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But what\u2019s it really like to be a part of Valley? Here\u2019s our best answer.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Valley is\u2026\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><b>Practice, not program, based.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> When you worship at Valley, you\u2019ll develop the spiritual practices you need to grow in faith and become more like Jesus.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your calendar won\u2019t be crowded with an overwhelming amount of activities, but you will find time for meaningful connection and spiritual growth.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Inclusive.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> All people are created in the image of God. We are all equally loved and valued by Him. Valley is expansive and inclusive in all ways, from our leadership and language to our ministries and missions. You will be warmly welcomed here.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Social Justice-Oriented.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Do you see the struggles of others and want to help? Us too. Having been started during the civil rights movement, Valley\u2019s congregants have always felt God\u2019s call to be upstanders, not bystanders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Intergenerational. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll build relationships with people of all ages when you worship at Valley. We don\u2019t separate often based on age or life stage, which provides a beautiful depth to fellowship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Creative.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Find joy in the creativity God has given you through music, visual arts, embodied arts like yoga and centering prayer, and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Connected.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Picnics and potlucks are more than just a fun tradition here. Through table fellowship, you\u2019ll form new relationships and deepen existing ones. 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elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"090cb1c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;slideshow&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_gallery&quot;:[],&quot;background_slideshow_slide_duration&quot;:5000,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_transition_duration&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d49a59\" data-id=\"1d49a59\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5741368 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5741368\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>History<\/strong><\/h1><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valley\u2019s founding pastor, Oliver Clark, was relocated to Huntsvill<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">e from Birmingham for being too involved with Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement. In 1967, he arrived at the annual conference and saw it written that he would be moving to New Church Plant in Huntsville, AL.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Confused by the name, he asked where New Church Plant was, and laughing, they told him that it was not a church, but that he would be in charge of starting a new one in Huntsville.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He arrived in town with no resources or<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0congregants. A colleague at Trinity United Methodist Church kindly gave him office space and helped him recruit about 50 families and individuals to help start what became known as Valley United Methodist Church. They held their first worship service on December 3, 1967, at the nearby Seventh-day Adventist Church. Five years later, they had grown the congregation, raised funds for a building, and found a family willing to donate the property where Valley is now located.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike many churches built in Huntsville at the time, Valley was designed to look and feel like a traditional English country church. The sanctuary is shaped like an inverted Noah\u2019s ark, grounded on earth, but pointing toward heaven.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The stained glass windows were created by congregants, and feature plenty of quirks and personalizations, including a beloved family cat in one window and the intentional addition of a black sheep in another. They also took care to depict as many women as there are men.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each window has one small piece of red glass with shards of gold to remind us of what John Wesley called \u201cthe spark of the divine\u201d in every human.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9154e64 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9154e64\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65f477a\" data-id=\"65f477a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f9dcc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f9dcc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Beliefs<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce98a12 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ce98a12\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;slideshow&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_gallery&quot;:[],&quot;background_slideshow_loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_duration&quot;:5000,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_transition_duration&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5fa294d\" data-id=\"5fa294d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b84baf8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"b84baf8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1931\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1931\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">God<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1931\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1931\"><p>God is the Creator, Savior, and Sustainer of all people and all things.<\/p><p>Jesus Christ is the Savior of the World. We cannot fully wrap our minds around this but we believe it to be true.<\/p><p>\u00a0The Holy Spirit is the presence of God\u2019s grace living and dwelling among us today. It guides us in our spiritual journeys and grants us assurance of the forgiveness of our sins.<\/p><p>\u00a0The Christian life is one of a personal relationship with Christ through which we grow in grace and demonstrate God\u2019s love in all our relationships.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1932\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1932\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Scripture<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1932\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1932\"><p>The Bible is the inspired word of God. It is an anthology of books, letters, scrolls, and texts collected over time that tells us the story of God\u2019s love for creation and the depths to which God goes for reconciliation.\u00a0<\/p><p>Through reading the Bible, we encounter God\u2019s living word, build a foundation for our faith, and grow in relationship with the Holy Spirit. Bible study is essential to our formation as Christian disciples.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1933\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1933\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Faith<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1933\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1933\"><p>Faith comes from a choice to trust in God and to have confidence in unseen things. Growing in faith is a lifelong journey that we refer to as the process of\u00a0<i>sanctification<\/i>.<\/p><p>This process begins even before we have conscious knowledge of God working through the Holy Spirit in our lives.\u00a0 We call this\u00a0<i>prevenient grace<\/i>.\u00a0 As our hearts and minds open up to acknowledging God\u2019s presence and work in our lives, we make a conscious choice to believe in God.\u00a0 We call this\u00a0<i>justifying grace<\/i>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>As we work to grow in relationship with God through faith in Jesus as savior and Lord of our lives, we become more and more like Jesus in our daily actions.\u00a0 We call this\u00a0<i>sanctifying grace<\/i>. The process of sanctification strengthens our faith in God.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1934\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1934\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Community<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1934\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1934\"><p>Having a church home is essential to every Christian\u2019s spiritual formation. In vital worship, we encounter and honor God in Word and Sacrament.<\/p><p>It is essential to support our church home with our: Prayers, Presence, Gifts, Service, and Witness.\u00a0<\/p><p>Every Christian is gifted and called by God to be in ministry.<\/p><p>Serving others and helping those in need is a daily task for faithful Christians. We believe it is essential to the Christian witness and discipleship of others that we give of our time and gifts to both our church home and our mission partners around the community.<\/p><p>We are called to share the love of Jesus Christ with everyone. So, at Valley, we encourage and expect everyone to find a way to plug into service with the community of faith and with those in need.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f834bd2 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f834bd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/valleymethodist.org\/staging\/4249\/plan-a-visit\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Plan a 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