Roger Valci, Cities…God's Ultimate Aim - The Normal Christian Birth, Acts 8, This week, Pastor Roger tackles the challenging topic of how new believers come into the faith. Using Acts 8 as his text, Roger extracts from scripture a four step process of Repenting to God, Believing in Christ, Water Baptism and Receiving of the Holy Spirit. In the text, Peter and John are moved to go to Samaria after Philip's evangelical trip because they were able to discern that the people had not received the Holy Spirit. As these are not necessarily the steps that all modern Christians have followed, there is ample room in this message for thought, reflection and discussion.

Roger Valci, Cities…God's Ultimate Aim, Saying "No" to God, Acts 6:8 - 7:60, Pastor Roger challenges to consider ways in which we may resist the Holy Spirit or put too much value on the works of our own hands by putting before us the story of Stephen the martyr. In front of the same Jewish leaders who condemned Jesus, Stephen is accused of speaking against the traditions of his people. With Jesus standing and watching in Heaven, Stephen responds by showing them that it is they who have resisted the Holy Spirit just as their fathers had done.

Roger Valci, Cities…God's Ultimate Aim, "Normal Church", Acts 5:42, In Acts 5:42 it states that day to day it doesn't matter where we are when worshiping God. We can worship God in our sanctuary at our local church, we can worship God in our house churches, and we can even worship God in our private prayer closets. It's the outcome of our worship that's important. The more we worship, the closer we grow to God, the closer we grow to God, the more we will share God's Story and Our Story with wisdom and boldness throughout our world.

Roger Valci, Cities…God's Ultimate Aim, Why Priests?, Acts 6: 1-7, Continuing his study in The Book of Acts, Pastor Roger looks at leadership within the early Church but also looks at the fact that many Jewish priests during this time left their work in the Temple and joined the followers of Christ. There are many reasons for this but one that Pastor Roger develops and challenges us with is the fact that watching the early Christians led them to see what was missing in their own worship and leadership.

Roger Valci, Easter Sunday, The Humility Revolution, Philippians 2:3, The events and the supreme sacrifice of Holy Week changed life in so many ways, not just for individuals but for the world as a whole. This Easter, Pastor Roger chose to share the profound change He made in terms of the ways that all of Western Civilization came to see the idea of humility, or as Roger describes it, The Humility Revolution

Roger Valci, Good Friday 2014, This afternoon, in celebration of Good Friday, Pastor Roger challenged us to look at the role of "religion" in the events of that fateful day. He began by posing the question, "How can those closest to God's presence commit these atrocities?" He encourages us to use this day to consider our own religiosity by considering the fact that the Savior came from Heaven to reach God's chosen people and was ignored and ultimately killed, in large part, because Jesus challenged their community standing and religious practices.

Roger Valci, Cities…God's Ultimate Aim, This Week…, Luke 9:51, In preparation for Holy Week, Pastor Roger chose a dramatic reading format to help us to better understand and anticipate the events that lead up to our Savior's Resurrection on Easter morning. In this format, he presents the day-by-day events of this most significant week and then presents a powerful series of proclamations of actions and attitudes that we should all commit to making a part of our individual Holy Week celebration.

Roger Valci, Sunday Night With Isaiah Saldivar, Isaiah delivers a God inspired and God directed message for the people of Valley Christian Center. Their walk with Christ will be hard, but they must be willing to cross over and follow Christ into the future.

Roger Valci, Cities…God's Ultimate Aim - The Other Side of God, Acts 4:36 - 5:16, Pastor Roger uses the powerful story of the death of Ananias and Sapphira to open up the important topic of the Fear of the Lord. He challenges us to look at ourselves in the context of these two Biblical characters who suddenly die when they are confronted by their dual sins of deceiving the Holy Spirit and of trying to pull focus away from God and to themselves.

Roger Valci, Cities…God's Ultimate Aim, Healing for the Healthy, Acts 4:29-30, In Acts 4:30, Jesus commands his followers to heal. This poses a challenge for those who tend to resist stepping into areas in which they are not comfortable. In this message, Pastor Roger challenges us to consider the benefits to the "healthy" of participating in the act of healing. Looking through the scripture, he helps us to see that the act and practice of healing can actually be seen as a training ground in our ongoing process of being more like Christ.