This week we called several women who attended this year's women's retreat to hear about the highlights from the weekend! Next year's retreat will be November 1st - 3rd. 

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JM's Album Of The Week: Brooke Ligertwood - EIGHT

Bradford's Book Club: The Daily Blueprint by Dr. Andrew Huberman

Patrick Smith and Caleb Stallings joined Midweek for a conversation just in time for Halloween about horror movies and the 2001 film Donnie Darko. 

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This week we interviewed our friends Andy Wulff and Mason Phillips from Hope Church in Madison, Alabama. Andy serves as the Lead Pastor and Mason is the Pastoral Intern at Hope Church. Hope is one of three EFCA churches in the state of Alabama. Andy also hosts a podcast called Comparing Notes that you can stream anywhere!

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JM's Album Of The Week: Wilco - Cousin

Bradford's Book Club (Jonathan's Pick): Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy Devotional Journal by Mark Vroegop

This week we sat down for a conversation with SVCC member and intern, Miranda Cox!

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JM's Album Of The Week: Sufjan Stevens - Javelin

Bradford's Book Club: The Worry-Free Parent: Living In Confidence So Your Kids Can Too

This week we reviewed Jonathan's last two sermons on Deacons & Deaconesses at Shades! To hear those sermons go to our sermon podcast by searching for "Shades Valley Community Church". To see the full list of Deacons and Serving teams visit shadesvalley.org/serving-teams

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JM's Album Of The Week: S. Carey, John Raymond, Gordi - Shadowlands

Bradford's Book Club: The Connected Life: The Art and Science of Relational Spirituality by Todd W. Hall & Curt Thompson

This week we continue our Meet a Member series with an interview with long-time SVCC member and Finance Administrator at Shades, Scott Ledbetter!

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JM's Album Of The Week: Harvest - Glad

Bradford's Book Club: The Great Dechurching: Who's Leaving, Why Are They Going and What Will It Take To Bring Them Back by Jim Davis, Michael Graham and Ryan Burge

This week Jonathan, John-Mark & Brad catch everyone up on all of the happenings at SVCC for the next few weeks! 

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JM's Album Of The Week: Tyler Childers - Rustin' In The Rain

Bradford's Book Club: How To Stay Married by Harrison Scott Key

This week we interviewed Kirk Sauers from the music collective The Wood Drake Sessions. Kirk is a worship pastor at Faith Presbyterian in Birmingham as well as a songwriter and musician. You can stream the most recent Wood Drake Sessions album titled - "From the Valley to the Golden Shore" anywhere you stream music.

JM's Album Of The Week: Bob Dylan - The Complete Budokan 1978

Bradford's Book Club: The Atonement: (An Introduction) Short Stories in Systematic Theology

On Sunday, August 27th, Dr. Robert Smith Jr. gave a wonderful sermon at SVCC. This episode is (mostly) Jonathan, Brad, and John-Mark reflecting on his special visit to Shades. You can hear his sermon by listening to our sermon podcast, Shades Valley Community Church.

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JM's Album Of The Week: Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan (self-titled)

Bradford's Book Club: Remaking The World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West by Andrew Wilson

This week Brad & John-Mark asked Sara Hersh to join them to give us updates about all things Shades Youth.

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JM's Album Of The Week: Hiss Golden Messenger - Jump For Joy

Bradford's Book Club (Sara's Pick): Late Bloomers by Rich Karlgaard