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In the beginning…
Pastor Greg Rohlinger and his wife Lori
started Palm Valley Church in July 2000 with 3 other couples – meeting
in the Rohlinger’s living room.
The first public service…
On
October 1, 2001 Pastor Greg stood out front of the "church" at the Palm
Valley movie theatres in Goodyear, Az and prayed that people would show
up. One or two cars pulled up and then drove away but soon enough the
people start arriving – 148 to be exact.
G-R-O-W-T-H
A
second Sunday service was added after 14 months to accommodate the
growing church family – approximately 400 people. Within another 14
months Palm Valley had outgrown the theatres and moved to Desert Edge
High School. We quickly grew to 900 people.
Flexibility
With
attendance at 1,600 Greg was inspired to start a Saturday evening
service to reach people who couldn’t attend on Sunday mornings.
Many NFL fans thanked him.
This isn’t what I expected
Palm
Valley may be different, but it’s different for a reason. We want
people to feel welcome no matter who they are, where they come from or
what they’ve done. We’ve always said “Come as you are.” We want church
to be relevant, inspiring and exciting and put a personal relationship
with Christ ahead of “organized religion”. If you want to find out more
about why we do what we do, come to our Newcomer’s Class.
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