Sat., September 10, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Great Plains Nature Center Cost: Free! Join Great Plains Nature Center for a day of fun featuring our state insect, the honey bee, and all its many buzzin’ cousins who help pollinate plants! We’ll have bee films in the Coleman Auditorium and lots of fun crafts and activities both… Read more Pollinator Party
Equipping You to be an Effective LGBT Ally Mark Johnston, Executive Director of the Open and Affirming Ministry program at the Glad Alliance will lead a workshop on being more effective LGBT allies from 10-2 p.m. on Saturday, July 30, in the Great Hall at PVCC. A panel discussion and lunch “table talk” are also… Read more Beyond the Welcome Mat
The Inter-generational Sunday School Class, “The Gospel According to Harry Potter,” is slated to begin the the second installment of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” in the Grace Room beginning at 9 on Sunday mornings in July. Everyone, younger and older, is welcome to attend. Each week, we will watch a… Read more The Gospel According to Harry Potter
The words “hospitable, “hospital,” and “hospitality” are all related for a good reason. When you step into a hospital today, you are entering an institution that began in the Church, because the assumption was that in the Church you would find welcome and healing. Nuns were the first nurses, and while they were not as… Read more A Word On Hospitality
“You are perfect, just the way you are!” –LBGTQ Sunday After centuries of religion-based oppression, every LGBTQ teen deserves to hear a religious leader say, “Your sexual orientation or gender identity is perfect. You are loved, just as you are.” THOUSANDS of churches, synagogues, sanghas, and other faith communities celebrate LGBTQ people just as they are.… Read more “You are perfect, just the way you are!”
Intergenerational Bible Study — The Gospel According to Harry Potter Promptly at 9 each Sunday morning beginning May 29, everyone in the church, younger and older, is welcome to attend a Sunday school class in the Grace Room. We will watch a portion of a Harry Potter movie and then discuss the deep truths or… Read more The Gospel According to Harry Potter
EASTER BREAKFAST Join us at 9:15 for an Easter Continental Breakfast in the Grace Room. Good food and conversation! Join us for Easter Sunday. Pastor Carolyn will be presenting her sermon “Signs of Life”. Luke 24:1-12 is the Reading from Our Tradition. The PVCC Choir will present the Special Music selection “Alleluia, Christ Is Risen.”
There will be an Easter Egg Hunt for children immediately following the worship service on Sunday, March 27th. Please bring a basket for hunting eggs, if you have one. There will be a few on hand.
We’ll will continue collecting contributions for the Disciples of Christ Easter Offering this Sunday. These contributions support a huge range of important ministries, including: Center for Faith and Giving, Central Pastoral Office for Hispanic Ministries, Communication Ministries, Council on Christian Unity, Disciples Church Extension Fund / Hope Partnership for Missional Transformation, Disciples of Christ Historical… Read more EASTER OFFERING
With regret we accept the resignation of our Office Manager, Pamela Hartman. Pamela’s been under doctor’s orders in the last couple of months restricting her ability to be at the church. She saw the doctor last week and he told her she will need to dramatically change her life or she will end up in… Read more OFFICE NEWS