Weekly Update
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already
laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Sunday March 30, 2025
10:00am
Worship & Livestream at Valleyview
Theme: Lent 4 - Christ
collides with our selfishness
Worship Leader: Jacques P
Speaker: Pastor Marv
Song Leader: Donelda F
Musician: Elenor T
Reader: Elma F
Tech Team: Heather P, Tom P
Ushers: Innocent M, Helen
D, Krista A
Counters: Heather P, David H
Coffee Host: Helen D
Order of Service
Announcements
Welcome
Lighting the Peace Candle
Hymn: VT#38 - Life-Giver, Maker, God of All
Call to Worship
Confession and Words of Assurance
Children s Time
Hymn: VT#555 - Lord I Am Fondly, Earnestly Longing
Scripture: Luke 16:19 33
Message: Oblivious! - Pastor Marv
Offering
Prayer of the Community
Hymn: VT#568 - Christ Has No Body Here but
Ours
11:00am
Second Hour
Upstairs: Speaking Christian book study #5:
The chapters we will focus on are Easter (Ch.9)
and Believing and Faith (Ch.10).
A reminder to keep asking yourself as you are reading:
1.
What resonates with you?
2.
What do you disagree with?
3.
What questions/observations do the readings raise for you?
Lower Level: Sunday School Children, Jr Youth, and Youth
classes
Snack
Host: Paul
& Lynne W
Children s
Sunday School (JK-Gr 4) Teacher: Erin W
Junior Youth (Gr 5-7) Teacher: Lanette FW
Youth
Meetup (Gr 8-12) Leader:
Jacob M/Sarah D
This Week at Valleyview
Friday, March 28 *Youth
please RSVP*
7:00pm
Youth Gathering at Valleyview
Our next youth event will be gathering for games at the church.
Here are the details:
When: Friday March 28th, at 7:00-9:00.
Where: Valleyview Mennonite Church
What to wear: something you can run around in
Please RSVP to the youth
email if you are able to make it.
-Maria and Jacques, Allison and David
Thursday, April 3
7:00pm Male Chorus
Rehearsal
Friday, April 4, 7:00pm Wildflowers of Ontario presented by Don T
Join Don T on Zoom for a special slide show presentation of
images and sharing! Link in email to congregation dated March 21st.
After a long and snowy
winter, we will soon have the beauty of spring flowers coming to life at our
feet - with new flowers joining in summer and even into the autumn.
Saturday, April 12, 10:00am Annual
General Meeting of Valleyview Mennonite Church
Saturday, May 10th Intergenerational
Gathering at Valleyview. Mark your calendars!
Activities:
1.
3:30pm Hike through Kilally
Woods along north shore of Thames River. We will meet by the Dan Pulham Field at the far east end of Windemere Road - off
Adelaide - and begin our hike from this point. (one hour)
2.
5:00pm Dinner at the church: Wiener roast and Ice
Cream Sundaes free-will offering will be collected to help
cover the cost of the meal
3.
6:00pm Intergenerational table games
Next: Sunday April 6, 2025
10:00am Worship & Livestream at Valleyview
Theme: Lent 5: Christ Collides with our blinders
Worship Leader: Linda W
Speaker: David Friesen-Waldner
Song Leader, Musician,
Reader: TBD
Tech Team: Heather P, Tom P
Ushers: Don T, Allison H,
Helen D
Counters: Ben R, Evan B
Coffee Host: TBD
11:00am Second Hour
Upstairs: Coffee Hour
Lower Level: Sunday School
Children, Jr Youth, and Youth classes
Snack Host: TBD
Children s Sunday School (JK-Gr 4) Teacher: Mike/Donelda
F
Youth Meetup (Gr 8-12) Leader: Jacob M
Worship Preview
Preview: Holy Week at Valleyview
April 13 @ 10 am - Palm Sunday: Christ Collides with our expectations
Join us for a joyful service filled with Hosannas and children waving
palm branches.
Families: Children are invited to participate in a procession to begin the
worship service. Please arrive a few minutes early and have children remain in
the upper foyer to receive a palm branch. They will join families in seats
again after the procession.
April 18 @ 10 am - Good Friday: The Passion of Christ
We remember the Last Supper with communion and then move into the
Tenebrae service for a time of readings and reflection, ending in silence and
darkness.
Easter Breakfast April 20 from 8:30-9:30am
downstairs
Enjoy breakfast and conversation prior to the Easter Worship service.
Please bring finger foods to share (muffins, Paska or other baked goods,
cheese & crackers, fruit).
Coffee and juice will be provided.
Please remember to bring your own dishes for your family
plates, cutlery, glasses/mugs.
April 20 @ 10am - Easter Sunday: Christ collides with death
Returning to the sanctuary as it was on Good Friday, we enter in quiet
and darkness while waiting for the announcement of the empty tomb with Christ
is Risen He is Risen Indeed.
🌸 Easter
Flowers 🌸
We invite you to bring tulips and daffodils to decorate the sanctuary.
Due to many scent allergies, please ensure
floral arrangements do not include any other flowers.
Please keep the flowers
with you at your seat. There will be a
time to bring them up front after the start of the service.
Donations to
the Church Budget
For ways to donate please visit www.valleyviewmc.ca/Give.
Donations received in March: $24,891
Total donations received Year-to-Date: $71,533
2025 Annual donations target: $311,863
ANNOUNCEMENTS
New and updated announcements are
marked with purple font.
In and Around Valleyview
Student
In A Box (Shoebox) Gifting
Our college
and university students are finishing essays and preparing for final exams in April.
The Student In a Box gifting program seeks to
help them feel God s love and remind them their church family is thinking about
them at this time of year.
On the library counter outside the Sanctuary s main doors are shoeboxes
with a Valleyview student s name on them. This Sunday, please consider picking
one (or more), filling it, and arranging delivery in the first two weeks of
April.
Ideas to fill the boxes and remind them of home & Easter:
-Home-made goods (soup
mix, cookies, etc.)
-Gift cards (coffee,
convenience food, retail, etc.)
-Seasonal greeting
card or postcard
-Favourite snacks or candy
-Inspirational/d cor (coasters, magnet,
photo frame, festive lights, mug, etc.)
-Fun (fidgets, a
magazine, a book for summer reading, etc.)
-Practical (hygiene
items, school supplies, cozy socks, etc.)  
You can reach out to Heather in the church office
if you are participating for the first time and have any questions.
AGM Notice
This is notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Members to be
held on Saturday, April 12th, 2025, at 10:00 am. As a reminder, this meeting has a new format
as we are combining the previous AGM and ABM meetings. This meeting will
encompass topics from both the Board and Church Council.
The purpose of this meeting will be to approve the
2024 financial statements as a result of the Review
Engagement, approve the election of Directors and of a slate of volunteers,
affirm or adjust the 2025 Budget (if required), and any other
business. Please see the meeting notice and proxy attached. The agenda and meeting
materials will be sent to the congregation at the end of March.
Please join us after the meeting for lunch
and social time. We will be organizing a wiener roast!
Blessings,
The Board of Directors and Church Council
YOUTH VOLUNTEERS
REQUEST:
We are seeking youth volunteers to offer
helping adult supervisor to look after any children during the AGM. This
would allow more parents of young children to attend. Please let Maria P
know if you are interested. (Youth/Parents, see Maria s email dated
March 18th)
Valleyview Male Chorus Upcoming Events
Community
Hymn Sing
Valleyview Male Chorus is a special guest at
the Community Hymn Sing at First Baptist Church, 568 Richmond Street, on Sunday,
April 13th at 4:00pm. This is an opportunity to join your
voices to sing the great hymns of faith.
Spring Concert Save the Date!
The Valleyview Male Chorus will be performing its
29th Spring concert on May 31, 2025
starting at 7:30 p.m. This year it is being held at First Baptist
Church, 568 Richmond Street in London. The program will consist of a
range of songs sung by male voices including songs of faith, spirituals,
meditative numbers, folk songs and contemporary music, all with the goal of
inspiring hope, faith and joy in the listener.
All are welcome to this Annual event. Tickets $20 at the door.
MCEC
Announcements
Meet with Executive Minister Anthony Siegrist over
zoom on Friday, April 4, 2025 from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Share your thoughts, ask questions, and explore our shared mission
together. Register here.
MCC
Federal
Election 2025 Every Action Counts
Considering the Federal election called for April 28, MCC is inviting you to
take a pledge to listen, speak and act for the good of our neighbours and to think about every action as a
vote for the kind of world they want to live in. The campaign
includes a landing page where you can sign the
pledge and receive a series of emails offering further resources and reflection
on listening, speaking and acting. The emails will also include some high-level
questions you can ask your candidate. Check out this link for more
information. https://mcc.org/resources/every-action-counts
You re Invited! Special Screening Event:
"Where the Cottonwoods Grow" will be screening in
Aylmer, Ontario. Join us for this inspiring and meaningful event. Following the
screening, there will be a Q&A session with the Director, Dale Hildebrand.
Date & Time: Sunday,
April 6, 2025, at 2:30 p.m.
Location: Aylmer
EMMC Church 50619 Talbot Line, Aylmer, Ont.
Admission: $20:00
at the door. Rush seating.
What is Where the Cottonwoods Grow about? In the 1870s,
Mennonites embarked on a 20,000 km journey from Imperial Russia (now Ukraine)
to the West. This incredible migration, marked by faith, resilience, and
determination, not only shaped the lives of those who undertook it but also
laid the foundation for generations to come. The documentary Where the
Cottonwoods Grow brings this story to life, highlighting the courage,
sacrifice, and deep faith of those early pioneers. For more information, please
refer to our website: https://mmhs.org/cottonwoods/
In This Together Network
In This
Together presents a webinar series...Faithfully
at Variance: Engaging with the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective.
Webinar #3 takes place on Sunday March 30, 6pm CT, and will
include stories of Mennonite Churches that have developed Being At Variance Statements and why this is important. We
will facilitate two break out rooms; one that
will strategize an addendum to article 19, and the other to brainstorm
creative witness actions/events of being Faithfully at Variance during
the upcoming Mennonite Church Canada gathering in Kitchener/Waterloo this July.
To register, go to https://inthistogethernetwork.ca/news-and-events.
If you
missed the previous webinars, you can check them out here: #1 and #2 (not
required viewing in order to attend Webinar #3!).
For the
latest news and volunteer opportunities, visit links below:
MCC (Mennonite Central Committee): mcccanada.ca
MCEC (Mennonite Church Eastern Canada): mcec.ca
MDS (Mennonite Disaster Service): mds.mennonite.net
MARCH edition
of On the Level: https://conta.cc/3Y2fDL4
MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Associates):
www.meda.org
Attendance
Practices at Valleyview
Scent-Free
Zone: Severe Scent Allergy
Valleyview is a scent-free zone as many participants have strong
reactions to scented products. Please refrain from using all scented products:
cologne, perfume, hairspray, hand and body lotion.
No Peanuts: Allergy Alert
Some members in attendance experience serious peanut allergy.
Please refrain from bringing, eating, or serving any food labelled as
containing peanuts or with warning May contain peanuts .
Masking Policy at Valleyview
Please wear a facemask if you feel more comfortable and remember
to stay home if you are not feeling well.