Pomona Valley Church

In this sermon, Curtis looks at the themes that arise in Paul's first missionary journey

In this sermon, Meredith considers the type of Church Luke shows us in Acts and the type of church we want to be today

In this sermon, Curtis looks at why Luke places the long story of Peter and Cornelius right at the heart of the book of Acts and what themes emerge from it. 

In the midst of major stories of conversion, Luke turns our attention to what the story is really all about

In this sermon, Meredith looks at the story of Paul's conversion, and particularly the character of Ananias

In this sermon, Curtis looks at the remarkable story of the Ethiopian Eunuch

In this sermon, Curtis looks at the intersection of power and life in the story of Acts

A prayer practice to accompany Meredith's sermon on trusting God

This week, Meredith looks at Stephen's prayer during his stoning and the ripples it had in the life of his killer

In this sermon, Meredith uses the story of Stephen to ask the question, "What do we mean when we say we trust God?"

In this sermon, Curtis looks at the miraculous and the mundane of the early church

In this sermon, Curtis looks at the confusing, troubling story of Ananias and Sapphira

In this sermon, Meredith looks at what healing is all about in the opening chapters of Acts

In this sermon, Meredith looks at how the disciples in Acts interact with those in "authority" 

In Acts 3 we have the story of a healed man, and in this sermon we consider what that story might tell us about who we are and what is available to us. 

In this sermon, Meredith looks at the main elements of the earliest church, and what they might mean for our church today.

Curtis considers what the events of Pentecost mean for us today

Meredith continues our Acts series looking at Pentecost and what happened after

Curtis continues our Acts series looking at the reason the early Christians did what they did

Meredith kicks off 2026 and our new Acts series looking at the beating heart of the book and the Church

In this sermon, Curtis looks at our rhythm of solitude and relationship

Meredith continues our Rhythm of Life series, looking at how we can joyfully and sustainably be both open to God and open to the challenges of the world around us. 

Curtis kicks off our new series, where we are going to look at the practices and habits that can contribute to life-giving rhythms in our day-to-day.

Meredith closes out our series on loving our neighbor by looking at the extent of Jesus' love for us. 

In this sermon, Meredith looks at the many times God's people are commanded to love the foreigner.

Curtis looks at Jesus' answer to the question: Who is my neighbor?

Curtis looks at how wide the command to love your neighbor might extend

Meredith looks at the inevitable: loving your neighbor might cost something

Curtis asks if loving your neighbor has anything to do with politics

Curtis considers the connection between the ideas of loving our neighbor and being a blessing

Meredith looks at Jesus' command to love our enemies

Curtis kicks off our new series with an exploration into how "love your neighbor" is the second greatest commandment

In this final sermon of our Samuel series, Curtis looks at the message of grace threaded through it all

In this sermon, Curtis looks at David's response to the injustices he faced

In this sermon, Curtis looks at two more characters and their response to the moment of crisis in Israel: David and Jonathon

In this sermon, Meredith looks at the time Abigail stopped David in his murderous tracks

Curtis looks at two out of four main characters and how they react to a crisis that threatens their reality.

This week, Meredith looks at the famous story of little David defeating a giant. 

Curtis looks at a cluster of times in 1 Samuel when God seemingly breaks the rules

In this Easter sermon, Meredith looks at how you celebrate Easter in the midst of empire.

In this sermon, Curtis looks at the difficult story of Saul and the Amalekites to draw some lessons in how we can read hard stories in the Bible.

Meredith looks at the contrast between Saul -- who makes it all so hard -- and Jonathan -- who just acts. 

In this sermon, Curtis looks at how God reacts when we get on the wrong path

In this sermon, Curtis looks at how God takes even the most horrific things and brings life and redemption out of them. 

Curtis looks at how the highly ambiguous character of Saul is introduced, and how God's Spirit can make even a man like him into a king.

Meredith looks at Israel's demand for a king, to be like all the other nations. (Sorry for the audio quality on the second half!)

Curtis looks at the words of Samuel, and the paradox that choosing to trust Yahweh alone leads not to constraint, but to freedom

Curtis looks at the story of the ark of the covenant in Samuel 4-6, and how it highlights the character of our God. 

Meredith looks at one way our God is unlike all the rest.

Curtis looks at the fascinating character of Eli: a complete failure who is also given a crucial role in God's plans for Israel