The Valley Chapel Podcast

Feeling overwhelmed, guilty, or even resistant to reading the Bible? Join us for a transformative six-week series, "Explore: The Bible," where we'll break down barriers, dispel confusion, and show you how to find confidence, wisdom, and personal transformation when you enter the Scriptures. Discover how to make Bible study an empowering and life-changing part of your growth as a disciple and your...

Feeling overwhelmed, guilty, or even resistant to reading the Bible? Join us for a transformative six-week series, "Explore: The Bible," where we'll break down barriers, dispel confusion, and show you how to find confidence, wisdom, and personal transformation when you enter the Scriptures. Discover how to make Bible study an empowering and life-changing part of your growth as a disciple and your...

Sometimes, groups do things that we disagree with. The church has many flaws, and it’s tempting to decide to associate when we align but then disassociate when we don’t. How much do I need to align myself with my church community? Paul teaches us to, “Whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” We are transforming...

What does community look like when I’m not passionate about it like others? Do I always need to be excited, happy to be there, eager, and driven, or can I just “be” for a while? Do I need to engage when I’m not feeling connected personally? Paul teaches us to celebrate and live as one “through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.” We are transform...

What does community look like when I need some good advice? Do I just hear a bunch of pleasantries, or do people dive into the scriptures and seek the wisdom of God alongside me? We don’t have all the answers but must pursue them together. Paul teaches us to, “Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom.” We are transforming into a communi...

What does community look like when our conflict has gotten tense? Disagreements and conflict can feel gut-wrenching and fill us with anxiety to the point where we feel like running away. Isn’t community supposed to be peaceful? In reality, it just isn’t always happy and friendly. Yet, Paul teaches us to “put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in y...

What does community look like when I’ve been hurt by people in that community? Do I give up? Do I tolerate abuse? How do I respond to others when they cause me deep pain? Paul teaches us to “Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” We are transforming into a community through whom God’s love flows, but that’s easi...

What does community look like when things aren’t working? People are suffering, needy, flawed, and mess up. We are broken people living with broken people, and our mutual inadequacy can get in the way of community. Paul teaches us to, in the face of one another’s brokenness, “clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” We are transforming into a community throu...

It's the day the Church began. Let's celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit with special guest preacher Elaine Southard.

It's the day the Church began. Let's celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit with special guest preacher Marlena Graves.

 Does it sometimes feel like only certain parts of you belong in church? Do you feel like you need to keep some parts hidden out of fear of rejection, shame, or judgment? Where do my doubts, fears, brokenness, differences, circumstances, and story fit when everyone else seems to have it all together? Let’s take a good hard look at what belonging means in light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

 Does it sometimes feel like only certain parts of you belong in church? Do you feel like you need to keep some parts hidden out of fear of rejection, shame, or judgment? Where do my doubts, fears, brokenness, differences, circumstances, and story fit when everyone else seems to have it all together? Let’s take a good hard look at what belonging means in light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

 Does it sometimes feel like only certain parts of you belong in church? Do you feel like you need to keep some parts hidden out of fear of rejection, shame, or judgment? Where do my doubts, fears, brokenness, differences, circumstances, and story fit when everyone else seems to have it all together? Let’s take a good hard look at what belonging means in light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Does it sometimes feel like only certain parts of you belong in church? Do you feel like you need to keep some parts hidden out of fear of rejection, shame, or judgment? Where do my doubts, fears, brokenness, differences, circumstances, and story fit when everyone else seems to have it all together? Let’s take a good hard look at what belonging means in light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

 Does it sometimes feel like only certain parts of you belong in church? Do you feel like you need to keep some parts hidden out of fear of rejection, shame, or judgment? Where do my doubts, fears, brokenness, differences, circumstances, and story fit when everyone else seems to have it all together? Let’s take a good hard look at what belonging means in light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

 Does it sometimes feel like only certain parts of you belong in church? Do you feel like you need to keep some parts hidden out of fear of rejection, shame, or judgment? Where do my doubts, fears, brokenness, differences, circumstances, and story fit when everyone else seems to have it all together? Let’s take a good hard look at what belonging means in light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

He is Risen! Celebrate the moment that turned the world upside down.

God's transforming love flows through a million tiny "yeses"

Is your "Dying to self" leading to compromise, fatigue, and burnout? This can't be what Jesus meant, can it? It doesn’t feel like the new life he promises on the other side. Let’s explore the deeper meaning of death to self this Lent.

Is your "Dying to self" leading to compromise, fatigue, and burnout? This can't be what Jesus meant, can it? It doesn’t feel like the new life he promises on the other side. Let’s explore the deeper meaning of death to self this Lent.

Is your "Dying to self" leading to compromise, fatigue, and burnout? This can't be what Jesus meant, can it? It doesn’t feel like the new life he promises on the other side. Let’s explore the deeper meaning of death to self this Lent.

Is your "Dying to self" leading to compromise, fatigue, and burnout? This can't be what Jesus meant, can it? It doesn’t feel like the new life he promises on the other side. Let’s explore the deeper meaning of death to self this Lent.

Is your "Dying to self" leading to compromise, fatigue, and burnout? This can't be what Jesus meant, can it? It doesn’t feel like the new life he promises on the other side. Let’s explore the deeper meaning of death to self this Lent.

“‘Even now,’ declares the LORD, ‘return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.’ Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.”

Where is God calling you to go? What is God calling you to do? We are often looking for the answer to that question to be a destination, but more often than not, God’s response is…well…inconclusive. It’s as if the destination is withheld because there is something more important for us to discover in the process of exploring all the possibilities.