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Hello again friends, We’re just a few days away from the start of our 2024 Valley Church Global Outreach Conference. This is a highlight of the year for many of us to celebrate all God is doing around the world and to be challenged to the task remaining. This year we have so many of…
Play fair. Don’t hit people. Clean up your own mess. Don’t take things that aren’t yours. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Take a nap. Share. Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody. If these tidbits of wisdom sound familiar, it’s probably because they were taught to you at a young age.…
As a kid I remember seeing a show on TV called, “Let’s Make a Deal.” The basic premise of the show is that the host offers guests something of value who are then given the choice of keeping the item or exchanging it for something else. The “deal” is that the other item is kept…
Like many of you, we’ve received a number of Christmas cards with beautiful calligraphy, profound Bible verses, and lovely poetry. But many are also filled with inaccurate historical representations of what the Bible tells us about the birth of Christ. For many of us, our understanding of the events around Jesus’s birth have been shaped…
Hey Church Family, Before I forget, I just got a call from Tim Gildersleeve that our Shepherd’s Table Food Pantry is a little low. Let’s restock this week and next. Please drop off supplies (see the list of needed items at the bottom of this message) at the table on the patio with the sign…
How are you with taking tests? Are you the kind that breezes in without a worry in the world, having briefly looked over the material the night before? Or are you one of those who prepares for weeks ahead of time, stays up all night before the test, and still sweats every minute until the…
Hey Church Family! Hands down, the high point of my week was the Sparrows Mother’s Day Celebration on Wednesday in the Student Center. I wish you could have attended with me. Sparrows gives teens and adults with special needs a chance to have fun, make friends and learn God’s Word. They have worship, movement, fields…
Most of us probably don’t use the word “diaspora” in our everyday conversations, but ALL of us are familiar with the concept. It’s any people who have moved from their original homeland. In a nation of immigrants and in Silicon Valley with its unusual diversity and people “…on the move…” we all have experienced “diaspora”…
Dear Worshippers, Jesus’ resolution to die was not some whimsical decision that He made on the spur of the moment. On the contrary, it was foretold by the prophets and thus a necessity. Doctor Luke put it this way, “As the time approached for Him (Jesus) to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set…
We’ve all seen the pictures – frightened and desperate people, often carrying all of their belongings on their backs; parents trying to comfort their children but without certainty about what lies ahead of them. They often have had to flee with little more than the clothes on their back, leaving behind homes, possessions, jobs and…