Finished: Forgiven

Our accidents and actions, our misses and mistakes and malice, have created a huge debt in our name as we’ve racked up a bill of harm: everything our sin has cost others. This debt far exceeds our ability to repay, and it shackles us to our past. ---except that Christ has secured our forgiveness, paid our debts, wiped the slate clean, and set us right. Now we live (and forgive) as people who are free.

Hey hey, my beautiful PVC family,

I'm back on stage and leading worship this weekend, and we’ve got a great song service planned for you. So let’s get right to it!

This weekend, I’m teaching you a new song. It is called Yet Not I, But Through Christ In Me by City Alight, and I’m excited to introduce it to you.

Some of you may not know this, but my brother is a Baptist pastor in Alabama, and back in January I had the privilege of visiting his historic church in Birmingham. While I was there, we sang this very song in the most beautiful sanctuary and I cannot fully put into words what it felt like to hear a whole congregation lifting their voices in praise to a God who accomplished so many life-changing things in and through us.

This song aligns so beautifully with our Finished sermon series, so it’s going to be our theme song for the remainder of the series—meaning you will be singing it for the next five weeks!

My prayer is that by the time we close out this series, you’ll know this song so well that, just like my brother’s church in Birmingham, we’ll be singing it at full blast—voices raised in full power and might, knowing and declaring what Christ has accomplished in us. I cannot wait for that moment.

Give it a listen first, then click one of the buttons below to listen to the full Playlist of Preparation—or feel free to make your own!

This weekend we will be singing: Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me, He Lives, Build My Life, and Jesus Paid It All.

As you listen, let this lyric from Yet Not I anchor your heart going into worship this weekend: “To this I hold, my hope is only Jesus! For my life is wholly fixed on Him.” That’s the heartbeat of everything we have been walking through in our sermon series. Not our striving, not our strength—but Christ in us, the finished work, the hope that does not disappoint. I’m eager to sing these truths alongside you.

With love,
Hannah, Your Minister of Music ::

P.s. I know a handful of you have sent this song to me, requesting that we sing it. Well, I’ve heard you and now we are! So I expect you to sing loudly for your neighbors to hear and catch on! ;)
YouTube CityAlight ~ Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me (Lyrics)

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It’s what supports ministries like Journey to Wholeness, PVC's recovery ministry, where people gather each week for support and hope. And other meaningful moments like potlucks, like the one last Sabbath, where we sit around tables, share food, and really connect as a church family.

Some of this ministry is visible, some happens quietly during the week—but all of it matters. And it all comes from the faithful generosity of this church family.

So thank you. Thank you to God for what He’s doing here, and thank you to our members for giving in ways that help Pleasant Valley Church care for people and build community.

Thursday, April 16
7:00pm | Journey to Wholeness

Friday, April 17
7:59pm | Welcoming the Sabbath!

Sabbath, April 18
9:15am | First Service with Kessia Reyne Bennett
10:30am | Discipleship Classes
11:45am | Second Service with Kessia Reyne Bennett; Niko Pasikatan Dedication

Wednesday, April 22
6:30pm | Pathfinders

Thursday, April 23
7:00pm | Journey to Wholeness

Friday, April 24
8:08pm | Welcoming the Sabbath!

Sabbath, April 25
9:15am | First Service with Kessia Reyne Bennett
10:30am | Discipleship Classes
11:45am | Second Service with Kessia Reyne Bennett
 1:00pm | Potluck at the Tourville’s