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
Book Club will meet again at 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 10, at Dena Martin’s home, 315 N. Old Manor. The new book is The Cherry Harvest by Lucy Sona. About the Book: A memorable coming-of-age story and love story, laced with suspense, which explores a hidden side of the home front during World War… Read more Book Club: The Cherry Harvest
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
The tragedy that befell Orlando has been like concentric rings ever widening, every circle to encompass an entire nation. They say it’s the largest mass shooting in our nation’s history. It’s easy to get caught by the number. But that is 50 names, 50 faces, 50 lives with stories to tell. We can’t tie it… Read more Tragedy in Orlando
South Central District Assembly will be Sunday, July 31, featuring speaker Dr. Mark Johnston, Executive Director of the Open & Affirming Ministry program at the GLAD Alliance. Before joining GLAD, Mark worked as a therapist with LGBT clients and their families for over 25 years. Mark Johnston is an ordained Disciples minister with a Ph.D.… Read more Being God’s Love — District Assembly
“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
LIVING LENT: PROMISE This is my commandment that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. John 15:12-13 I am an avid coffee drinker, so much that I have a collection of mugs people have given me. One… Read more CAROLYN’S CORNER
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.”