Our church’s Cross Talk monthly newsletter is now available! You can read it by clicking here. For a full backlog of issues, please visit www.sotvchurch.com/crosstalk. While you are there, sign up to be the first to receive it when it comes out each month if you haven’t already!
Webmaster and Committee Chair, Media and Technology Committee
Jacob Schandel served as Shepherd of the Valley's Media and Technology coordinator from 2010-2015, before temporarily stepping down due to academic obligations. He has served as Webmaster and Media and Technology Committee Chair since 2017 and actively continues in this volunteer position at our church.
Come and join us for our Christmas Eve-Eve Candlelight Service, starting at 7 PM on December 23, 2021. Pastor Scott Anderson will bring an inspirational message to everyone this Christmas season. Everyone is welcome! Sermon and Bible readings will be posted to the Shepherdcast feed following worship.
If you can, please contribute to Lutheran Disaster Relief. People are still recovering from and dealing with natural disasters such as the hurricanes in the US and Mexico, wildfires in the western US and earthquakes in Haiti. Please send your donations to Lutheran Disaster Response; PO Box 1809; Merrifield, Virginia 22116-8009. You may also give…
This year, it was really tough to get together for a fundraising event for the church, so we are trying something new! This year, we will be hosting an online auction powered by our church’s website featuring items hand-assembled with love and donated by the congregation. We will accept bids from Sunday, June 6 at…
Saturday, April 3, 2021 is a scheduled lawn cleanup day to ready the church grounds for the mowing season. We will be starting around 9:30 AM. If you have a couple of hours or just one hour, your help will be greatly appreciated! Please bring your own rakes and a pair of gloves. Also, we wanted to remind you we are…
We wanted to remind you that the last day to bring your donation to the church for this year’s 40 Challenge will be on Palm Sunday (this Sunday, March 28). As a reminder, we are collecting diapers for the Stark County Diaper Bank from size newborn to size 6. Note: Numeric sizes are listed on the…
If you are planning on ordering flowers for Easter Sunday at the church, don’t delay! All orders need to be to the church office by this Sunday, March 21 in order for our church secretary, Mary Drotleff, to place the order on Monday, March 22. If you have any questions, contact the church.
