During the time Pastor Trudy is recovering from surgery our pulpit will host some guest speakers.  On Sunday, May 24th we’ll welcome Jonathan Gouthier to share his message.  Jonathan is a member of the Bakerville Methodist Church and a long time member of the Tres Dias community.  He is a past time assistant professor in the world of graphic design at Parsons The New School for Design, located in New York City.  He is also getting close to finishing Seminary.  We invite everyone to come hear his message of faith.

“GOOD NEWS, MALARIA IS 100% PREVENTABLE

Unlike many other diseases that are awaiting a cure, malaria was eliminated in the U.S. in the 1950s. However, in Sub-Saharan Africa, malaria continues to kill a person every 60 seconds. But there is hope! Imagine No Malaria is part of a global partnership and together with our partners, our generation can beat malaria once and for all.”

This Sunday, May 10th, the youth group of the Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church is asking for your help in working to wipe out this disease by donating $10 toward the cause. Each gift of $10 will provice 2 full rounds of malaria protection to those in need.

Here’s your chance to help save a life! How powerful that is.

This Sunday (5/3) we’ll be having a guest speaker give the message in church…our own District Superintendent, Rev. Kenneth Kieffer. Ken is a gifted speaker and holds his listeners in the palm of his hands as he speaks. I hope you’ll attend this Sunday for a show of support and to hear his message. Our thanks to Ken for coming to fill the pulpit when Pastor Trudy is unable to be with us.

Our first Bean Hole Bean Supper for the 2015 season will take place on Saturday, May 2nd. Don’t forget to call and make your reservation with Cathy at 860-379-9398.  For more details about these famous suppers, including the menu and prices, just click on the Bean Hole tab at the top of the page.  Should you want to know how all these suppers got started….click on the History link!

Hope to see you there!

We are blessed here at Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church with having a Lay Speaker who can fill in for our pastor when needed. Pastor Trudy has been under the weather for several days and deemed it best to ask Joann to present the Sunday morning message. Here is that message and we hope that it will bless and inform you as it did for those of us who heard it on Sunday morning.

Simply click on this link to read Joann’s words.  The Good Shepherd

The May 2015 edition of the church newsletter, The Link, is now available on-line. Simply click The Link tab at the top of the page and then click on either the link to the newsletter or to the May calendar. We hope you all enjoy reading about the activities in our little church, and we invite anyone to come and join us as we move through the year and celebrate our lives in Christ.

The April edition of the church newsletter, The Link, is now available on-line. To see what’s happening in our little white church by the river, go to The Link tab at the top of the page. Everyone is welcome to attend any of our events in the upcoming months, and we would be especially blessed to have you join us on Sunday mornings for worship.

The 2015 dates for the Bean Hole Bean Suppers have been confirmed.  Suppers will take place on:

• Saturday, May 2nd
• Saturday, September 12th
• Saturday, October 17th

Reservations are recommended and will be taken two weeks prior to each supper. Call Cathy at 860-379-9398 to save your place.  For more information, including our menu and a brief history of these suppers, please click on the Bean Hole tab at the top of the page.

We hope to see you soon!