Weekend Reflections

I just never get tired of the life change that happens at Palm Valley Church every week!!

• My favorite comment spoken to one of our pastors today after a service, “you guys f**^*** nailed it”. Made me laugh out loud.  Shouldn’t that comment offend a pastor?  No, because it tells me we’re hitting our target.  We’re a church committed to reaching those far from God, that they might be filled with hope and life through Christ!  Comments like that cause me to rejoice!
• We began recording for our first worship album in all 5 of our services.  Very cool to see Derrick and Sean’s leadership in this project, and how it’s all coming together.  Our hope is that this will encourage people and help them worship God throughout the week.
• Some tense moments in the service as I talked about some real life issues like living together, adultery, honesty, etc.  I love the “Holy discomfort” when God is working in us.
• I pray that we will listen to His Word, and obey His Word, even when we don’t feel like it!
• Singles, if you’re living together and want to commit, get a marriage license and call or come to the church office, we’ll marry you on the spot.  BTW…you can also sign up for our pre-marriage mentoring minstry and get a great start.
• Tons of people going to the Fresh Start table.  I love that every person who makes a decision for Christ at PVC is discipled and helped to grow. Way to go Paul and the Fresh Start team!
• Loved that our people get excited about our “Buddies Ministry” for special needs children.  I meant what I said, every special needs child in the west valley need to know they matter to God and will be loved on at PVC.
• had pastors from other churches visiting today to check out what we’re doing at PVC.  Cool to share our lessons from 9 years being a portable church.  It’s good stewardship of our mistakes!
• Pastor Daniel was in Las Vegas preparing for our missions teams to go and help Verve, a church plant in Vegas.  If you’d like to go on a 4 day mission trip in October or November email him at dconner@palmvalley.org
• Lots of buzz about the new building. Keep praying for the process and your part in it!
• My Lil’ Raiders played great Saturday. I love the kids and the guys coaching with me.  So much fun!  Now if we could get under 100 degrees
• My NFL Raiders dropped the Chiefs; that makes me happy!
• Great small group tonight, I love the guys in our group and the growth we’re experiencing together.  If you’re not in a small group, I encourage you to get in one today.
• Don’t miss our “Night of Worship” this Wednesday, September 23rd at 7:00 pm. It will be an evening of passionate worship, and we’ll be recording it for our new album.  Make sure you come pack the house and sing it out, we want the essence of PVC worship to come through on this project!