Good Morning! It’s a good day in the Valley and you know why! "This is the day God has made.  So – let’s be glad and rejoice in it!" ~ Psalms 118:24 That’s my plan for today - a lot of rejoicing, as we carry on ministry through this exciting family known as
Pastor Holland Lewis	West Valley Church   ...Church of the Nazarene
My life verse: "God has not given us the spirit of fear - but of power and love and sound mind." II Timothy 1:7  Old Testament: “Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past.  Behold, I will do something new, now it will spring forth; will you not be aware of it?  I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”       Isaiah 43:18-19

HOLLAND LEWIS, is the Senior Pastor of Yakima West Valley Church, having served the Church since October 29, 1995. The Church Board recently extended an invitation for an additional four-year call to Pastor Lewis to continue the pastoral relationship.

He is a graduate of of Olivet Nazarene College (University - 1961) with a major in religion. He continued his graduate studies at Pasadena College, Pasadena, California; California Baptist College, Riverside, California and at Point Loma Nazarene College (University) in San Diego, California.

Since his graduation from college, Rev. Lewis has served in five pastoral assignments:

• In 1961 he became the founding Pastor of a Home Mission Nazarene Church in Central City, Kentucky (the "boot-leg" center of Western Kentucky) on the Kentucky District. During this year he also served as writer and reporter for a Western Kentucky daily newspaper in Owensboro, Kentucky. 

• In 1962 he became the founding Pastor of the Norco Church of the Nazarene in California where he served for nearly nine years. 

• In 1971 be became Pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene in Anaheim, California. He served the Anaheim congregation 17 years. 

• In March 1989 he became Pastor of the Detroit First Church of the Nazarene in Farmington Hills, Michigan, where he served for nearly seven years. 

• As indicated above, Rev. Lewis is presently serving as Senior Pastor at West Valley Church in Yakima, Washington. In 1995 he accepted the call of the congregation to become Pastor of West Valley Church. 

PASTOR LEWIS serves in several capacities at the local, state and national level as an extension of his ministry:

LOCALLY: Institutional Review Board for experimental medications and therapy in the Yakima Valley and President of the Evangelical Ministries Association

STATE: He is a member of the Northwest District Nazarene District Advisory Board and is chairman of the Credentials Board

REGIONAL: Northwest Nazarene University Board of Regents and Chairman of the Ministerial Debt Task Force for the Regents in Nampa, Idaho

NATIONAL: He was Vice President of the Board of Trustees at Nazarene Bible College in Colorado Springs, Colorado

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"Pastor H" is married to Mary Partain. Together, Holland and Mary bring together their gifts of preaching and music in a shared ministry to ministers and their spouses in retreat settings around the country.

Mary is an accomplished musician and speaker, ministering inspiration and insight in women’s retreats and conferences and in churches across the nation. She has released two albums: "Just Mary" and "Home for Christmas." "Just Mary" is a compilation of sacred and inspirational songs that present Mary’s broad range of skills vocally, instrumentally and as a composer. In her seasonal album "Home for Christmas," Mary is joined by the Lewis’ three daughters – Crystal, Candace and Cassandra – in a classic collection of Christmas songs with a variation of themes including sacred, secular and expressions of humor.

To inquire about her albums, please e-mail: loisf@westvalleychurch.com

Pastor Lewis and his wife Mary are the parents of three daughters:

• Crystal – married to Brian Ray has two children – Solomon and Isabella.  Crystal Lewis is a Contemporary Christian Recording Artist, Dove Award Winner and Grammy performer and Award Nominee. She has many albums to her credit. She was a recent vocal guest with the Fresno, California Billy Graham Crusade. For more information about Crystal you can visit her website at: www.crystallewis.com
  

• Candace – married to Chad Bletscher, has one son – Roy and one daughter - Paige. She is attending graduate school at UCLA where she is working toward her doctoral degree in Medical Physics.
  

• Cassandra – married to Brian Beevers, is a graduate from Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego and has graduated from Boston College in the "Pastoral Ministry"  Department.  She desires to give her life for the poor and broken and work for justice among the less fortunate.  She speaks in a variety of settings to the subjects of "Life in the Kingdom" and "Care for the Poor and Broken."
  

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If you would like to order an audio cassette of a sermon preached by Pastor Lewis at West Valley Church - include $3.00 with your request to:

 Below are Pastor Holland's sermon outlines for the dates indicated:

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...Pastor Holland's column in the West Valley Church monthly newsletter.

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...an article released in the N W Reflections, the bimonthly newspaper for the Northwest District of the Church of the Nazarene.

District Article:

In addition to his bi-monthly articles on family evangelism, PASTOR LEWIS is author of "The Great Giveaway" – a teen’s guide to witnessing. He is also co-author of "Proclaiming the Savior" and contributing author to "Proclaiming the Savior," selected sermons on the life of Jesus Christ.

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What I’m up to this month –

* November's emphasis is all about world-wide missions:  A Surplus of Hope!

* The weekend of November 18-19, we will have Dr. Louie Bustle, Division Director for World Missions for the Church of the Nazarene as our guest preacher.

* Mary and I will be attending the homecoming events at Olivet Nazarene University

* May you all have a blessed Thanksgiving!

THANK YOU FOR COVERING ME IN PRAYER!

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Welcome our new granddaughter - Paige Clementine Bletscher

(Daughter of Candace & Chad Bletscher...and the sister of Roy Bletscher.)

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