Valley View Wesleyan

Happy Mother's Day

5/12/13 Art Good

 As a young boy my mother left our family, left her faith and her God in search of something she did not feel she had. As a result, I grew up, for the most part, without a mother. I was blessed however, to have a gentle, loving and godly father who kept the family together and nurtured three young children to adulthood. But I will save that story until Father's Day. Today is the day we honor mothers. As a father of my own children I have the opportunity to see their mother (my wife) fulfill the role to near perfection. Their mother is loving, thoughtful, compassionate, hard-working, trustworthy, dependable, gentle at times, and hard as a rock at others. I am so thankful to be able to see God's gift to the family, the mother, in her element. My wife is an R.N., which means she works hard and has loads of responsibilities outside the home. But when she arrives home she is Mom. Ready to care for children, referee sibling arguments, oversee dinner, clean, straighten, arrange, organize, do laundry, run for groceries, make sure the cupboards are full of necessary snacks for lunches, stock the refrigerator with milk, yogurt, ice cream and other necessary items. You might think that is enough to send anyone running to the bedroom for some peace and quiet, but no...she is excited to welcome, with open arms, our 19 month old grandson and all the responsibilites that go along with his visit or overnight stay. My wife is amazing! Moms are amazing. God has injected them with beauty, strength and energy unrivaled by any other of God's creations. And I for one am thankful! Great job God!

Come and see why we call our Sunday Morning Service CELEBRATE!

We invite you to check it out and discover why we chose that name. Let me give you a hint... we believe Christians ought to be happy, celebrating people! We have all seen too many people who claim to have a relationship with Christ, have their sins forgiven, on their way to heaven, who look like poster children for depression. Christians have problems and challenges, but we also have HOPE!! We encourage you to decide to live life with overflowing hearts in spite of your circumstances! To make the choice to choose to worship in the warm, wonderful Virginia summertime as well as the wintery storms that break through the mountains. We invite you to come and discover the joy of celebrating life and the hope that can be yours! It will change your life!

  Property Team- We are looking for people who will work alongside our Church Trustees to help us take better care of the physical properties of the church, plan and execute renovations, mowing of our lot and field, participate and help schedule church-wide work days, as well as routine repairs and general maintenance. If you are interested please call the church office and leave a message with any of our church Trustees: Mark Lloyd , Lisa Smith or Ken Hash.

Connections Team- We are looking for individuals who can help us plan and execute outreach and promotional events four times per year as opportunities for the church to fellowship and newcomers to become relationally connected. If you are interested please call the church office and someone will return your call asap!

Worship Team Members Needed

  
 Children and Youth Singers and Instrumentalists Wanted!

 If you are willing to "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord" we want to give you the opportunity. We are always on the lookout for new voices for our adult choir which performs one Sunday Night per month as well as a Children's Choir for pre-teens and a Teen Choir for youth in grades 6-12. Also, our Youth Group "SOX" (Soldiers of Christ) have a rockin' Praise Team of their own to lead Youth Worship. Interested, Call Pastor Art! If you are willing, you are invited.