Posts from October 2021

The Good, the Bad, and the Bitter

October 29, 2021
Julia Cuan
Announcements, Community, Homepage, Ministries, Pastor's Message, Sunday Worship

A tumbleweed blows through a hot and dusty landscape as the passing wind creates a low and lonely whistle in the distance. A sunburned and wrinkled hand sifts the parched earth through calloused fingers as a lone tear slides down the dusty cheek of a desperate widow. A beautiful young woman is at the mercy…

She fought, she finished, she kept it. Let’s do the same

Dear Family, My heart is full for four reasons. Reason #1: J-Mae Taylor’s Celebration of Life this Sunday at 2:00 PM This Sunday, Oct. 24, at 2:00 PM in the Valley Church Worship Center, we’ll gather as a church family to celebrate the life (and Lord) of J-Mae Taylor. When the King took J-Mae to…

We could almost smell the pizza.

October 15, 2021
Julia Cuan
Announcements, Community, Homepage, Pastor's Message, Sunday Worship

Dear Family, We could almost smell the pizza and feel the padded rocking chairs as we trudged along the last two miles of our 14-mile hike in Yosemite in August, 2016. (OK, 13.8 miles if you want to be technical). My twin brother Dan and I were on the Pohono Trail which goes from Glacier…

Satisfaction Guaranteed!

October 7, 2021
Julia Cuan
Community, Homepage, Pastor's Message, Sunday Worship

Dearly Beloved, Satisfaction guaranteed! Is there really such a thing? Satisfaction guaranteed is a promise that if a buyer is not satisfied with the product purchased, the seller will refund the buyer’s money in full. Another name for this term is “money back guaranteed.” But can anyone honestly deliver? Are you satisfied right now? It would…

The King and His Eternal Kingdom!

October 1, 2021
Julia Cuan
Community, Homepage, Pastor's Message, Sunday Worship

Dear Friends, I heard a story about someone who was visiting India for the first time and upon returning was showing some pictures of an Indian market. At one of the market booths, he had taken a picture of a man standing in front of several white, high quality, expensive washing machines. What caught his…