In the Pulpit this Week

Kessia Reyne Bennett

The Table of Mercy and Peace

This week we participate together in the Lord’s supper at the table of God’s mercy and peacemaking. We receive his mercy and celebrate the peace he has made, and we recognize that his radical invitation to us to sit and eat and drink with him also compels us to sit at the table with those who need our mercy and peacemaking, too. Across every division of ethnicity, gender, class, and even partisan politics, the body and blood of Christ unite us together. We are made into people who do not consider ourselves too good to eat with those who are “not too good.”

Preparing Our Hearts for Worship 

Hello my beautiful PVC Fam!

Worship last weekend is still filling my spirit. It's carried me through all week long and I just have to say, I can't help but glow thinking about all your beautiful voices lifted in worship to Christ last week. I love hearing you as I lead from the front and I know the Lord loves it, too. Wow, you all bless me!

We’ve got a meaningful Sabbath ahead. Randy Ban will be leading us in worship, and the songs we’ll be lifting up together are: This Is Amazing Grace, Living Hope, Jesus We Love You, Lamb of God, and Good Grace. It’s also Communion weekend—a sacred time to pause, remember, and respond to the overwhelming love of Jesus.

In our micro group this week, Kessia Reyne and I have started reading John 13, where Jesus washes His disciples’ feet. It’s such a humbling, tender act—one that awakens my heart to the value of such an intimate act. Foot washing isn’t just tradition; it’s an invitation to love one another with gentleness and grace.

As we prepare our hearts for worship and Communion, I encourage you to reflect, listen ahead, and let these songs draw you into the beauty of Christ’s sacrifice and the hope we have in Him.

Can’t wait to be with you,
Big hugs,
Hannah, Your Minister of Music :yellow_heart::notes:

p.s. remember that you have the freedom to take whatever posture feels right for you in our time of singing. I don't always say it from the front every week, but know that you are free to do what you need without judgment. We don't go by the outward posture at PVC, but by the heart. :purple_heart:

GIVING EMPHASIS:  Church Ministries Budget

Sabbath, October 4

This weekend's offering emphasis is for PVC's Church Ministries Budget. Every dollar helps power the heart of our church: worship, Sabbath School, outreach, hospitality, and more.

Thank you for giving faithfully, and for being part of what God is doing right here at Pleasant Valley.

This Week at PVC

Sabbath, October 4
9:15am | First Service with Kessia Reyne Bennett; Communion
10:30am | Discipleship Groups
11:45am | Second Service with Kessia Reyne Bennett; Communion

Wednesday, October 8
6:30pm | Pathfinders

Thursday, October 9
7:00pm | Journey to Wholeness

Friday, October 10
6:35pm | Welcoming the Sabbath!

Sabbath, October 11
9:15am | First Service with Penny Ammon
10:30am | Discipleship Groups
11:45am | Second Service with Penny Ammon