The Podcast by Pleasant Valley

Join Clinical Counselor Lane Jordan, and Biblical Counselor Paul Price as they explore the Biblical foundations and definitions of marriage.

Join our latest series as it tackles the hardest modern-day questions about marriage.

In today's episode, the Pleasant Valley Counseling Center's marriage counselors define Biblical marriage. Paul Price is a Biblical counselor and former pastor who has been married for fifty years. Lane Jordan is an integrated clinical counselor, newly married for four years. Learn great marital insight as this intergenerational duo comes together to discuss the foundational definition of marriage from the book of Genesis.

Stay tuned for upcoming episodes as Paul and Lane outline healthy marital communication skills, developmental steps of marriage, and tips to enhance a lifelong Christ-centered marriage.

Great nuggets of wisdom in this Podcast. A must listen! Pastor John Newsom, Army Chaplain, and Clinical Counselor, Paula Dayringer, explore Paula’s various deployment experiences. Paula is a military spouse whose husband has deployed. She’s a retired Colonel who personally deployed, and she’s a military mom whose son deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan. She shares deployment from all angles of the family experience.

PVCC Clinical Counselor Paula Dayringer interviews Mason and Samantha McCoy about the realistic challenges and triumphs of military deployment on marriage and family. Together they explore their personal experiences from pre deployment to reintegration. They share tips for couples experiencing deployment and encourage listeners to use the time for personal growth and strengthening on God.

Join PV Counselor Paula Dayringer, retired Colonel, as she interviews her client about the challenges of being a spouse of a deployed military member.  Samantha shares her experiences being a geographically single military spouse and mom. Samantha is a nurse and has a 2-year-old and 10 month old. She was pregnant when her husband left for his second deployment, and she gave birth with her husband thousands or miles away. Samantha shares her struggles, triumphs, and wisdom gained before, during, and after deployment.

Maintaining emotional and mental health prior to, during, and after deployment is vital to the success of both the soldier and the family at home. Pleasant Valley’s Counselor, Paula Dayringer, retired Colonel, interviews John Newsome, PV Care Pastor and Army Chaplain. John shares real-life experiences preparing for deployment both personally and for his family as a whole. Paula and John share helpful tips and practical insights for the family and soldiers prepping to leave.

When we sit down to watch the nightly news, one of the questions that can easily pop into our minds is somewhere along the lines of, "Is the world ending?" or "Are we living in the end times?". Listen in as Pastor Merle Mees, and Dr. Albert Bean discuss this topic. 

What does it look like when someone devotes their whole life to being generous? Pastor Merle Mees sat down with Paul Forbes to discuss this concept. 

This episode is a message I preached recently at Twenty-Somethings. It begins by laying out the basic biblical and theological truths about the Lord's Supper. Then the message turns to discuss the important differences between the Catholic and Protestant views of the Lord's Supper and why they matter. Finally, the message closes with some beautiful Gospel truths about the Lord's Supper.

In this conversation we talked about how our faith influences our decisions, the various types of decisions we face, processes for making decisions as Christians, why Christians don't come to the same conclusions about various decisions and more.

In this conversation we talked about how our faith influences our decisions, the various types of decisions we face, processes for making decisions as Christians, why Christians don't come to the same conclusions about various decisions and more.

This sermon seeks to answer the common and important question of how we can have assurance of our salvation.

This message centers around showing how the modern church's vision of singleness falls short of the Bible's view of singleness. This sermon is trying to show the Bible's massive vision for singleness and how it can help build the Kingdom of God.

Listen in as we sit down with Whitney Putnam as she tells us how we can pursue happiness no matter what comes through the foundation of the Gospel. Her story is a testimony to this . We also address issues such as the Prosperity Gospel and ways to find happiness in everyday life.

Mental Health is a vital topic that is rarely discussed in churches. After walking through a 5-week sermon series on mental health titled "The Struggle is Real," we sat down with several pastors and licensed professional counselors to talk about questions from the series and how to apply the Gospel to our mental health. We discussed issues ranging from self-care, walking alongside those struggling, medicine, suicide, prayer, and more. Listen in as our panelists seek to help us have hope and wisdom in the area of the intersection of mental health and the Gospel! Panelists Robbie Sullivan- Licensed Professional Counselor Merle Mees- Lead Pastor Karen Mees- Licensed Professional Counselor John Newsom- Care Pastor and Army Chaplain Brad Daniel- Student Pastor Caleb Eissler- Moderator

*This panel originally took place on Tuesday, October 15th at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church*

Mental Health is a vital topic that is rarely discussed in churches. After walking through a 5-week sermon series on mental health titled "The Struggle is Real," we sat down with several pastors and licensed professional counselors to talk about questions from the series and how to apply the Gospel to our mental health. We discussed issues ranging from self-care, walking alongside those struggling, medicine, suicide, prayer, and more. Listen in as our panelists seek to help us have hope and wisdom in the area of the intersection of mental health and the Gospel! Panelists Robbie Sullivan- Licensed Professional Counselor Merle Mees- Lead Pastor Karen Mees- Licensed Professional Counselor John Newsom- Care Pastor and Army Chaplain Brad Daniel- Student Pastor Caleb Eissler- Moderator

*This panel originally took place on Tuesday, October 15th at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church*

Mental Health is a vital, yet often neglected, element of the Christian life. We face a crisis of mental health issues today, but we often fail to speak about them or address them with clarity. On August 1st, 2019, PV Twenty-Somethings hosted a public panel to bring clarity and truth to the conversation surrounding the intersection of mental health and the Gospel. Panelists include Licensed Professional Counselors Karen Mees and Robie Sullivan, Lead Pastor Merle Mees, Care Pastor and Army Chaplain John Newsom, and Student Pastor Brad Daniel. The panelists addressed a whole host of topics including medication, spiritual warfare, tactics to improve and sustain mental health, how to care for others who encounter mental illness, the hope that the Gospel brings, and so much more!

Mental Health is a vital, yet often neglected, element of the Christian life. We face a crisis of mental health issues today, but we often fail to speak about them or address them with clarity. On August 1st, 2019, PV Twenty-Somethings hosted a public panel to bring clarity and truth to the conversation surrounding the intersection of mental health and the Gospel. Panelists include Licensed Professional Counselors Karen Mees and Robie Sullivan, Lead Pastor Merle Mees, Care Pastor and Army Chaplain John Newsom, and Student Pastor Brad Daniel. The panelists addressed a whole host of topics including medication, spiritual warfare, tactics to improve and sustain mental health, how to care for others who encounter mental illness, the hope that the Gospel brings, and so much more!

In this episode, we sit down with Whitney Putnam to talk about to think about New Year's Resolutions, how to keep from falling into shame, how our faith impacts our resolution, and finally that the idea of rhythm may be more helpful than the idea of resolution.

In this podcast, we look at Romans 8 to see how the love of God answers our questions about the pain and suffering in our lives and the world.We touch on how Christmas gives us a glimpse of the world's great longing.

In this interview, Kiley Daniels shares her story about seeing her dad pass away from terminal brain cancer and then having the same diagnosis herself. The Daniels family has shown the world how to make Jesus know in the midst of hardship and Kiley did just that during our interview.

Join us as we take a peek into our final week of the Encounter series. We had participants write in questions about the Bible they were wrestling with and they were discussed with this Panel. The Panel includes Merle Mees, Andy Lee, Dr. Al Bean and Caleb Eissler

Navigating the Holidays can be tough, but navigating holidays without the loved one that has been a part of your holiday gatherings for years previously can take a toll on you and your family.

With Thanksgiving upon us, we thought a great discussion for this week would be about thankfulness during the holiday season. 

What is a daily quiet time? Why do we need it? What do we do during a daily devotion? These are just a few of the questions we address today. 

What if the most divisive statement ever made is also the most unifying one? In a world where having political conversations is divisive, how as Christians do we respond to the everchanging climate. In this episode of "The Podcast," we talk about how Jesus is King. When we know that Jesus of King this informs our understanding of the Government and how we are called to respond.

What does the Bible say about the Government?

What does the Bible say about civil disobedience?

Sometimes, we pray to God and the outcome doesn't turn out the way we want. 

This week's episode of the Podcast by Pleasant Valley talks about how Now More than Ever we need to practice Civility. Going along with our current messages series, "Now More Than Ever" things are constantly changing. Our guest offers no apologies for calling on the Christian community to reassess their perceptions of issues facing our country. For those of us who are disturbed by what's going on, she makes her case for an about-face attitude adjustment in the way we relate to others, especially those who are "different" or think differently from us.

This week we join together with a group of friends and talk about what prayer is and how they have applied prayer throughout their lives. 

Welcome to the Podcast by Pleasant Valley. Where we talk about biblical truth, address your questions, and seek to help you fall deeper in love with Jesus. Let’s get started!

What if one word could change everything for your marriage? According to best-selling Christian author Gary Thomas, it can - and that word is "CHERISH"! Drawing from decades of experience with couples, he believes that when you and your spouse choose to notice, appreciate, honor, and encourage one another it will bring hope, light, and life into your relationship. Join us for a question and answer session with Gary Thomas.