Cuyahoga Valley Church Sunday Sermons (Broadview)

 This week Lead Pastor Joe Valenti shows us that Jesus calls Levi and eats with “tax collectors and sinners,” so we see He comes for the sick and invites us to follow Him before we clean up. We refuse to withdraw, blend in, or fight in anger; instead we seek holiness while entering dark places with mercy and truth so we bring others to Him. 

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This week Lead Pastor Joe Valenti reminds us that true faith takes action. We trust Jesus not just with words but by moving toward Him and bringing others to Him, believing He has the authority to heal, forgive, and transform every part of our lives. 

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Founding Pastor Rick Duncan leads us through Mark 1:40–45, where we feel like outcasts yet we see Jesus touch the untouchable, and we learn that miracles point beyond temporary relief to the deeper cleansing of sin and restoration under his compassionate kingship. We come, beg, kneel, and ask, trusting Jesus when answers delay, and we welcome the unwanted—including us—as we keep seeking him for healing, obedience, and new life. 

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Lead Pastor Joe Valenti reminds us that Jesus cares about all suffering but cares most about eternal suffering; in Mark 1 he heals many and restores dignity, yet at dawn he prays and moves on to preach because that is why he comes. We respond by trusting his timing in our pain, seeking not just temporary relief but hearts changed through the gospel, and using our stories—like Christy’s—to point others to God and hope in Jesus.

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Lead Pastor Joe Valenti has taught that Jesus has displayed supernatural authority—affirmed at His baptism, proven in the wilderness, and shown in Mark 1 as demons have obeyed Him—revealing that our knowledge, position, experience, and power have proved insufficient without the Holy Spirit. He has urged us to move from admiration to Spirit-led obedience, seeing all of life as spiritual warfare and, as we put on God’s armor, trusting the same Spirit who has empowered Jesus to transform and protect us.

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 Elder Kyle Gustafson explains that Mark presents Jesus calling fishermen to immediate, costly discipleship, showing that following Jesus requires laying down identity, possessions, and relationships. He urges listeners to reorder their priorities under Christ and trust that Jesus transforms them and gives them a new identity. 

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Lead Pastor Joe Valenti explains that Mark writes to persecuted believers and shows through Jesus’ baptism, temptation, and start of ministry that God uses testing and trial to advance His kingdom. He calls the church to repent and believe, trust Scripture over impulse, and live as the light of the world with meekness, mercy, sacrifice, and hope.

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Lead Pastor Joe Valenti starts a new series in Mark and explains that Jesus brings a different kind of revolution—humility, servanthood, and repentance—not swords or politics. He says Mark urges us to examine our hearts first, as John the Baptist prepares the way, and he invites us to turn to Jesus and let the Holy Spirit produce real change today.

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Lead Pastor Joe Valenti gives a “State of the Heart” update: he checks last year’s goals (deepen prayer, deploy people, develop processes), notes wins and gaps, and calls the church to pray more and engage. He sets vision for the next year with a Discipleship Toolbox, easier ways to serve, and long-term planning, and he urges everyone to make room to be disciple-makers and leave a lasting legacy.

Founding Pastor Rick Duncan shares his own baseball story to connect with Malachi’s message that the arrogant may seem to prosper while the faithful struggle, leading people to question if serving God matters. He reminds the church that the Lord hears, remembers, treasures, defends, and heals his people, and urges them to live in community, serve faithfully, heed God’s warnings, and trust that joy is coming when Christ returns.

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