Valley Springs Fil-Am Church Kickoff

Pastor Dave Mortiz sends this report:

On August 11, 2006 Valley Springs Fil-Am Community Church celebrated their move from Friday Home Bible Studies to Woodward Park Baptist Church. Approximately 125 people attended & the evening was celebrated through music, message & testimony, worship, prayer, dinner & fellowship. The occasion was graced by the presence of Pastor Hernie Valino, Pastor Dave Mortiz’ friend from Southern California who gave a moving message & vocal renditions with his testimony while Pastor Rich Johnstone, Director of Missions of Mid-Valley Southern Baptist Association, and part of WPBC challenged the budding church with his brief speech & gave the closing prayer. He was instrumental in connecting Valley Springs with WPBC.

Valley Springs’ purpose is to bring people to Jesus Christ and membership in his family, build them to Christlike maturity, equip them for their ministry in the church and life mission in the world, in order to magnify God’s name. Their target is to reach the growing Filipino-American Community living in Fresno & other neighboring communities who need a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Valley Springs extends their appreciation for WPBC’s generosity in allowing them to use their Children’s Facility. Since April 2005, they have been gathering in homes to hold Bible studies but on August 2006, in God’s time they started gathering at WPBC.

Valley Springs Mission Pastor, Dave Mortiz adds,” We would like to be known in the Filipino community as a place where relationship (to God and to men) matters.