April 18, 2024

Our monthly serving focus for April is called “Erase the Slate.” "Erase the Slate" is based on the idea that no child should have to worry about being able to afford a hot lunch at school. We will be collecting funds to help our local schools eliminate overdue student lunch accounts. There are several ways you can help us meet this gigantic need. You can give financially through our online giving portal at www.hiddenv.com, and pick the Dodgeville Monthly Serving Focus in the drop-down box. You can use your offering envelope at church and check the box for the monthly serving focus, or you can put your spare cash and coins in the donation jar on the Information Center counter.

We will be splitting the money we raise with the Dodgeville, Mineral Point and Iowa Grant school districts. Between the three schools there is approximately an $11,500 deficit. Help us spread the word! Tell your friends and neighbors about this need. This is not just a Hidden Valley project, this is a community-wide campaign to help families feed their children when they are in school. Individuals can give directly to their school district if they would rather. Please help us with this God-sized goal of helping these families erase their school lunch balance.  

Mother’s Day is just around the corner:  We want to gift our wonderful Moms and Grandmas a photo session this Mother’s Day. It doesn’t matter if your child is 3 or 33, let’s capture this moment! Please join us either before the service or right after on Sunday, April 28. Whether you are a mom, grandma, stepmom, foster mom or play the role of mom for someone, we want to honor you.  We’ll have a photographer onsite 8:30 - 10:30 a.m., located in the KidZone room at the end of our AdventureLand wing. A huge thank you to all the mothers, stepmothers, foster moms, grandmas, and the many other kinds of mothers in our church family. We hope you and your family and guests can join us.

Save the Date! Summer calendars can fill up really fast, so please put this on your schedule. On Sunday, June 9 at 2:30 p.m., we are having an HVCC picnic at the Madison Mallards baseball game. All-you-can-eat picnic and tickets for $12.50 per person. Game starts at 4:05 p.m. More details to come.  

Bag, Basket or Barn?? When it comes to generosity, we either think our lives are like a bag, basket, or barn. This week we find out how amazing God’s barn really is. Join us on Sunday at 9:00 a.m. or on our YouTube channel. Children’s programming available for children aged 0 - grade 5.

Stay Awesome!
The HVCC Staff