Church of the Vale

Posture matters, and not the kind we fix against a wall. The Bible talks about the posture of our hearts, and a stagnant life often traces back to one that has not shifted. Ps Igor Scholz opens Philippians 3 and walks us through three postures: our natural posture of sin, repentance as our response to God, and how we posture ourselves for His promises. Come be part of a Sunday at Church of the Val...

What is on our lips reveals what is in our heart. On Easter Sunday, Ps Ryan Germain unpacks the word hallelujah and why praise is the natural response to the good news of Jesus. He reads John 3:16 and 17 alongside Revelation 19 and makes the case that we are the happy ones, because life is better with Jesus. Come be part of a Sunday at Church of the Vale, or find more at churchofthevale.com.

Dead is not dead when Jesus is involved. Good Friday looked like the end, but the cross was the doorway to resurrection, and what Jesus touches comes alive. Ps Ryan Germain reads from Mark 5, John 11 and Luke 7, three moments where death met life, and asks us what in our own lives seems final but is not. Come be part of a Sunday at Church of the Vale, or find more at churchofthevale.com.

The crowd waving palm branches was right about who Jesus was and wrong about what He came to do. Palm Sunday is a picture of what happens when we pray. Ps Andy Waddell opens Matthew 6 and Matthew 21 in our Foundations collection and shows us that prayer welcomes the King into our lives, and prepares us before it changes anything around us. Come be part of a Sunday at Church of the Vale, or find mo...

Praying in the Spirit gets talked about a lot and explained very little. Ps Ryan Germain demystifies it in our Foundations collection, walking through the streams God has used across church history and making clear that salvation rests on Jesus, not on a gift. From John 16 and Acts 1 and 2, he shows us what the Holy Spirit was given to do. Come be part of a Sunday at Church of the Vale, or find mo...

Everything around us is shouting about money right now. The Bible has plenty to say about how we steward it, but the biggest thing it says is that money reveals where we actually put our trust. Ps Ryan Germain opens Genesis 22 in our Foundations collection, brings a vision update on the new name ahead, and lands the whole thing on surrender. Come be part of a Sunday at Church of the Vale, or find...

There are two ways to wake up, with intention or without. Most of us drift through days we were meant to carry purpose into. Ps Ryan Germain defines the anointing simply, the Holy Spirit empowering us to do what God has called us to do, and shows from 1 John 2:20 and Elijah in 1 Kings 18 why we need it for parenting, forgiveness, and real conversations about Jesus. Come be part of a Sunday at Chur...

A sailor can have all the experience in the world and still go nowhere without the wind. Ryan McMahon takes us to Luke 4, where Jesus is full of the Spirit, led by the Spirit, then returns in the power of the Spirit. Full, led, empowered. That is the model, and it starts with asking God for a fresh filling. Come be part of a Sunday at Church of the Vale, or find more at churchofthevale.com.

New wine bursts an old wineskin. Something has to be made new before it can hold what God is pouring out. Ps Ryan Germain opens Matthew 9:17 and makes a straight case that the Bible has all the answers we will ever need. New wine requires vessels formed by the Word of God, so we let it form us. Come be part of a Sunday at Church of the Vale, or find more at churchofthevale.com.

Vision is a prophetic declaration of what God is already doing. What we decide is whether we have a yes in our hearts. Ps Ryan Germain unpacks our 2026 vision, new wine, fresh wind and a greater anointing, from Matthew 9:17, John 3:8 and Ezekiel 37. Old versions of us cannot contain God's new work, and wind only fills sails that are raised. Come be part of a Sunday at Church of the Vale, or find m...

Every family is a bit messed up, and we bring that mess in the door with us. But the Bible does not call the church an organisation. It calls us a family. In our Built Different collection, Ps Ryan Germain opens Romans 8 and asks the obvious next question. If we are God's family, what are His family values? Come be part of a Sunday at Church of the Vale, or find more at churchofthevale.com.

A Porsche 911 is built for power, and as followers of Jesus we are built different too. Sin is living as though God were not God, and it always moves us away from His presence. Ps Ryan Germain opens Exodus 32 and the golden calf to name five sins that block the presence of God in our lives, part of the Built Different collection. Come be part of a Sunday at Church of the Vale, or find more at chur...

The thing we prayed for often arrives with problems attached. Ps Andy Waddell opens John 16:33 and the life of Paul to show that stepping into a God vision for 2026 will come with trials, resistance and obstacles to overcome, and that none of it means we heard God wrong. He names where those problems come from, starting with life itself and the enemy's resistance. Come be part of a Sunday at Churc...