~Welcome to Victory Baptist~ Live Stream with Us!

(updated March 19 to reflect Gov. Polis' announcement)

My Beloved Church Family,

Philippines 1:3 expresses my heart for each of you, “I thank God upon every remembrance of you.” With great joy over the past 19 years, we have served our Lord and Savior together. We can truly say, “the Lord has done great things for us!” I can never express completely the dual senses of joy and humility that overwhelm me every time I stand in our pulpit to minister the Word of God to the people of God. 

We all love our Lord with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength. We are all confident in our God’s sovereign rule and compassionate goodness over each of us. None of us doubt that our God will continue to meet all of our needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. And we are sure that we can do all things through Christ who gives us strength!   

As the Body of Christ called Victory Baptist Church, we are committed to living our lives in loving obedience to our Risen Lord and Savior. 

We all agree that these days are some of the most unique and interesting days of our lives. The COVID-19 virus has turned our days into a new normal. Yesterday, our President, Donald Trump, gave a new guideline that has new ramifications for how we are doing ministry. The President does not want any group over 10 individuals to meet in public for the next thirty days.  I have diligently checked to see how this guideline was supposed to be implemented; and from what I have been able to find out, the President’s guidelines for our nation are to be interpreted as rules. 

Therefore, beginning today through at least April 17th, Victory Baptist Church will not be meeting in public to worship. Our services with the DeGarde’s and our Sunday Worship Service will be live-streamed. 

I made this decision not based upon fear of a virus but out of a desire to obey the Scriptures in Romans 13:1-7. Our government, ordained by God, has not asked us to stop worshiping. They have asked us to not meet in public for the next 30 days in order to try and halt the rapid spread of a deadly virus. 

My goal is for all of us to congregate as soon as is possible! We love our Lord, and we love one another, and we must congregate! I am looking at these next 30 days as a way of showing our lost community that we love them as well.  This is an emergency situation. We have all missed coming to church because of emergencies in our lives. These next few weeks are not who we are. We are a community of Faith.   

So for the rest of this month through April 17th, VBC is suspending our Sunday evening and Wednesday evening ministries. By April 17th, we will have plans in place for us to congregate once again, either at 2890 N Townsend Avenue or in small groups if we must. 

Please join me in worshiping our Lord live streaming the rest of our meetings with Ron DeGarde and his precious family and at 10:30 am MDT on Sundays for our weekly Worship Service. 

Your Shepherd, Jim Welch  

--Please read the following summary:

1. Our facilities will be closed for services until April 17th unless otherwise instructed by the government. 
2. We will join each other online via live stream on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am MDT.
3. Pray for one another, and call the church office if you have any needs.
4. Visit our Giving Page for more information on how to give during this time.