Arrived: Healing

You've been sick, you've been hurt, you've been afflicted with some physical pain and dysfunction—and maybe you still are. Physical illness, mental injury, and spiritual harassment are pervasive: they touch each of us and those that we love best. Into this suffering the Son of God came, in body and in person. He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows: by him we are healed.

Glad Tidings to my precious PVC family,
I am eager to worship with you this weekend! I’m looking forward to singing songs that reflect on Christ’s first Advent—His miraculous arrival into our world as both Savior and King.

I love this season that overflows with hope, expectation, generosity, and joy. My prayer is that as we gather, we flood the sanctuary with those very things—lifting our voices in awe and gratitude as we proclaim glory to God for His loving choice to come close, to be with us, to become one of us.

As always, you can prepare your heart for worship by listening ahead to the songs we’ll be singing. Just click one of the playlist buttons below for Spotify or YouTube, or feel free to make your own.

This week we will be singing: Joy to the World, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, All Hail King Jesus, What Child Is This, and Come Thou Long Expected Jesus.

There’s a lyric in What Child Is This that says, “This, this is Christ the King…”—and it holds such mystery and majesty. A child... and a King. Vulnerable and victorious. The One who came to save.

Let’s come ready to adore Him with full hearts. Excited to lift my voice in adoration alongside yours!
Hannah, Your Minister of Music 

As we begin the final month of 2025, we’re grateful for all God has done through Pleasant Valley Church this year. Your faithful giving to our Church Ministries Budget helps keep our ministries strong—from Sabbath School classrooms to worship, outreach, and care for those in need. Let’s continue trusting God and finishing the year well, together.

Thanks to your generosity, we’ve seen a vibrant year of local ministry—supporting events like the Clean Conference, funding subsidies for students at Hood View and PAA, and strengthening ministries that serve every age group. As we enter the final stretch of the year, we’re needing to catch up by about 20% of our budget goal, and every gift matters.

Sabbath, December 6 – 2nd Sabbath of Advent
9:15am | First Service with Kessia Reyne Bennett
10:30am | Discipleship Groups
11:45am | Second Service with Kessia Reyne Bennett

Tuesday, December 9
6:30pm | Elders Meeting

Wednesday, December 10
6:00pm | Finance Committee via Zoom
6:30pm | Pathfinders

Thursday, December 11
7:00pm | Journey to Wholeness

Friday, December 12
4:28pm | Welcoming the Sabbath!

Sabbath, December 13 – 3rd Sabbath of Advent
9:15am | First Service with Kessia Reyne Bennett
10:30am | Discipleship Groups
11:45am | Second Service with Kessia Reyne Bennett