Category: Happening Now

The council has set our annual budget meeting for Sunday, January 19th in between services, beginning around 9 45 AM. Please be there on time so that we can establish a quorum and conduct business in an efficient manner. Dave…

Hello and blessings to all from your executive team,
Since we no longer have a pastor writing a Wednesday message, we
thought we might use this time to keep you all informed around the
changes and progress being made here…

Greetings, Saints of SOV—
I enjoyed my vacation time last month! I had deliberately held most of the days unstructured as a way of allowing myself to discover what was important for each day. I did some cleaning, cooking and…

THIS WEEK
Wednesday  7:00 am Coffee Group meets at Bethany Starbucks
Thursday     12:00 pm All Church Luncheon meets at Elmer's Restaurant
Friday          5:00 pm Women's Bible Study at SOV
Saturday     5:30 pm  Spaghetti Dinner (RSVP required)                     7:00 pm  Transport 5…

When Jesus prays…..
The gospel reading for this coming Sunday is again from John’s story of the life of Jesus, continuing with the last few words of Jesus prayer for his followers, the last words before Jesus went to the…

The lectionary we follow for worship walks us through an amazing amount of the Bible in a 3-year cycle. For each Sunday there is a 1st reading, usually from the Old Testament; a 2nd reading, often from one of Paul’s…

“It is the will of God.”
I always flinch a little when I hear these words. It has nothing to do with God’s presence in the world which I believe is always there and always at work. It has nothing…

Friends,
Shepherd of the Valley’s 2019 Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday, June 2, after the 10:00 a.m. service.  Please plan to attend this important meeting.
At the meeting we will elect a President and Treasurer to serve on…

“Today I Baled Some Hay to Feed the Sheep the Coyotes Eat”
This is the catchy title of a book a ranching neighbor named Bill wrote and illustrated about his experience as one who strove to be a good shepherd.…

Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred fifty-three of them; and though there were so many, the…