School's Out Party was great!

Last Saturday Freedom Valley Church sponsored the School's Out Party @ LaFortune Park.  If you weren't there, you missed a great day.  The weather was beautiful, the food was good and there were new friends everywhere. 

Whether you came for the free balloons, face painting or the free food served up all afternoon, it was well worth the time.   The team from Freedom Valley worked so hard all day long, not to mention all the preparation they put in ahead of time.  You can watch a short video highlight here.

Overall, we gave away over 200 meals, 300 balloons and many hundreds of invitations to our next monthly service on June 6!  If you or someone you know has given up on church, we are here just for you!  Come on out and spend an hour on June 6 and see if you can find your way back into God's family.  All the info you will need can be found on our website here.

Jason Fitch - Lead Pastor

e-newsletter is here

Just click here to view a copy of our May 2010 update.  You can also subscribe via our website.

Jason Fitch - Lead Pastor

new video update

You can watch our new video update here.  Enjoy!

new video coming

I'll be shooting a new little video for the home page of our website this morning.  Hopefully, it will be up later today.  You can look at our website here, even though the welcome video on the home page is old :) 

If you happen to be looking for a way to contribute to the cause, we could really use a small video camera to shoot this kind of stuff.  We're working with borrowed stuff right now and I'd like to do that for as short a term as possible.   $300 will set us up with what we need.  If you would like to help,  just click here.

Jason Fitch - Lead Pastor

podcast is up and running

Looks like our podcasting system is up and running.  You can subscribe via RSS or i-Tunes here.  For now, we are only posting audio messages, but may go to video in the future.  Let us know if you would benefit from video podcasts.

Next live service is on Sunday, June 6 at the Cinemark.  Get all the info at our website.

Jason Fitch - Lead Pastor

what a difference a day makes

It's funny how the thing you love can become the thing you hate.  The last few weeks have been very intense.  Mostly planning, meetings, traveling, speaking, raising money . . . all for our new church.  I love this church.  I put my heart and soul into it daily.  But, from time to time, I just get full.  I hit a wall.  I don't want to think, hear or talk about the church.

That's where I got to on Tuesday this week.  It hit me quickly and hard, but by Tuesday evening, I did not want to do one more thing or think one more thought about Freedom Valley Church.  Going to bed on Tuesday, I dreaded Wednesday morning.  The office was a mess and there were 1001 things to do before this weekend's service.

What a difference a day makes; a day with God, that is.  Yesterday morning I knew it was time to disconnect from all the "to dos" and reconnect to the one who can do anything of real value.  I needed a day to live my life and enjoy my God.  I read, I prayed, I wrote some notes in my journal, I got Mexican food, I got ice cream.  Then it happened.  The wall went away.  I felt all my love and vision and energy come back.

As I write this from my messy office, where there are still 1001 things to do, I feel rested and excited about the things I hated yesterday.  What a difference a day makes . . . when you spend it with God.

Jason Fitch - Lead Pastor

first monthly service is in the books

Last Sunday (Easter Sunday - April 4), Freedom Valley Church held our first public monthly service.  Hey, I'm probably biased, but I think it was a great success.  Our team was absolutely outstanding and we even met a few new friends along the way!  You can watch the full-length video of that service here (about 55 minutes).  It's not edited at all and was even compressed some, so it's not the greatest quality you'll ever see, but it is the start of something that God has stirred many a heart toward.  And that's saying something!

Our next monthly service is May 2 - same time, same place.  Cinemark @ 71st and 169 - 10am.  Hope to see you there!

Jason Fitch - Lead Pastor