Missions
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…
If it feels like the world is changing faster and faster every day, you aren’t wrong. In 1964 Bob Dylan wrote a song called, “The times, they are a-changin’”, but people have been feeling the stress of constant turmoil for a very long time. The Greek philosopher Heraclitus is credited with the idea that 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…
The life of Carol Swain is one of the most inspiring stories I’ve ever heard. Born into a family of 12 children in the backwoods of Virginia, Carol grew up without adequate food, clothing, education, indoor plumbing or running water. Eventually she dropped out of school in the ninth grade, was married at 16, had…
Every year, the National Geographic Society sponsors a geography contest called The National Geographic Bee, where students in the fourth through eighth grades compete to see whose geographic knowledge will reign supreme. Here are a few of the questions the students have been asked. (If you get all three right with no outside help, I’ll buy you…
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.” –Eph 6:10 Dear Valley Church Family, As you know, the coronavirus is a serious concern for our church family and community. By now you’ve probably seen the news and heard the various reports. Just this morning County officials announced a new ban…