Valley Life Church

On Sunday, September 17, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcast online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message about Jesus when he healed a 12 year old girl, the daughter of a synagogue leader. While Jesus was on his way to heal the girl, a woman who was very sick grabbed the edge of his robe and was subsequently healed. From this story, we are encouraged to focus on Jesus...

On Sunday, September 10, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcast online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message about Jesus when he interacted with the demon-possessed man from whom he cast out the demons into a herd of pigs. In this story we see Jesus’ authority over the devil, understanding that the Christian life is a life of warfare, and that we need to be responsive to...

On Sunday, September 3, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcast online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message about Jesus calming the storm as he and his disciples traveled across the lake. The faith that Jesus is building in us is one that goes beyond our boundaries, trusts within the storms, and understands his authority. Luke 8:22-25 (NIV) One day Jesus said to his disc...

On Sunday, August 27, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcast online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message about Jesus’ Parable of the Lamp and his exchange regarding his mother and brothers. From these passages we are encouraged to develop our hearing to respond to God’s word, to repent by aligning our hearts to the Lord’s will, and to relate in love to those around us....

On Sunday, August 20, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message about Jesus’ Parable of the Soils. Each of the four soils represents our hearts and how we engage with the devil, testing and temptations, the world, and with God. Jesus’ heart for us is, through God’s grace, to develop a heart that is supple and fertile for God’s...

On Sunday, August 13, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message about Jesus’ effectiveness in ministry. Luke’s Gospel takes a moment to step back and reflect on the lives that Jesus had touched, reconnecting them to the mission of the kingdom with a sense of renewal as they worked and walked alongside Jesus. This is an invitati...

n Sunday, August 6, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message about Jesus’ experience while having dinner at a Pharisee’s house, when a woman honored him by anointing and washing his feet, which was seen as an act of worship. In this message, we explored what it means to worship, the issues of misjudging, and the price of peace...

On Sunday, July 30, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message about Jesus’ teaching about the purposes of God. The ones who knew they were at cross-purposes to God’s ways, end up repenting. Those who think they are doing everything right, don’t feel they need to repent. We all have places where we reject God’s purposes for us a...

On Sunday, July 23, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Brook Fonceca shared a message about Jesus’ interaction with John the Baptist regarding him being the Messiah. Through this story we examine our expectations of Jesus, reminding ourselves of what God can do, and allowing God to surprise us as we look to the Lord for healing, restoration, and peace. Luk...

On Sunday, July 16, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Giovanni Serrato shared a message about Jesus’ bringing a widow’s son back to life. Jesus steps into a situation where things have gone from bad to worse. Jesus’ heart is for restoration, which brings us to a place of hope as we return to the Lord. Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his...

On Sunday, July 2, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Giovanni Serrato shared a message about Jesus’ instruction to establish our lives wisely, building them on a firm foundation on Christ who is our Rock. Luke 6:46-49 (ESV) “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show...

On Sunday, June 18, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Brook Fonceca shared a message about Jesus’ instruction to not judge one another. We look at why we judge, what judging does to us, and following Jesus’ example in response to judging. Luke 6:37-42 (NIV) “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive,...

On Sunday, June 11, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message about loving your enemies and regarding them as friends because our enemies reveal our hearts, God’s heart, and they set you free to become like Jesus. “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, p...

On Sunday, June 4, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Brook Fonceca shared a message from Jesus’ command, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” (Luke 6:31)  When we choose to take a stance of non-violence, we have the opportunity to discern the situation, recognize the need, and employ our resources to stand in the gap for someone, honoring...

On Sunday, May 28, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message about Jesus’ first public teaching, continuing with the passage after the Beatitudes about loving your enemies. Jesus teaches that we have the opportunity to break the cycle of violence by loving, serving, blessing, and praying for those who hate and mistreat us. This...

On Sunday, May 21, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message about Jesus’ first public teaching, continuing with the final passages of the Beatitudes about enduring rejection for Jesus’ sake. Jesus teaches that rejection will come to those whose lives are dedicated to the Lord. We are part of a long line of those who know rejec...

On Sunday, May 14, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message about Jesus’ first public teaching, which is the Beatitudes, and explains how to know we are blessed. 1. The blessed know their need for God. 2. The blessed long for connection with God. 3. The blessed trust God with the now and the future. Luke 6:20-21 (NIV) Looking...

On Sunday, May 7, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message about how Jesus healed many people on one occasion. From this story, we see that Jesus wanted to teach his disciples how to see the people as he does, to see their needs, and to acknowledge Jesus as the source of their healing. Luke 6:17-19 (NIV) He went down with them...

On Sunday, April 30, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice led us through an exploration of three themes found in this passage. 1) The key to Jesus’ life and ministry was prayer, submitting himself to God his Father. 2) When Jesus had important decisions, he would spend the night in prayer. Jesus’ example is saying to God, “Not my will, but...

On Sunday, April 23, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message reminding us that Jesus came to set us free from the Law. As we let Jesus set us free, we’re invited to allow him to silence our inner critic. Finally, Jesus wants to lead us with love, grace, compassion, and truth so that we might be his representatives in our worl...

On Sunday, April 16, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Gio Serrato shares a post-Easter message of encouragement to not live in fear, but to place our focus on the Lord, to listen to God’s voice, follow the direction we hear, and in the moment of distress remember to cry out to the Lord for help. Matthew 14:22-33 (ESV) Immediately he made the disciples ge...

On Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice shared an Easter message encouraging us to expect a sense of disorientation when we experience life-changing events. Jesus promises us, though, that he will be with us and visits us in our hour of need by declaring, “Peace be with you!” Jesus desires for us to place our trust...

On Sunday, April 2, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice continued our series “A Closer Walk with Jesus.” Today, we look at the passage where Jesus talks about new wine skins. Jesus invites us to experience the new thing the Lord is doing in our lives and the renewal of broken parts of our lives. When we embrace the new thing, it establish...

On Sunday, March 26, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice continued our series “A Closer Walk with Jesus.” Today, we look at the story of the calling of Matthew (AKA: Levi) and what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. Jesus looks for mismatched callings and has a place for us on his team if we just follow him and realign our calling in Chr...

On Sunday, March 19, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice continued our series “A Closer Walk with Jesus.” Today, we look at the story of Jesus forgiving and healing a paralyzed man who was let down through the roof by his friends to get to Jesus. Pastor Stuart encourages us to examine our faith by asking, are we judging Jesus, are we maki...