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Episode 64 The world needs courageous non-profits - Jonathan Roe Oct 25, 2023

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In Joshua 1:9, the LORD calls you to be courageous – not because you are a gifted leader, strategist, organizer, communicator, motivator or fighter – because the Lord will be with you wherever you go.

Today I talk with a Jonathon Roe a long time good friend who helps faith based Non-profits fight back.

Jonathan Roe has been a non-profit coach and trainer in AZ for more than a decade, and is the Founder and CEO of Venture 1:9. Venture 1:9 (based on Joshua 1:9) guides non-profits to a place of courage, health, sustainability and impact, through free training, coaching and granting.

After graduating college in Boston, Jonathan spent 17 years in church leadership, pastoring two local churches near Washington, D.C. and Columbus, Ohio. In early 2008, he moved to Phoenix to launch and lead Mission Increase AZ (MI AZ), a ministry to strengthen Christian non-profit organizations. Under Jonathan’s leadership, MI AZ engaged hundreds of non-profit organizations, granted more than $2m for community and Kingdom impact, and built a close-knit family of Christian non-profit leaders.

Jonathan earned a Master of Divinity degree from Wesley Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary. His doctoral work focused on ministry management and leadership, combined with developing strategy and leading organizational change.

In addition to leading Venture 1:9, Jonathan teaches at the CCV Leadership Institute, serves as a Board Leadership & Governance Coach through City Gate Network, and is a coach and mentor for various community leaders.

Jonathan and his wife, Karla, live in Anthem AZ and have three children – Austin, MJ and Justin.
LINKS:
Website: https://venture19.org
Christ’s Church of the Valley: https://ccv.church
CCV Missions: https://ccv.church/ministries/missions
Let’s Go 360: https://www.letsgo360.org
Pastor Larrie Fraley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larrie-fraley-53445032
Email: missions@ccv.church

Episode 63 Happiness can be bought. Just not with money - John Moore Oct 11, 2023

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Today I talk with my good friend John Moore. He loves generosity as much as our sr. pastor and has committed his life to the principles he has learned from scripture. We will find out a little about his life.
John founded John Moore Associates (JMA) in 1997 with a passion to both serve his community and help his community serve others through the causes that matter to them. His diligent stewardship is in part refined by his military experience, which instilled in him a strong sense of discipline and strategic thinking. John handed off the leadership of JMA to Brian Cochran in 2022 but continues to lend his wisdom to the JMA team as a consultant. An avid flyer since the age of 16, John has enjoyed flying both airplanes and gliders and spending time with his wife of over 40 years, Connie.
John believes that the best financial meetings have nothing to do with money. He knows that our most valuable asset is people.
John would say that these are his values and the values of the company he founded.
Relationships
Our community is our most valuable asset. We put others before ourselves and are committed to collaboration, loyalty, and trust-building with all clients, vendors and coworkers, knowing that together we can help create more fulfilling futures.
Wisdom
Our expertise is only as deep as the wisdom we seek. We continually pursue a greater knowledge of our trade, our clients, and the world, combined with timeless and transcendent principles of the bible, so that we may provide fruitful counsel.
Service
We bring a servant’s heart to all we do, with caring, attentive, proactive, and responsive service to our clients and colleagues. We consistently find real solutions to clients’ challenges to optimize stewardship.
Generosity
We believe that sharing God’s resources and encouraging a life of giving will have a deep and lasting impact on families, our communities, and our own joy.
LINKS:
Website: www.johnmoore.com
Books: https://www.johnmoore.com/books/
Christ’s Church of the Valley: https://ccv.church
CCV Missions: https://ccv.church/ministries/missions
Let’s Go 360: https://www.letsgo360.org
Pastor Larrie Fraley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larrie-fraley-53445032
Email: missions@ccv.church

Episode 62 Addiction: God will provide a way out - Don Middleton Sep 26, 2023

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For thousands of years humanity has struggled with the riddle of just how to help those with addiction, but meaningful treatment was elusive in the early 1900s. A group of desperate alcoholics developed a spiritual answer to what was newly being called a disease. We know them as AA.

Dr Don Middleton is a board-certified in family medicine and has practiced in Arizona for 30 years. He’s currently on the medical staff of the internationally acclaimed metals, behavior health of Wickenburg and medical Director for a group of men’s health clinics. A lifelong Arizona and he developed his love for science and nutrition at an AU And Madison at Western University of health science. He considers the entire world, his family in Christ, but is attended CCV for over 20 years.

Whether you’re battling addiction or have a loved one battling addiction Don is committed to take the principles of AA along with modern Christian faith approach to help educate and guide addicts through recovery. In his book Don provides a perfect balance of faith and scientific knowledge to what and why addicts struggle with and go through. This book along with the work book has helped countless people to recovery.

LINKS:
Book:
Him and Them
Him and Them Workbook
Website: https://www.him-and-them.org/
Christ’s Church of the Valley: https://ccv.church
CCV Missions: https://ccv.church/ministries/missions
Let’s Go 360: https://www.letsgo360.org
Pastor Larrie Fraley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larrie-fraley-53445032
Email: missions@ccv.church

Episode 61 God always has a plan - Jason Seeger Sep 13, 2023

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Have you ever died and came back to life? By died, I mean heart stopped, breathing stopped for more than a few minutes? Today we will hear from Pastor Jason Seeger. A long time CCV pastor. We will hear his story and the life changing experience. We will also hear and what the life as an associate pastor is like at CCV. The Associate Pastor at CCV is a full-time role responsible for providing spiritual guidance and support to the church, its members, staff, and the community at large. Jason will assist in developing and executing the church's mission and vision, as well as managing the day-to-day operations of the Anthem church.
LINKS
Christ’s Church of the Valley: https://ccv.church
CCV Missions: https://ccv.church/ministries/missions
Let’s Go 360: https://www.letsgo360.org
Pastor Larrie Fraley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larrie-fraley-53445032
Email: missions@ccv.church

Episode 60 Ukraine Update - 18 Months Later with Sasha Marchenko Aug 29, 2023

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Sasha is a missionary that CCV supports, he is the founder of and CEO of the International Center of Fatherhood in Ukraine. And his ministry was all about helping fathers in his country of Ukraine. Many of those fathers work away from the home for extended periods of time, therefore creating a void for fathers. And his ministry focuses on that with his team there. And then everything changed.
In February of 2022, the Ukraine war broke out and his life changed and his ministry changed. We interviewed Sasha in Episodes 3 & 4 when the war broke out. Now, 18 months later we will hear what life is like now in Ukraine.
LINKS
International Center of Fatherhood (ICF): https://icfatherhood.org
Christ’s Church of the Valley: https://ccv.church
CCV Missions: https://ccv.church/ministries/missions
Let’s Go 360: https://www.letsgo360.org
Pastor Larrie Fraley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larrie-fraley-53445032
Email: missions@ccv.church

Episode 59 Is It Ever Time To Retire? - Mike McClain Aug 16, 2023

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Retirement is generally recognized as a part of the American Dream. Not mine by the way. We grow up, we work, we retire, and we die. It’s just another part of the rhythm of life. But is the hope of an easy life of retirement something Christians should cling to?

Not according to Mike McClain a long time friend who is as active as ever leading people to Christ.

The model that the culture seems to point toward for retirement (at least if I can trust the ads on television) is one of complete leisure, once I quit working, for the rest of my life.

Yet even before sin came into the world, God told us to work, (Gen 1:28). Idleness and dissipation do not appear to be a part of the divine design for humans.

In fact, the model of retirement that is built around limitless leisure seems to undermine God’s design for human existence.

Mike will share how God is using him in a time that world says to retire.
LINKS
Christ’s Church of the Valley: https://ccv.church
CCV Missions: https://ccv.church/ministries/missions
Let’s Go 360: https://www.letsgo360.org
Pastor Larrie Fraley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larrie-fraley-53445032
Email: missions@ccv.church

Episode 58 Taking Good News to the Streets in Italy - Julia Hernandez Aug 02, 2023

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Today Julia Hernandez shares with us her preparation to lead a trip of 8 CCV goers as they head to Ancona, Italy to talk with people there about Jesus Christ. We will explore Zume Discipleship training (found in our shownotes).
Matthew 28:18-20 - "Jesus came and spoke to the eleven disciples, saying: 'All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and surely, I am with you always, to the very end of the age.'
The act of teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you through Christ with others in public settings using Wisdom and considering all culturally, socially, and legally permissible techniques is known as biblical street evangelism.
Our personal opinions are irrelevant, and as Christians, we must always be prepared to accept the Truth, even when it contradicts everything we have been taught and believed to be true up until the moment the Truth arrives to upend all previous false beliefs. As Christians, we should embrace the Truth rather than be fearful of it!
LINKS
Donate to the trip:
Go to https://ccv.church/ministries/missions/trips
Click on "DONATE TO A MISSION TRIP"
SELECT A TRIP: Italy #839400
ZUME Training: https://zume.training/
Christ’s Church of the Valley: https://ccv.church
CCV Missions: https://ccv.church/ministries/missions
Let’s Go 360: https://www.letsgo360.org
Pastor Larrie Fraley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larrie-fraley-53445032
Email: missions@ccv.church

Episode 57 Defending the Flock, Creating a Safe Worship - Rich Wooten Jul 19, 2023

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Acts 20:28-30 NIV
Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

Today we will be talking with Rich Wooten, Director Safety and Security Director Safety and Security at CCV. Rich has been with CCV for 6 years. Prior to that Rich was the Security Manager Security Manager for the National Football League in New York, New York, Rich also retired from as a Police Detective for City of Phoenix after 26 years.

The vast majority of churches won't experience a terrorist or shooter attack, but other situations are more frequent, and church leaders need to have a security plan and staff in place to protect their flock. Alarm systems, security personnel, and video surveillance are simply a few components of the solution.

If CCV or any church doesn't feel safe and secure, they can forget the purpose of your church and the message of God. Every church needs a security strategy that outlines what the staff, church leaders, security personnel, and our attendees should do in case of emergency.

Links

Christ’s Church of the Valley: https://ccv.church
CCV Missions: https://ccv.church/ministries/missions
Let’s Go 360: https://www.letsgo360.org
Pastor Larrie Fraley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larrie-fraley-53445032
Email: missions@ccv.church

Defending the Flock: A Security Guide for Church Safety Directors: https://a.co/d/45r4eSR

Episode 56 Museum of the Bible - Mark Benson Jul 05, 2023

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Today's episode is with Mark Benson, the West Regional Director of Partner Relations for the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC. Now, Mark actually living here in phoenix and attends CCV.

I met mark a few year ago and over the years we have become good friends.

The Museum of the Bible is located in Washington, D.C., and houses artifacts and manuscripts related to the Bible. David Green’s connection to the Museum of the Bible comes into play through Hobby Lobby funding the museum.

Check out: https://www.museumofthebible.org/

He no stranger to the church. Mark’s father was a third-generation Lutheran minister, retiring at 86 years old. (He went home on January 1, 2022.) Mark did not feel the calling to be a minister, but as a capitalist, and Mark’s ministry has been to the people he served in business. Mark and his wife Mary owned or operated 16 new car dealerships around the country. They were also the managing partners for: Ford, Honda, Lincoln, Infiniti, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Jeep, Chrysler, Hyundai and Ram.

While the owners of Honolulu Ford, they boldly invested in the Church. The FCC approved an on-demand station at Cox-cable: JOHN 316. We filled our Christian station with 9 local churches, with 60,000 Hawaiian home tuning in each month. Much like Hobby Lobby, In-and-Out, Mark closed his dealerships on Sunday to honor the Sabbath. https://youtu.be/t7K6s6Cxfes and sales exploded.

Now, Hawaii is his mission field, and the last year Mark owned a dealership.

Mark has worked for the Museum of the Bible for 2.5 years.

The pervious 5-8 years Mark would wake up at 2:00 AM and ask God, am I using my talents the way that you would like me to?

The Benson family has a passion for missions. He partnered with Rotary International to drill a well in Naberera, Tanzania. It did not turn out the way that he thought it would. "We hit water 147 meters down, but the pastor there was afraid that his Massai Tribe would kill him and take the well over. He waited for 10 years to put the well head on and start pumping water. Mans timing is different than Gods!"
LINKS
Website: https://www.museumofthebible.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/museumofBible/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/museumofbible/?hl=en
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/museumofbible/
Christ’s Church of the Valley: https://ccv.church/
CCV Missions: www.ccv.church/missions
Let’s Go 360: https://www.letsgo360.org/
Pastor Larrie Fraley: linkedin.com/in/larrie-fraley-53445032
Email: missions@ccv.church

Episode 55 CCV History Overview - Pastor Larrie Fraley Jun 21, 2023

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This episode is a little bit different from the others. My experience in the early years of CCV is discussed in an interview with Mark Moore, who serves as the teaching pastor at CCV. We will discuss the origins of CCV as well as a few of the significant events that have taken place along the way to bring CCV to one of the greatest churches in the United States. However, the most important aspect of this discussion will be how God used one man, along with a few other men and families, had the faith and made the sacrifices necessary to lead us to where we are now. It has been an adventure from the beginning and will continue to be one as long as we continue to give all of the credit to God, who has used us to carry out his plan.
LINKS
Website:
Christ’s Church of the Valley: https://ccv.church/
CCV Missions: www.ccv.church/missions
Let’s Go 360: https://www.letsgo360.org/
Pastor Larrie Fraley: linkedin.com/in/larrie-fraley-53445032
Email: missions@ccv.church

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