Shepherd of the Valley Presbyterian Church

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September 8, 2024 - The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Join us for worship at 9:30 am this Sunday, September 8, 2024 - The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost. We welcome Stephen Rhodes, Stated Clerk and Commission on Ministry Consultant from the Presbytery, and  also the Rev. Maricela Gonzales from our sister church in San Nicolás de Bart, Cuba.

For those unable to attend the in-person service, online streaming will be available. You can view the latest service and recordings of earlier services on SOTV's YouTube channel by clicking on the link below.
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Scripture: Luke 24: 44-53

Then Jesus said to the disciples, “These are my words that I spoke to you      while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have  been clothed with power from on high.”

Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and they were continually in the temple blessing God.

Acts 2:1-4

When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.

Preacher: the Rev. Sarah Chivington-Buck
Sermon: "Sailing with the Spirit"

 

 

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Shepherd of the Valley Presbyterian Church

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August 25, 2024 - The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Join us for Worship at 9:30 am this Sunday.

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Sunday Bulletin 8-25-24

For those unable to attend the in-person service, online streaming will be available. You can view the latest service and recordings of earlier services on SOTV's YouTube channel by clicking on the link below.

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Scripture Reading:  Jeremiah 29: 1, 4-7, 10-13

These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat what they produce.  Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease. But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.

For thus says the Lord: Only when Babylon’s seventy years are completed    will I visit you, and I will fulfil to you my promise and bring you back to this place. For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart.

Preacher: the Rev. Frank Yates
Sermon: "A Future With Hope"     Sermon 8.25.24

 

 

Praise band performing during worship with communion table in the foreground