Church is a Community

Church is a community. It is something I'm very proud to be a part of, and love very much. At Pilchuck Valley Chapel (PVC) we are a community made up of approximately 70 people, but we are a small number in comparison to the church community worldwide. Our community at PVC is held together by Pastor Brady, his wife Bobby, the church elders, and the volunteers.

The people in my church community want to know God, through his Son, Jesus Christ. We come together each Sunday to get another lesson from the Bible, to pray for our families, friends, the soldiers, and other people we don't know. This community of people learn to show love to people they don't know by praying for them in a time of need, offer them food and clothing when they are homeless or can't afford to feed their children, and tell them the word of God. Our values are honesty, love, faith, and family.

There are many faiths and religions followed in our world. This is OK, except when someone of a different faith tries to tell me that mine is wrong. The same would be true if I did that to someone else. It is sad to me that not everyone finds faith to follow. There is a lot of sin in this world, and the church community faces it every day. Our faith leads us to prayer for these people, but we still have to listen to derogatory comments, or that there is no such thing as God or his Son, Jesus. There are television shows on Discovery and the History Channel where the researchers are doing everything they can to prove that there could be no such spirit or Son.

What I hold dear to my heart about this community is the unconditional love I receive from each and every one of the people that belong to it. Love is the first thing you receive as you walk through the doors, because every week you are greeted by a hug or a hand shake. The only thing you need to do to fit in is come to church and listen to the Word. Even if you walk through the doors and aren't sure whether or not you believe, or you haven't asked Jesus into your heart, the people in my community will share with you their personal experiences and knowledge from the Bible. There is no pushing, shoving, or hovering that happens at PVC, only love.