Thank you to Muffin and her team of people, Lynette and the Hospitality Spirit Team, Jeff, Judy and everyone for making Sunday such a great day of celebration. It was a feast in more ways than one! We were fed in body, mind and spirit. This Sunday we will continue our celebration in song and… Read more FROM OUR INTERIM PASTOR
I want to use this Communicator to share with you some updates that I shared with the Mission Council last Sunday. The Campus Ministry at WSU is going through a time of transition. Several ministers in Wichita are working together to create a new ministerial team. I will be part of this new team and… Read more WHAT’S HAPPENING: UPDATES FROM YOUR INTERIM PASTOR
It’s summer time. It’s time to relax and enjoy each other’s company. And here at PVCC we are busy eating. This Sunday is Father’s Day and we are all invited to bring our appetite and come for breakfast at 9:30. Next Sunday, June 23, we are going to “Build a Better Burger” and celebrate the… Read more FROM OUR INTERIM PASTOR ~ THANK YOU
June 9, 2013 Lune 18: 1-8 Pine Valley Christian Church Rev. David Hansen Last week and this week and maybe for the next couple of weeks I want to examine the parables of Jesus with you. Many of these parables are well-known. We have heard about the Prodigal Son and the Good Samaritan and others.… Read more Building Blocks for Pine Valley Christian Church
Memorial Day weekend is past, school is out, summer programs have begun and vacation schedules and plans are in full force. Nine children and youth from the congregation will be attending camp this summer. In the word’s of George Gershwin’s musical Porgy and Bess, “the fish are jump’n and the cotton is high.” It’s summer… Read more FROM OUR INTERIM PASTOR ~ SUMMER TIME
May 26, 21013 Memorial Day Weekend Ecclesiastes 3: 1-13 Pine Valley Christian Church Rev. David Hansen Memorial Day is a time to remember and honor men and women who have died on the field of battle in wars past and present. It is also a time when we pay tribute to those who have served… Read more A Time for Peace
We had a wonderful Agape Feast last Sunday. My deepest thanks goes out to members of the Ministerial Search Team who planned and led the event and to everyone who participated in the discussion. To one and all, Thank You! Thinking about last Sunday, looking ahead to Memorial Day this next Sunday, and reflecting on… Read more FROM OUR INTERIM PASTOR ~ A TIMELY MEDIATION
When Sally and I were talking about recent events in Cleveland, she shared the thought that perhaps it was motherly love that gave Amanda Berry the strength that she needed to kick open the door of the house where she and the other women were being held captive, and go for help. It is a… Read more FROM OUR INTERIM PASTOR ~ HIGH OCTANE LOVE
Mother’s Day, Pine Valley Christian Church, Rev. David Hansen When I was thinking about today, my mind went to Aretha Franklin for some reason and to that scene in the movie Blues Brothers. If you know the movie, you know the scene. Momma Aretha is running her dinner when the brothers show up. They tell her that… Read more R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Mother’s Day is coming. For many of us this is a special day to honor and celebrate our mothers and thank them for the love they shared and showered upon us. For many us Mother’s Day is a not so pleasant reminder of the mother who was not there for us. In respect for the… Read more FROM OUR INTERIM PASTOR ~ SUNDAY IS COMING