Pleasant Valley Church Sermons

What would it be like to be a part of a group of people where everyone is dressed in and filled with the godly characteristics Paul gives us in Colossians 3:12-17? Pastor Darren gives us a snapshot of what that might look like in our church.

After spending much time personally engaging in the book of Colossians during his sabbatical, Pastor Darren challenges the whole church family to engage especially with verses 11-17 in chapter 3. He helps us to see that Paul's call to focus on Jesus with our hearts and minds sets the stage for how we view other [...]

Guest speakers Harold & Wendi Park of Forever Families explain how their ministry is mobilizing and equipping the church to help children in the foster care system. Wendi challenges us to live our lives according to God's priorities, for God's purposes and in God's presence.

Guest speaker Joan van der Linde examines a variety of Psalms that speak about finding refuge in God, under the shelter of His wings.

Pastor Mike speaks on Psalm 118 and reminds us to continuously be thankful, especially for the spiritual victory over death that Christ won for us on the cross.

Guest speaker Conference Pastor Layton Friesen of the Evangelical Mennonite Conference speaks on Psalm 29, challenging us to remember that God has a life of His own.

Guest speaker Jason Peters takes us through Psalm 15 and explores what God requires of those who desire to dwell with Him.

Pastor Jesse takes a look at how we deal with sin according to the book of Psalms.

How do we respond to a God that is always present? Does the knowledge of God's omnipresence and omniscience cause us to rejoice or to tremble? Pastor Mike examines Psalm 139 in which David confronts these thoughts.

Pastor Mike speaks on the implications and the hope that is found in the resurrection of Jesus as PV Celebrates Easter Sunday.

Guest speaker Gerald Reimer of the Evangelical Mennonite Conference speaks on the journey of discipleship.

Pastor Jesse continues our series on the book of Psalms and explores how Jesus is central to the story of the Bible by examining Psalms that foretell His life, death and resurrection. Jesse challenges us, whenever we read our Bibles, to look for Jesus.

In times of distress, it can feel as through God has forgotten about us. Pastor Mike examines the Psalms to see David's example of how we should respond when the waters are rising around us? How do you communicate with God when the troubles of this life are closing in all around you? What does [...]

Guest speaker Professor Patrick Friesen of Steinbach Bible College takes us through Hebrews 12 and reminds us to fix our eyes on Jesus as we look to the examples of the spiritual forefathers who have gone before us.

What does it mean to be blessed by God? Pastor Mike takes a look at Psalm 1 to challenge us to reorient our understanding of being blessed. Do we find our blessing in the things of this world or are we living fully for God and experiencing the blessing that comes with being rooted in [...]

Before we were artist and musicians, we were story tellers. In this sermon, Pastor Jesse looks at Psalm 105 and how it teaches us to recognize God at work throughout history and in our own stories.

In this short devotional before the EMC day of prayer for Missions, Pastor Mike explores God's missionary heart found in the Psalms. In reading the Psalms, it becomes clear that proclamation is part of our identity as Christians and thus we are all called to join in God's mission to see that all would come [...]

Pastor Jesse introduces our upcoming Psalms series by taking a birds eye view of the book and showing how - through the good, the bad, and the ugly that Psalms writers have to say - God teaches us to embrace real, messy, honesty in our relationship with Him, and with those around us.

Pastor Mike takes a look at the apostle Paul's call to unity within the early church.  Why should Christians work towards unity? Considering the wider Church's track record of disunity, is it even possible to expect unity from Christians? Looking at Philippians 2, Pastor Mike explores the importance of unity and suggests a few keys [...]

Pastor Darren continues to explore the concept of Humility - this Sunday from an all together different angle. He uses the relatively familiar 'feel good' passage in Matthew 11:28-30 and reminds us that this section of verses is firstly intended to tell us about God. The interesting truth about God that these verses and those [...]

What does true humility look like? Pastor Darren takes time to acknowledge that although the foundation of humility rests in our hearts and our minds, true humility must also find physical ways to express itself. 1 Peter 5:5-6 calls us to be humble before God and to be humble among people. And so the question [...]

The final message in our advent series is entitled "Going Home Again".  Pastor Darren draws our attention to 3 prophetic words spoken by Anna and Simeon over the baby Jesus in the temple 40 days after his birth.  "Falling, Rising, & Redemption": Some scholars call the combination of these 3 words 'the impact crater' of [...]

In this Christmas Day message entitled "A Manger For the World", Pastor Darren highlights the sign that the angels mention in their announcement to the shepherds.  He reminds us that in order for 'a sign' to be effective in its intended communication it has to be strategically planned and placed.  The angels tell the shepherds [...]

Pastor Jesse continues the Advent series by taking a closer look at Mary's song in Luke chapter 1.  Mary is often portrayed as serene and passive, but the reality is she was placed into an unthinkably tough situation and showed steely resolve and a revolutionary spirit.  What can her reaction and her song teach us [...]

Pastor Darren works at building a basis for the theme: Joy is our True Home. From the message of the angels to the Shepherds following the birth of Jesus, it is clear that God's intent was that the coming of Jesus would somehow infuse our world with Joy! Pastor Darren explores several other references to [...]