Valley Presbyterian Church

Valley Presbyterian Church

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Valley Presbyterian Church episodes

  • 5.4.25 - Guest Preacher: Danny Thongsy
    Join us for a special guest sermon with Danny Thongsy! Danny is a community advocate, who has worked on a statewide effort for immigrant rights and to end mass incarceration. He mentors and supports directly impacted community members through advocacy and their reintegration. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a Sociology degree and had studied biblical/religious studies through the Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary.
    Danny is the Campaign Manager for the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, an immigrant rights group in Oakland. He is passionate about community work and had advocated with the Human Rights Watch in passing Assembly Bill 1308 Youth Offender Parole Hearing Up to the age of 25.
    As a child of refugees from Laos, Danny loves to celebrate the richness of his culture and roots by cooking traditional Lao/Thai food. He loves the outdoors, drawing, and teaching origami folding.
    43 min
  • 4.6.25 - What Does Faithfulness Look Like?
    The life and teachings of Jesus have a way of sorting and exposing our lives. But they are not meant to cause shame, they're meant to point us toward life. In these days, as we live in a swirl of escalating bad news, where do we put our focus? What does faithfulness look like?
    21 min
  • 3.30.25 - Message: Theological Deep Dive!
    As we head toward Easter, we are turning to the New Testament and the life of Jesus. On Sunday, I will explore a way to understand who Jesus is and how we relate to him as the center point of our faith. Get ready for a theological deep dive!
    21 min
  • 3.23.25 - Message: God's Eyes
    This Sunday, as we continue our journey through the Bible, I explore the story of a woman who was forgotten and invisible to everyone but God. God sees us in our hidden places too. With God's eyes, we are invited to see those who are invisible.
    18 min
  • 3.16.25 - The Story of Cain & Abel
    This Sunday, we welcomed Brian Heredia to preach on one of the first stories in the Bible, the story of Cain and Abel. Brian explored what it means to trust God and the hidden reasons we often struggle to trust.
    27 min
  • 3.9.25 - Lent at Valley Presbyterian Church
    We began this first Sunday of Lent by exploring our theme to approach the story of Scripture through the eyes of children. Jesus tells us that unless we approach God as a child, we will not enter into God's realm. How do we reclaim our innocence and sense of wonder in our faith?
    Join us to kick off this season!
    20 min
  • 10.13.24 - Message: Grief
    This Sunday, we'll explore an obscure and rather dark biblical story from the time of King David. The story of the protest of a heartbroken mother named Rizpah changes the heart of a king and brings honor to her disgraced family. Her story brings to light the way our grief has power to make change in ourselves and in the world around us.
    22 min
  • 9.29.24 - Message: Wideness of Welcome
    The practice of our faith is not judged by right opinions or beliefs but by the wideness of our welcome. The book of James invites us to examine the quality and limits of our embrace of those who are the "other." In the way of Jesus, there are no favorites and no exclusive access.
    Join us on Sunday as Pastor Jenny speaks from this passage and has a conversation with our Community Curator, Jaron Cheung, about his work exploring what it means to be an accessible community from the inside out.
    26 min

About Valley Presbyterian Church

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Valley Presbyterian Church has an international reputation as a destination wedding setting, but for some 350 people in the Bay area, it’s more than a wedding, or even a Sunday, destination: it’s our home.