we serve churches all over the region.

Your Kingdom Partner,

Tim Cole

For VEF support partners… The mailing address HAS NOT CHANGED! PO Box 6224 Williamsburg, VA 23188We can continue to deposit checks made to VEF and Virginia Vision for several months. Please change the payee to Waypoint Church Partners at your convenience. For Virginia Vision, Kingdom Equation and designated funds, add note to memo line.

WE DO HAVE A NEW PHONE NUMBER: +1 (844) 840-1600