Dear CCOV Family,

Right now church feels like the end of the school year, similar to the way things used to feel I when taught high school!  This week I am writing my last sermon of the season before we break from regular worship and go to a more informal gathering for June, July, and August.   We’ll continue to meet at 10 AM—but in Hayden Hall.  Bring a brunch item to share (fruit, snacks, donuts, etc.) and we will have a word (short devotional), a prayer, and a song before we eat together.  On Sunday, June 11 one of our members will show slides and share his adventures from his recent trip to Vietnam!

I will be with you one or two Sunday mornings each summer month, but the other Sundays when we’re not on vacation, Clint and I will worship at a church up in Prescott.  This way I get a bit of a break from my weekly 100-mile+ drive and can visit some local churches, worship without leading, and glean some new ideas.  That said, I want you to know that I am just a phone call, text, or email away and can still be down in the Valley in a few hours, so please, please, please keep me informed of any pastoral care needs!  This goes for all of our CCOV family: I hope to hear from you while you are in your summer locales and on your trips.  You are all so dear to me! 

 This Sunday I will preach on the Ascension, and if you want to read ahead, the scriptures are Luke 24:44-53 and Acts 1:1-11.  Come and hear all about this event in which Jesus was raised into heaven forty days after the resurrection and ten days before Pentecost.  Most important, you will hear all about what it means to live an Ascension-shaped life.  See you in church!

Grace and Peace,

Rev. Sandi