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Dear Valley Church Family, Please don’t forget that Daylight Saving Time starts at 2:00 AM. I saw this cartoon recently and it relates to our message tomorrow on Matthew 5:33-37. The caption reads: “I’ll be the first to admit—under oath, subpoenaed, and with the threat of prosecution—that I was wrong.” Doumer and John will lead…
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Steve Meyer better watch his back. If you haven’t met him, he’s one of our deacons and he leads our Alpha Ministry. He’s known for his humor and always kicks off the evening with a hilarious monologue. However, there’s a NEW KID IN TOWN, Aidan Wu. This kid is F-U-N-N-Y! Here…
In his book Killing Giants, Pulling Thorns, Chuck Swindoll illustrates the giant of lust through the tragic life of Samson, describing him as “a he-man with a she-weakness”. He goes on to say, “Several things that illustrate his lustful bent may be observed from the record of his life in the Book of Judges: The…
Dear friends, I started teaching science and coaching basketball in 1966 on the east side of San Jose. Perhaps you know the steps in the scientific method or maybe you have forgotten them? If you look up the steps up in Google, you will basically find: Make an observation Ask a question Form a hypothesis…
Dear Sisters and Brothers in the United Peoples of Jesus the Messiah (UPJM), I’m sorry that I failed to send you a pre-Sunday message. So, to make it up to you, I’m hitting “send” on a post-Sunday greeting on this spectacular Tuesday morning. First, I’m soaring today because strong chains of injustice were shattered yesterday…
Dear Church Family, This Saturday, across the country, people will play tug-o-war in parks and playgrounds. As you know, tug-o-war is lots of fun at parties and picnics, but lousy in personal relationships. It’s miserable to feel tension and tugging with others in our homes and churches. Can we experience tenderness and hugging instead of…
Welcome to the Club! “What club?” you ask. “The Psalms Reciters.” We’re a diverse group spanning three thousand years with Psalms on our lips. Here are some of our past and present members: • King David, who wrote a large number of the Psalms including the beloved Ps. 23. • Jesus Christ, who quoted the…
Dear Church Family, I have bridges on the brain. Specifically, I want to build them with YOU, YOUR GROUP and our SHOWING PROJECT PARTNERS. I hope that you won’t miss the SHOWING FAIR on Sunday, May 5. “Building Bridges Inside and Out” means: • All our people GROWING in groups • Our groups SHOWING God’s…
Going to the airport always gets my heart beating a little faster. No, it’s not because I’m lugging a heavy suitcase around; it’s because it’s emotional. Why? It means that either I’m going somewhere, that someone is coming to see me, or that someone I care about is leaving. Admittedly the third option is the…
Earlier this week our oldest daughter came home for Spring Break. She got on an airplane in Chicago and roughly four hours later hopped into our car at the San Jose airport. Had she been driving, like we’ll do in May, it would have taken her 33 hours to travel the 2,163 miles. If she’d…