April 28

VALLEY FARMS CHURCH DEDICATION MAY 5TH AT 10:30 A.M.

NEXT SUNDAY, MAY 5TH, WHICH IS CINCO DE MAYO IN MEXICO, WE INVITE YOU OUT TO CELEBRATE WITH US AS WE DEDICATE OUR CHURCH BUILDING AT 11334 E. VAH KI INN RD., VALLEY FARMS, TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST THAT HE WOULD USE US IN A MIGHTY WAY AND THAT MANY WOULD COME TO KNOW HIM AS SAVIOR THROUGH THIS CHURCH. 

WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE GLENN MOLLETTE AND HIS WIFE CAROLE JOIN US ON THIS SPECIAL OCCAISION.  THEY ARE IN LEADERSHIP AT NEWBURGH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN NEWBURGH, INDIANA.

OUR CELEBRATION WILL START AT 10:30 A.M. WITH CONGREGATIONAL SINGING AND SPECIAL MUSIC BY CAROLE MOLLETTE.  THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A MESSAGE FROM DR. GLENN MOLLETTE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU JOIN US.

HOPE WOMEN’S CENTER OF COOLIDGE

WE HAD A NICE POTLUCK MEAL AT THE WOMEN’S CENTER AND AN INFORMATIVE TOUR AFTERWARDS.  WE WERE PLEASE TO HAVE BEEN INVITED TO BECOME INVOLVED WITH THIS MINISTRY, A VERY IMPORTANT AND NEEDED MINISTRY IN THE COOLIDGE AREA.
     
PICTURES FROM THE TOUR OF THE HOPE WOMEN’S CENTER
  

  
THE MINISTRY IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.  IF YOU FEEL THIS IS YOUR CALLING AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE WILL GET YOU IN CONTACT WITH THEM. 

YOU MAY CONTACT US AT 520-723-2952 OR E-MAIL AT PASTORBILL@WESTRIV.COM

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April 21

DR. GLENN AND CAROLE MOLLETTE TO VISIT THE COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF VALLEY FARMS, ARIZONA

Dr. and Mrs. Mollette will be guests of Pastor Bill and Kathy Perry of Coolidge, Arizona the first week of May.

Dr. Glenn Mollette, the president of Newburgh Theological Seminary and College of the Bible in Newburgh, Indiana, will be the guest speaker at the Community Christian Church in Valley Farms, Arizona on May 5, 2013 for the morning worship service. His wife Carole will provide special music. For more information about the Seminary you can view their website at www.newburghseminary.com. 

Both Glenn and Carole are excited to be visiting southern Arizona and are looking forward to meeting many of the local residents. We hope that many of you will want to come out and give them a big Arizona welcome.  You will be blessed to hear this wonderful Christian couple share what the Lord Jesus Christ is doing in their lives. If you have any questions call the church at 520-723-2952.

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Ashley Crespo and Jim Perry share a musical prayer from their hearts to Jesus. Recorded April 14, 2013 at New Hope

April 17, 2013 Staff Reports |

New Church Serving Valley Farms

Pastor Bill Perry and His Wife Kathy

 

Pastor Bill and Kathy Perry have started a new church in Valley Farms.

After serving the past three years as pastor/chaplain at the Ho Ho Kam Mobile Village in Coolidge, Pastor Bill and Kathy Perry will be celebrating a second service at the Valley Farms Community Church at 11334 E. Vah Ki Inn Rd., Valley Farms at 11:30 a.m. All are welcome.

Pastor Bill, as he likes to be called, has served the Lord for more than three decades as pastor of churches in New England, New York and North Dakota, and has also served with Transport for Christ as lead truck stop chaplain before coming to Coolidge, and now Valley Farms.

Kathy has taught more than 20 years in public and Christian schools, with degrees in education, church administration and Christian counseling.

They are looking forward to serving you as your community church – the way church used to be.  May the Lord bless you.

To learn more, call 520-723-2952 or visit the church’s website at www.community-christian-church.com.

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April 14

TIME TO SAY GOODBYE FOR A SEASON

A farewell breakfast as we bid adieu to our friends Joe and Martha and Dallas and Carrie.  We will miss you!  May the Lord be with you.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS

We want you to know that we’re open on Sundays.  All are very welcome to come by for a visit.  The coffee is hot and the conversation is good.

 

THE PASTOR IS IN

Poll: Americans Love the Bible But Don't Read It Much

"The State of the Bible 2013"

More than half of Americans think the Bible has too little influence on a culture they see in moral decline, yet only one in five Americans read the Bible on a regular basis, according to a new survey.

More than three-quarters of Americans (77 percent) think the nation's morality is headed downhill, according to a new survey from American Bible Society.

The survey showed the Bible is still firmly rooted in American soil: 88 percent of respondents said they own a Bible, 80 percent think the Bible is sacred, 61 percent wish they read the Bible more, and the average household has 4.4 Bibles.

If the Bible is so commonplace in America, wouldn't its moral teachings counteract the downward trend? Almost a third of respondents said moral decline was a result of people not reading the Bible, while 29 percent cited the "negative influence of America" and one in four cited corporate corruption.

Doug Birdsall, president of American Bible Society, said he sees a reason for why the Bible isn't connecting with people.

"I see the problem as analogous to obesity in America. We have an awful lot of people who realize they're overweight, but they don't follow a diet," Birdsall said. "People realize the Bible has values that would help us in our spiritual health, but they just don't read it."

If they do read it, the majority (57 percent) only read their Bibles four times a year or less. Only 26 percent of Americans said they read their Bible on a regular basis (four or more times a week).

The Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest and author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, said the Bible can come across as intimidating to the uninitiated. "There's a tendency to think that if you read the Bible, you have to read it from start to finish. But when people do read the Bible, they don't know where to begin," Martin said.

Younger people also seem to be moving away from the Bible. A majority (57 percent) of those ages 18-28 read their Bibles less than three times a year, if at all.

The Barna Group conducted "The State of the Bible 2013" study for American Bible Society, using 1,005 telephone interviews and 1,078 online surveys with a margin of error for the combined data of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

c. 2013 Religion News Service. Used with permission.

Publication date: April 5, 2013

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April 7

COOLIDGE RIBBON CUTTING FOR NEW BUSINESS!

  

We highly recommend that you drop by to visit Celeste and Laura at Kustom Kuts.  It seems that they have the right idea about how to run a business.  Note, that Sunday is set aside as the Lord’s day.  Check them out!

Look out! As you can see , some of our chamber  members are real cut ups! 

Celeste and Laura , standing in front of their new business, along with the Coolidge City Manager (in a red shirt).

VALLEY FARMS COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Making final preparations for Sunday is Dal King doing some painting.

  

Finishing up putting the floor tile down in the church office is Pastor Bill.

  

Carrie King and Kathy worked in the sanctuary putting the final touches on the woodwork and the pews.  Praise the Lord for people like Dal and Carrie.  Thank you.

  

“The job was bigger than I thought it was.”          Time for a break!

Valley Farms Church Service—April 7

Praise the Lord we were ready thanks to all the help that we had.  Our attendance was better than we had expected. 

We are praying that in the weeks to come it will only get better and we will see many salvations from the community here in Valley Farms. 

Keep us in your prayers.  God Bless you.

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Continue to pray for us as we seek to serve the Lord here in Arizona.
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