10:00am Worship & Livestream at Valleyview 

Six Practices that Grow Faith at Home #2 

Growing Faith at Home through PRAYER:

Learn simple daily rhythms of prayer that fit your life and culture.

 

Worship Leader: Donelda F

Speakers: Andrea S, in conversation with Lynne W

Song Leader: Heidi W

Musician: Elenor T

Reader: Jowl FW

Community Prayer: Donelda F

Tech Team: Heather P, Shelley K

Ushers: Mike F, Brian C, Helen D

Counters: Heather P, Erin W

 

Order of Service

Announcements

Welcome

Call to Worship 

Prayer of invocation

Lighting of the Candle

Hymn: VT#682 - Lord, Listen to your children Praying

Scripture: Luke 11-1-13

Hymn: VT#417 - Seek Ye First 

Children s Time

Discussion Time: Andrea S with Lynne W

Hymn: VT#673 - Our God in Heaven (The Lord's Prayer)

Offertory Prayer & Offering

Congregational Sharing and Prayer  

Hymn of the Month: VT#409 - For we are strangers no more 

Benediction

11am - Second Hour & Sunday School will return in September

 

 

 

Upcoming Office Closure Saturday August 1 to Tuesday, August 4:

Heather (admin) will be on vacation, returning 9am on Wednesday August 5, 2026.

 

 

        Seniors Group Summer Picnics, starting at 12noon, at Springbank Park:

Wednesday August 15

Wednesday September 16

Use the West Entrance parking lot (across from Shopper s Drug Mart).

Bring your own : lunch, lawn chair, sunscreen and hat

 

       October 16 18, 2026 - Mark your Calendars!

Fall Annual Retreat at Silver Lake Mennonite Camp, Sauble ON

 

Summer Holiday

 

There is no worship service at Valleyview on August 2.

 

Valleyview will observe summer holiday weekends on June 28^th, August 2^nd, and August 30^th with no worship services. This provides our hard-working worship volunteer teams with a brief respite from their rotations.

 

MCEC churches offering livestream worship:

https://mcec.ca/article/9974-live-streaming-mcec-congregations

 

 

July September 2026

 

Starting July 19, our summer worship series will be focusing on Six Practices that Grow Faith, exploring ways to express our faith in everyday activities. The Children s Time will focus on Bible stories from The Peace Table: A Storybook Bible, helping children become more familiar with these stories. During the message time, we will be using audio and video recordings to hear from some of our seniors as they talk about their childhood memories of faith, sharing their words of wisdom for all of us today.

 

For ways to donate please visit www.valleyviewmc.ca/Give.

 

Donations received in July: $16,384.00
(60% of monthly target)

Monthly Donations Target: $28,510*

Previous Month: Total Donations received in June: $23,328

 

Total donations received Year-to-Date: $156,277.67

(48% of annual donations target achieved to-date)

2026 Annual donations target: $327,285

 

*In response to the Treasurer s mid-year update, the monthly donations target has been adjusted from the previously shown $27,274 to reflect additional givings required July through Dec to meet our 2026 target.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

New and updated announcements are marked with purple font.

 

 

None this week.

 

 

Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada

        MDS is planning a response in the Swan Valley region of Manitoba following significant flooding this spring. If you are interested in volunteering in the fall, please add your name to our waitlist and we will be in touch once we know more: https://volunteer.mds.org/waitlist/265 


        Want to learn more about volunteering with Mennonite Disaster Service? Join our Zoom call on August 24 at 7:30pm EST. This Zoom meeting provides an opportunity for prospective volunteers to learn about MDS and the many available volunteer opportunities! Register by August 19 at https://mds.org/event/ways-to-get-involved-with-mds-2/.

 

MCC Ontario Annual General Meeting
Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 7:00 p.m., on Zoom
The 2026 AGM is our opportunity to share with MCC Ontario constituents and supporters our financial results and strategic progress, while empowering congregational delegates to participate in decision-making through voting on key organizational matters. We warmly invite you to join us. Register here.

 

Valleyview, if interested in attending as a congregational delegate, please inform the church office.

 

MCC Ontario

Peace Conference: ​​​​Nourishing Peace Together
Saturday, November 7, Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, Kitchener
If you're hungry for connection, meaning and practical ways to resist despair in a world that feels overwhelming, plan to be at this year's Peace Conference. MCC Ontario is hosting an in‑person event for people who don t have everything figured out but who want to build peace. Attendees will:

        Learn how to practice peace in everyday life

        Hear from courageous people pursuing justice, reconciliation and care in hard places

        Share food, stories and space

        Take action, like knotting comforters and sending advocacy letters, to remind us we re not powerless

Save the date. Registration opens August 1st.

 

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

JULY edition of On the Level: https://conta.cc/44sCUsD

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 .