Women's Retreat

The 2012 "Be Still Retreat" will be on Oct 5-7 at Pleasant Valley Camp in Mineral, WA, east of Tacoma.  This retreat is put on by Be Still Retreat Ministries.  The theme this year is "The Pursuit of God."  The registration fee is $85, or you can register with a friend for $75.  If you are interested or have questions please contact Cindy Johnson through the church office.

Fall Changes

It's that time of the year.  Back to school, fall colors and changes to the Sky Valley Bible Church schedule.

• Men's Bible Study - A new men's study has started called, "Touchstones of a Sound Church".  The Scriptures provide great insight into the marks of a healthy Christian community.  Together we will consider these important touchstones and discover how God uses them to challenge and develop us in our unique roles.  It meets at the church on Wed evenings at 7:00pm.
• New Adult Sunday School - We've started a new adult Sunday School class.  This class will meet at 9:20am on Sunday mornings.  George McGee will be leading a study of the book of Philippians.

It's summer and summer changes are here!  Throughout the summer there will be no adult Bible study prior to the Sunday morning service, and the start time of the Sunday morning service has been moved up 15 minutes to 10:30.

New Pages!

Look on the right hand side of the page for links to new pages on this blog.  They include Sky Valley Bible Churches doctrinal statement, an overview of our leading elders and deacons and contact information for the church.

New Church Address!

We officially signed a lease agreement with Christ Church Monroe this afternoon and are now leasing their facility. Our first meeting there will be next Sunday, the 21st of August.  Most meetings from the 21st on will be in the new facility although the Church office probably won't officially move until after the fair. 

The new address is:

235 South Lewis Street

Monroe, WA 98272

This Sunday's Worship

Hello fellow members of the body of Christ,

This coming Sunday we will be doing things a bit different than usual. Instead of the worship team choosing, preparing and leading all of the songs we want to give the entire church body a chance to bring something to share this Sunday.

Ephesians 5:18b-20 says,
"Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."

God has given us all so much and we want to give everyone the opportunity to bring your own psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. So here's some ideas & guides on what you can do in order to help you prepare for this coming time of worship together:

• Pick a favorite worship song that you would like to sing together as a church (we'd also like you to share briefly how it draws you into worshiping God), or..
• Pick a favorite verse or passage to share with the church (and why it's a favorite), or...
• Come with a praise for something God is doing in your life.
• If you are able to, we encourage you to lead the song yourself (I can help on guitar if needed) or if needed a small team will be available to lead a song.

If you do come up with something that you'd like to share, be it song, verse or a praise, please email me (email address below) ahead of time so I can make sure we're ready for anything that might need preparing. Though, don't let that stop you from bringing something last minute as we will be ready for playing songs "on the fly" if needed. (Note: we'll base it off of whoever sends what they're sharing to me first and then we'll ask for any spur of the moment requests as time allows)

Again, like I said earlier... the worship team is not planning the usual worship this Sunday. So bring something or we might just have a silent service!

In Him,
Ryan
luckyg3@gmail.com

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Mission Related Links

At service today, Brian Harmon spoke of his recent mission trip to Pittsburg that he did with the church he attends when at school in Bellingham.  Here are the links associated:

http://www.pittsburghproject.org/index.php 

http://www.theinnministries.org/

One more link, just because it is pretty cool, called "Google Exodus":

                     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIxToZmJwdI

Here is the information about the performance mentioned today:

Bulletin for April 10, 2011

Bulletin for April 3, 2011

Ephesians Chp 5

Baptism March 2011

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Les Clement Ephesians

Baptisms February 2011

Baptism is something we believe in at SVBC as a method for displaying our commitment to Christ. It is not necessary for our salvation, but is a symbol of our faith.  Below is video and some photos from three baptisms performed on Sunday by Pastor Phil for Graciela, Tomas and Hannah. You can see from the video and photos, the joy that is felt among all involved in this ceremony.

A Missionary Message

This past Sunday, February 13, 2011, Jesse & Janel Mattix joined us at SVBC. They wanted to share with us about the work they've been doing for the Lord in Bolivia. This is about a 10 minute excerpt from the service, in case you missed it. If you'd like to listen to the entire service, the audio files will be uploaded shortly. If you'd like to know more about the work Jesse and Janel are doing, please contact the church office .

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Round Table Meeting  --  Sunday, January 23

This next Sunday, we will be having a Round Table Meeting right

after the morning worship service.  We will be serving pizza for lunch

right before.