If you are interested in becoming a part of the Wichita Circles Network and want to help someone get out of poverty, the first step is to attend a Poverty Simulation. Carmen Bell, Lorrie Beck and Karen Brown are already involved in these intentional relationships. This simulation helps you learn about the obstacles, decisions and… Read more CIRCLES
Saturday, April 26 from 9:00 – 12:00 is an opportunity to join many other Wichitans in cleaning up along the Ark River. Just show up at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium around 8:30 to register and look for other PVCC folk. Tools, bags and gloves will be provided as will a snack and lunch (hot dogs & burgers). … Read more THE GREAT ARKANSAS RIVER TRASH ROUNDUP
Bettie Sanborn, age 80, passed away Saturday, April 12, 2014. Following cremation, a memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, April 18, 2014 at the Pine Valley Christian Church. The family will receive friends at the church from 12:00 noon until service time. Memorials are suggested to the Pine Valley Christian Church. … Read more DEATHS OF MEMBERS
April 14, 2014 Dear Rabbi, Members of Pine Valley Christian Church join with you and members of Congregation Emanu-El in the observance of Passover and the celebration of human freedom. We will observe a symbolic Seder meal on Maundy Thursday of our Holy Week. The bitter herb of the Seder meal reminds us of the… Read more Letter to Rabbi Wernick and Hebrew Congregation and Rabbi Davis and Congregation Emanu-El regarding Kansas City shootings
Henri Nouwen reminds us in our Lenten Meditation that the Christian community is not a result of human efforts. God has called us, he writes, “out of slavery into freedom, out of sin into salvation, out of captivity into liberation. By our common call we recognize each other as brothers and sisters.” The Jewish community… Read more FROM OUR INTERIM PASTOR … THE JOURNEY OF HOLY WEEK
Our Maundy Thursday service is scheduled for Thursday, April 17, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. in the Grace Room. A light Seder meal will be served. This service isn’t appropriate for elementary age and younger children. WAM
If you are interested in becoming a part of the Wichita Circles Network and want to help someone get out of poverty, the first step is to attend a Poverty Simulation. Carmen Bell, Lorrie Beck and Karen Brown are already involved in these intentional relationships. This simulation helps you learn about the obstacles, decisions and… Read more CIRCLES
This week marks the end of our house church experience during the season of Lent. We have studied and discussed papers that were instrumental in shaping the life and mission of PVCC when the church began in 1966, almost 50 years ago. We feel the influence of these studies even today. Our final paper was… Read more FROM OUR INTERIM PASTOR
This is the last week of the Lenten House Church study. Many thanks to Barb Ciboski for leading the discussion on “Freedom” written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer at the Thursday night study. At the Clements/Overstreet study we were thrilled to have Rev. David back to lead that discussion. For this week please read “The Church as… Read more LENTEN HOUSE CHURCH STUDY – WEEK 5
We are still waiting to hear from our top candidate with financial costs related to their health care insurance needs. That is one major expense we have not had to fund in our Senior Minister’s compensation package in the recent past. We also received word that our second-ranked candidate has dropped out of consideration. We’re… Read more MINISTERIAL SEARCH TEAM UPDATE