Join us on Sunday, February 19th for our Fat Sunday Celebration! We will enjoy pancakes and jazz in Wesley Hall following the 11am services.
Celebrating Amore
Celebrating Amore - Sunday, February 5th 5-7 PM
Come celebrate amore with us! Join us for dinner and fellowship at Café Amore.
We will have a private room reserved for the group, with live music and a pre-set menu.
Childcare will be provided here at Spring Valley UMC for 1 year old through 4th grade.
Cost per person - $25
Youth Lock-Out
Youth Lock Out! – Saturday, January 28th 5:30-8:30 PM
Club 26 and Youth join us and bring your friends to our Youth Lock Out at Dave & Buster’s!
Registration Cost - $30
Your registration fee covers dinner and an unlimited game pass.
You MUST complete the Permission and Medical Release Form.
*Form attached in the registration
Drop Off & Pick Up at Dave & Buster’s
Service of Renewal for the New Year
New Sermon Series for Advent
The Great Grace Gift Exchange
We’re all familiar a Christmas gift exchange. We’ve swapped gifts at office parties, neighborhood potlucks, and family gatherings. In church we celebrate a Christmas gift exchange too, the Great Grace Gift Exchange!
As we journey through this message series we’ll see how the great grace gift exchange works in the lives of God’s faithful people. Isaiah, the prophet, brings the estrangement of exile and God gives the comfort of hope. Zechariah, the priest, brings feelings of futility and God offers a surprise of faith. Mary, the virgin mother to be, brings her perplexed ponderings and God fills her with a song of joy. Joseph, the dutiful finance, brings a broken dream and God renews him with a vision of promise.
And during Advent and Christmas we’ll reflect upon how the great grace gift exchange works in our lives. What do I bring? What does God give? How does Christ’s coming at Christmas open us to the comfort of hope, a surprise of faith, songs of joy, and visions of promise?
I’m excited about sharing this series of Advent/Christmas messages with you as we join together in “The Grace Gift Exchange” at Spring Valley.
Christmas Cantata
Come hear the sounds of choirs, orchestra, and majestic organ as Spring Valley presents Taylor Davis's master work "Magnificat". Experience again the Mary's song of praise!
Thanksgiving Potluck
We invite everyone to come and enjoy a time together in fellowship as we give thanks to God for everything that He has done in our lives and in the life of our church. Please sign-up to bring a dish if you are able! We will have a potluck sign-up table this Sunday. We hope to see you!
When: November 27th
Time: After Worship
Where: Wesley Hall
Family Christmas Workshop 2022
From 3 pm-5 pm on December 4th, Wesley Hall is transformed into a magical wonderland of crafting fun! In years past, we have made Christmas wreaths, keepsake ornaments, and homemade gifts while sipping hot chocolate and sneaking Christmas cookies. The whole family is invited to this afternoon of merry-making as you begin your preparations for the most wonderful time of the year! We also enjoy the Preschool Christmas Pageant during this time!
UMW Fall Bazaar
Come one, come all! Join us for the UMW Fall Bazaar this Sunday, November 13th from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm. (In the crossroads hallway). You will be able to purchase lovely hand-made gifts, bid on silent auction items and treat yourself to some yummy baked goodies!
We need helpers to setup on Saturday, November 12th from 10am-12pm. We also needs lots of baked items for the bake sale. Please bring your baked goods on Sunday morning.
New Sermon Series
New Sermon Series: Pursuing the Promises
Everyone's life holds great promise! Claiming and living into that promise through faith is a great challenge. This new series will focus on living more fully into the inherent potential present in our relationships with God, through worship, with our community, through mission, with our families, through children and youth ministries, and with our "self" through discipleship ministry.
We hope you'll join us Sunday at 11 am for services!
Youth Movie Night - September 25th
Youth Movie Night - Studio Movie Grill
Sunday, September 25, 2022 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm
13933 N US 75-Central Expy 1000
Dallas, TX 75243
7th-12th Grade – Join us for Movie Night! We will be seeing Back to the Future in our own private theater.
There will be costume contest for BEST 80’s Costume!!!
Prize—Trophy and Studio Movie Grill Gift Card
Tickets: $15 includes drink & popcorn
Location: Studio Movie Grill
13933 N US 75-Central Expy 1000, Dallas, TX 75243
***Drop off and pick at Studio Movie Grill
Save the Date: Trunk or Treat
A free event for the whole family! The MusicFest program this year will feature John Tarver, organist for Spring Valley United Methodist Church, presenting a fun, slightly spooky concert on the church's spectacular pipe organ. He will be joined by the "ghost of Spring Valley" in making it sound like a whole orchestra! This free, short (around 25 minutes) concert will be performed in the sanctuary of SVUMC.
Following the program, everyone can enjoy trunk-or-treating and free hot dogs on the parking lot, where decorated car trunks will be filled with candy.
So, wear your costumes (not too scary)! Let's all have a fun afternoon at -
Spring Valley United Methodist Church
7700 Spring Valley Road
Dallas TX between Hillcrest and Coit
October 30, 2022
concert at 5:30 pm, trunk-or-treat follows.
Everyone is welcome - there will be FUN for all ages!
Youth Night Out
Youth Night Out! – Sunday, August 21st 5-8 PM
7th-12th Grade – Kick off the school year with us at Group Dynamix.
This will be a night of community building with our Youth Group. Get ready for High Ropes Course Challenge, Gaga Ball, Jumping Pillow and more!
Bring yourself and a friend! Please remember to wear sneakers.
Parent MUST complete Online Wavier https://groupdynamix.com/waiver/
Youth Ice Cream Social
7th-12th Grade – Come grab some ice cream and bring your friends!
Location: TBA
Contact Shea Harrington for more information.
Wednesday Morning Bible Study
All are invited to attend the Wednesday Morning Bible study which will resume meeting on September 14.
We will be using the Immersion Bible Studies series on Paul’s letter to the church in Rome.
Immersion, inspired by a fresh translation--the Common English Bible--stands firmly on Scripture and helps readers explore the emotional, spiritual, and intellectual needs of their personal faith by discovering God’s revelation through readings and reflections.
Cost for book: $11.00
Day and time: Wednesdays @ 9:30 a.m.
Study facilitator: Pat Christley: 214-498-5806 or pchristl@flash.net.
Please contact Pat Christley to order your book.
Acolyte Day
Acolyte Day – Sunday, August 28th
Join us to celebrate our graduating acolytes. During the 11 AM Traditional Service we will be recognizing the graduating acolytes.
Right after the service there will be an Acolyte Training for new and returning acolytes.
Then after their training the acolytes will have a Pizza and Pool Party.
For more information please contact Shea Harrington.
Back-to-School Parent Meeting
Parent Meeting – Sunday, August 21st 10 am
Parents please join us for a brief parent meeting to go over the Children’s, Club 26 (this is their confirmation year), and Youth calendar.
We are looking forward to all the upcoming events, and a fun filled school year!
Location: Community Class Room
Blessing of the Backpacks
Blessing of the Backpacks – Sunday, August 14th
Kick off back to school with us for the Blessing of the Backpacks.
Students please bring your backpacks to the 11 AM Services (Traditional and Common Ground) to be blessed. The students will receive a backpack tag to be a reminder of their blessing, and that their church family will be praying for them to have a safe and successful school year.
Welcome Reception for Rev. Rosedanny Ortiz
It’s our joy to receive Rev. Rosedanny Ortiz as our Associate Pastor at Spring Valley and welcome her family as part of our church family. On Sunday, July 17 immediately following 11:00 worship you’ll have opportunity to meet and greet Rosedanny, Luis, Sophia and Adrianna at a Welcome Reception in Wesley Hall.
You’re encouraged to come and extend your own personal and warm welcome to Rosedanny and her family as they enter into their ministry with us at Spring Valley.
Spring Valley Reads
Just Mercy, the award-winning novel by Bryan Stevenson, has been chosen by the Discipleship/Adult Education Ministry for the 2022 Spring Valley Reads.
Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn’t commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship—and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.
The Books are sold out. Please check with your local library, order from Amazon, or download on your reading device.
The book discussion will be held on September 18, following the 11 o’clock church service. Please make reservation with Pat Christley: 214-498-5806 or pchristl@flash.net.