Welcome to Pleasant Valley Bible Church!

We’re so glad that you found us and have decided to find out more about worshiping with us. This page will provide a one-stop shop for most of your questions. To get started, consider getting familiar with our campus map.

To learn more about children’s ministries, fellowship opportunities, or what a Lord’s Day at PVBC is like, keep reading.

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Excel Young Adults
Sunday Worship

What Happens on Sunday?

Early Sundays @ 9 a.m.

•Excel (young adults) > Fireside Room
•Spanish Ministries > Music Room

Main Service @ 10 a.m.

•All are Welcome > Worship Center
•Childcare & Kids Church (0-7 yrs) > Preschool & Nursery Rooms
•Junior Worship (6-11 yrs) > Patio Room (at 1030am)

Flocks | Various times & locations

Flocks provide a way to make the church feel smaller and grow relationships. Learn more ⟶

Growth in Christ comes through the preaching of God’s Word.

Sermons ⟶

Children’s Services & Other FAQs

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For the Kids

Child care and Sunday school are available for ages 0-6. Parents may drop off their children in the preschool and nursery wing next to the main Worship Center starting 10-15 minutes before service, where we have 3 rooms broken up by ages (0-1, 2-3, 4-1st grade). Look for signs to point you to the right room, or ask anyone of the volunteers in the rooms for help on where to go.

We also have junior worship for 2nd through 5th grade.  The children are dismissed to junior worship just before the sermon starts.  A leader will be in the lobby area to take them to the Patio Room for junior worship.  This allows our older children to worship the Lord together in song with their families and the whole congregation before heading to junior worship.

At the entrance of each room you will find a clipboard with a sign in sheet. Bring the kids over, fill out the form, say hi to the volunteers, and enjoy main service.

A simple snack is provided for children ages 2 and over, along with an opportunity for supervised play time inside the classroom and in our adjoining playground. For comments, questions, or special instructions regarding snacks, talk to your child’s Sunday school teacher.

Lessons and activities are taught by various volunteer members of our church who are qualified and have passed appropriate background checks. We use the Generations of Grace children’s Bible curriculum for all lessons.  There are no lessons offered for the nursery-aged children (0-1).

There is a room available close to the right side main door to the Worship Center which we affectionately call the “Cry Room.”  This room is reserved for mothers and their babies and features a mirrored privacy window with views of the main service, low lighting, baby toys, and plenty of cozy seats.

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Other FAQs

Main service starts at 10am in the Worship Center. Feel free to park in the small lot closest to the worship center, but that tends to fill up shortly after service begins. The large parking lot should have plenty of space. Childcare and children church starts about 5-10 minutes before service begins in the Preschool and Nursery wing of the main worship center. View Campus Map ⟶

Our order of worship starts off at 10am with 4-5 worship songs, then followed by Scripture reading and prayer, a 30-45 minute sermon, 1 worship song, announcements, and a final prayer.  We usually conclude service around 1130am, when many folks stay for fellowship.  This is a great time to meet people!  On the 2nd and 4th Sundays, we have flocks shortly after service ends, including the most popular Fireside Flock which meets at church and usually provides lunch.  On the other Sundays, volunteers host the snack table in the lobby.  All are welcome to join!

Our Sunday sermons are usually done by our Senior Pastor, Paul Phillipps.  All our other elders and some members teach from time-to-time as well.  Most of Pastor Paul’s sermons are a verse-by-verse walk through a book of the Bible, with short topical series’ sprinkled in that are either relevant to the section of the Bible we are in, or to the life of our church.  You can listen to our rich library of sermons from our sermons page.

We play a mix of traditional hymns and modern Christ-centered worship songs, led by members of our church including our Director of Music Ministries Jake Carter.  Usually our worship ensemble consists of a few vocalists, an acoustic guitar, a bass guitar, a piano, and soft percussion.

Here are a few of our favorites from our worship team to give you a sampling of what you might expect:

Come Praise and Glorify
Is He Worthy?

We have no official dress code.  When you come to a Sunday morning, you will find attendees dressed in anything from casual to semi-formal.  Many of our male leaders wear a suit and tie during the cold months, but don’t let that intimidate you as you will find them also dressing casual with aloha shirts in the warm months.

We are a non-denominational Christian church. However, we do belong to a fellowship of like-minded churches called Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals (FIRE), which you can learn more about here.

You can find a full doctrinal statement on our Beliefs page. To find out how our doctrine translates into our values, convictions, and practical commitments, see our Distinctives page.

Yes! Our youth group is for junior high and high schoolers, and is called 128 Student Ministries. Learn more here.

Yes! Learn more on our Men’s Ministry and Women’s Ministry pages, respectively.

Yes! Our Wednesday night meetings feature several age-appropriate options to learn and grow together: Adventure Club (for children), youth group (for junior and senior high school), adult Bible studies, and even dinner! Click here to learn more about Wednesday nights.

If you still have questions or would like to talk to one of our elders, please feel free to contact us.

“…from [Christ] the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.”

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Ephesians 4:16

GROW IN CHRIST

Come Grow With Us.

Wherever God’s Word is faithfully preached, God is exalted, the saints are equipped, we grow in our ability to edify one another, and the world is impacted for the gospel. Start growing in Christ with us today.

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