Each year in December we hear “Keep Christ in Christmas.” With statues of Santa kneeling at the manger or holding a baby wrapped in a blanket, “Keep Christ in Christmas” has become a big retail market! There’s a better way to imagine what it really means to “Keep Christ in Christmas.” Speaker, author, consultant, and… Read more CAROLYN’S CORNER
As we light the Third Advent candle we pray for Joy. Rev. Carolyn Schwarz will share the Message “Joy: For All People “. Reading from our Tradition is “Luke 2:8-20 “. The PVCC Choir will be singing the Anthem “The Babe of Bethlehem -Trad/Coates.
Thanks to our Pine Valley musicians who are providing special Christmas music during Advent and Christmas. Greg Yarnell and Judy Harrison will be performing several piano duets; Tim Naden and Liz Dary will each be providing beautiful vocal solos; and Lisa Brightup (flute), Judy Harrison (flute) and Brenda Rohr (clarinet) will be enhancing our worship… Read more SPECIAL CHRISTMAS MUSIC
Help support the Christmas Offering by giving your offering on December 14 and 21! The Christmas Offering for Regional Ministry. In 32 regions across the U.S. and Canada, ministers are nurtured and congregations are provided opportunities for work and worship. Often recognized for the ministries of camps and conferences, regions also play a critical role… Read more 2014 CHRISTMAS OFFERING FOR REGIONAL MINISTRY
At the January 11, 2015 PVCC congregational meeting we will be voting for two new officers to fill the positions of Financial Secretary and Secretary. Each is a two-year position. The nominating committee nominates and presents for your consideration: Dave Roy for Financial Secretary, and Dena Marten for Secretary. If there are any additional nominations… Read more NEWS FROM THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Poinsettia plants for: Christmas Sunday, December 21, 2014 and Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24, 2014. The cost per plant this year is $8.00. Order forms will be available on Sunday. Orders and payments must be received in the Pine Valley church office no later than Sunday, December 14, 2014.
The annual business meeting will be held January 11th after church. We will vote on the 2015 budget and vote in Nominees for Secretary and Financial Secretary as presented by the Nominating Committee
We had a good conversation following the re-showing of lesson #7 Out into the World: Challenges Facing Progressive Christians from the video series Living the Questions. Carolyn offered to teach a Bible study on alternative texts/understanding regarding the status of LGBT persons in Christian communities. We will continue the video series with lesson #8 Restoring Relationships… Read more SEEKERS CLASS NEWS (Updated Weekly)
The second Sunday of Advent we light the candle of peace to express our yearning and prayer for peace – true shalom. The reading for this Sunday is Isaiah 11:1-10, which gives us a most beautiful description of peace: The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the… Read more CAROLYN’S CORNER
This week we explored another session on Everyday Nonviolence through a story of Catholic women who braved the streets of the barrio to feed, pray, and find peace within the gangs of their congregation. These women were challenged to change the world without being afraid through finding the humanness in those who were different than them.… Read more MESSAGE FROM THE PV PRESIDENT