Vanguard Tri-Lakes

06/12/2026

VTL Family,

It was great to be back in the Barn this past weekend for our weekly VTL service! What a pleasure to worship with you all, in the beautiful building we get to hold our services each week! We concluded our Greater Works series, which was amazing. We loved journeying through 2 Kings with you!

Come join us this coming Sunday as we launch our new Summer series, ‘At the Table.’ This 9-week series will be looking at the relationships of our lives as we consider one of the most common meeting places for all of us: the table. Come join us this week and be sure not to miss any of the 9 weeks!

Here's the link for this week's launch sermon titled "Tension at the Table": https://www.bible.com/events/49614719

As we look ahead to the 4th of July weekend, we will have one combined Sunday service on July 5th at 10 am at Vanguard Central. We love opportunities to join together with the entire Vanguard body and this is a wonderful weekend to do so.

If you are 60 years old or older, we have a ministry called "Rearguard," which focus is on community, prayer, and service to the next generation. Rearguard meets every second Sunday of the month in the multipurpose room at 12:30 for our gathering of lunch, fellowship, prayer, and topical sharing that meets you where you with the Lord in this season of life. Questions? Feel free to email Pastor Jenni at [email protected].

See you on Sunday!

Pastor Mark

06/08/2026

Check out this week’s VTL sermon! The last in our Greater Works series!

Vanguard Tri-Lakes Church · Episode

06/04/2026

Vanguard Message from this past Sunday:

2 KINGS 22:1-2005.31.2026Vanguard Tri Lakes Pastor Mark Bacheldor

06/04/2026

VTL Family,

What a joy to gather with our ENTIRE Vanguard Church body this week at our Central location! I saw most of our VTL family there, but I am sorry if I missed you.

The baptisms were incredibly encouraging to me, and I hope to you as well. Each story was so inspiring to me! The power of the Holy Spirit on each of those lives was overwhelming. Wow!

We are back at The Barn this weekend for our Sunday service! Join us, and INVITE a friend!

I also want to invite you to consider tithing to VTL if you aren’t already. As we near the end of our 3rd quarter in our fiscal year, VTL is behind budget by about $4100. To meet our financial philosophy as a church, we made large cuts in Q2 and are hoping not to make them again in the final quarter. But, we need your help!

If you are a consistent tither, THANK YOU! If you haven’t tithed in the past, we encourage you to become a consistent and JOYFUL giver to VTL!

Here is the link to give: https://www.vanguardchurch.org/give

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR GENEROSITY TO THE MISSION OF VANGUARD!

After 29 years, THIS SUNDAY, Vanguard will complete teaching through the ENTIRE Bible in the weekend service!In the year of fulfillment, God is allowing us to fulfill this great goal! This Sunday is a special Sunday, the message is called, “THE WAR IS OVER: THE GREATER WORKS ARE DONE!”

This Saturday is WALK FOR LIFE with LIFE NETWORK (one our strategic VANGUARD GLOCAL PARTNER).Here is the link for details: https://govanguard.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3615267

Next Sunday (June 14th) is our next Vanguard MEMBERSHIP GATHERING: we want to invite you to become a part of the Vanguard Church Family. Here is the link for details: https://govanguard.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3661601

Blessings,

Pastor Mark

05/28/2026

VTL Family,

This weekend is Baptism Sunday at Vanguard Church! We will be holding ONE 10am service at VANGUARD CENTRAL (we will not be at The Barn this weekend!!) Please join us!

3950 N Academy Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80917

Vanguard Church exists to love others into REAL relationship with Jesus Christ, and baptism weekend is a beautiful example of this lived out in our congregation and community. 5 people will be making a public profession of their faith in Jesus by walking in believer’s baptism.

As part of the connection weekend, the student ministry will be having a cookout so please stay after the service for lunch! https://govanguard.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3661020

Also, this weekend, Pastor Kelly will be signing his new book! The enemy is crafty and he looks for every angle possible to discourage us and destroy us. But Jesus has come to give us life and give it to us more abundantly. The enemy can try to curse you, but Jesus gets the final word about YOU! It is possible to live blessed in Christ. We are made worthy through Christ to be freed from bo***ge and live blessed. This book will help you break free from being cursed by the enemy and cursing yourself so you can live blessed in Christ.
Here is the link for details: https://govanguard.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3646382

VBB is less than a week away! NOW is the time to pray, prepare, and REGISTER YOUR KIDDOS!!! Here is the link to register and get all the details: https://govanguard.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3571411

We look forward to seeing you this weekend at our one combined Vanguard Church service! I am so grateful to have the opportunity to teach this weekend at this service! Here are the message notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49611574

I write this update from beautiful Coeur d'Alene as I prepare to speak this Sunday; what a stunning place and reflection of God's goodness to us. Thank you Jesus!

See you this weekend!

Pastor Mark

05/20/2026

VTL Family,

This past Sunday, our Engagement and Outreach Committee, led by the fearless Annalarie and Dean, canvassed the local community around The Barn to share about VTL. Thank you SO much to those who helped in this effort!

In doing so, they were able to pray over a delivery driver in the area. This is not random conversation; it is divine! When we are fearless, and do what God tells us to do, He will create opportunity for and through us! Lean into your calling and be a SENT Church!

Continue to invite your family, friends, co-workers, and our local community!

We are excited to see the fruit that comes from this event and this Committee as a whole. Thank you Annalarie and Dean for leading us in this way!

We are now two weeks away from Vanguard VBB at Vanguard Central and need your help to get your kids registered and to get other kids to join your kids for a FUN WEEK of learning about Jesus. Kids’ lives will be changed FOREVER for all eternity because of this week. This week is the most significant week of ministry for our church as a whole.

We have almost 100 volunteers that make this week happen. There is no week like it. If you are discouraged in your faith with Jesus, come watch kids worship Jesus. It will CHANGE YOU FOREVER! If you have any questions about this week, please email Pastor Candice at [email protected]

Please pray for this week. Pray for the kids. Pray for the families of the kids. Pray for the volunteers. Pray for the kids to come, especially the kids of families who have no church connection. Pray for who you can invite to join you for this week.

Here is the link to sign up kids: https://govanguard.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3571411

Here is the link to sign up to volunteers: https://govanguard.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3576569

One combined 10am service May 31st at Vanguard Central https://govanguard.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3661020

In conjunction with the May 31st baptism connection weekend, Vanguard is hosting a book signing of Pastor Kelly’s NEW book: LEAVING YOUR PLACES OF SH*TTIM: The Journey from Bo***ge to Blessings. Sh*ttim was the place where God’s people cursed themselves. You may not know this, but Jesus died on a Sh*ttim tree to free you from the places where you cursed yourself and where others have tried to curse you. That’s love, that’s grace! That’s salvation! Thank you Jesus! We will have hard copies available on May 31st. Here is the link for details: https://govanguard.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3646382

This weekend we are continuing in our GREATER WORKS message series. WE HAVE THREE WEEKS LEFT IN OUR MESSAGE SERIES! Here is the link: https://www.bible.com/events/49611479

See you Sunday!

Blessings,

Pastor Mark

05/14/2026

VTL Family,

This Sunday we welcome the amazing G back to VTL to deliver the message! G has been an incredible addition to the Teaching Team this last year. We love his energy and passion for sharing the Word of God! Come to VTL this week, invite a friend, and hear what G has to share with us.

We are doing a community outreach after service this Sunday. WE NEED YOUR HELP! Dean and Annalarie Bernaldez are leading this endeavor for VTL. Come to Vanguard Tri-Lakes on Sunday for the 10am service and then stay afterwards to help canvas the surrounding area with invitations to our wonderful location!

VBB is just 3 weeks away; can you believe it?! This is a WONDERFUL opportunity to of course bring your children, but also to invite friends of your children, so they can hear about Jesus! This is our opportunity to live out the mission of Vanguard Church by loving the children of southern Colorado into real relationship with Jesus Christ! Here is the link to register: https://govanguard.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3571411

Sunday night is our Spring Worship Night at Vanguard Central! Join us for a night of powerful connection with Jesus through song. Here is the link for more details: https://govanguard.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3599861

Baptism call This Sunday!If you have placed your faith in Jesus but have not yet followed Him in believer’s baptism, this is your opportunity to take that step of obedience and publicly declare, “I belong to Jesus!” We will be calling for baptisms, which will take place on May 31st, at Vanguard Central during our quarterly Connection Weekend of combined locations.
Continuing the Greater Works Series This Sunday we will continue in our 2 Kings: Greater Works message series with a message titled “Defiance Toward God’s Greater Works.” We are nearing the end of this powerful series, so don’t miss it! As we pursue what God has called us to do and become, we should expect resistance and defiance. Scripture reminds us that opposition often accompanies faithfulness. The enemy opposes what God is doing in and through His people, but even in the face of that resistance, we will continue to live out greater works. Message Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49608111

Blessings,

Pastor Mark

05/13/2026

Check out this past week’s sermon featuring Pastor Tosha Williams!

Vanguard Tri-Lakes Church · Episode

05/13/2026

Join us for this GREAT WEEK OF FUN FOR THE KIDS!