Wisdom for Life – Week 4

Wisdom for Aging: With age comes wisdom, right? But what does aging have to do with being wise? And, more importantly, what does scripture tell us to do with our wisdom? Lead Pastor Chad Allen is ready to share with us more about what wisdom is and what our responsibilities for fostering next-generation relationships look […]
Wisdom for Life – Week 3

Parenting in Proverbs: Let’s face it – parenting is tough. It’s an endurance race that lasts for the rest of your life. Scripture tells us to train up a child in the ways he should go, but what ways are those? How does our advice found in Proverbs differ from any advice given to us […]
Wisdom for Life – Week 2
Wisdom for Marriage: Everyone has plenty of advice to give about how to lead a happy and healthy marriage, but how much of that advice is actually based in wisdom? What does scripture have to say regarding protecting, preserving, and enjoying your marriage?
Wisdom for Life – Week 1

Listen, My Sons: Wisdom is more than a yes or no answer to simple questions, it’s the guideline we follow when navigating those gray areas in life. How do I choose my friends? How do I become a person of high integrity? What does it mean to be a devoted disciple of Christ?
Easter 2019

When did Easter become real to you? When did it become more than hours baking a ham or hiding Easter eggs around the yard? At some point as believers, just like with the disciples in Luke 24 after Christ’s crucifixion, our eyes are opened to who Christ truly is and what He accomplished for all […]
Pulse – Vision Message

A Strategy to Multiply – CVC’s Vision Update: We get it – with so many exciting things happening both in and through CVC the past year or so, it can be easy to lose sight of our main focus. Lead Pastor Chad Allen is here to help. Teaching through Luke 6:12-19, Pastor Chad will cast […]
Traci Schimpf

Traci is a Pastoral Assistant to the Community Life Team, and the LifeGroup Connector for CVC, joining the Cuyahoga Valley Church staff in 2017, where they have been members for 15 years. She is a 1993 graduate of Bowling Green State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication. She enjoys serving others behind the […]
Raquel Schors

Raquel Schors began attending CVC long ago as a second grader in 1990. She was an active participant in the children’s ministry, so when she graduated from Cleveland State University with a degree in Music Education in 2005, she gladly took a job on the CVCKids’ staff as the Director of blast!, our CVCKids production […]
Rev. Dean Siley

Dean came to CVC when he joined the young adult team in January, 2004. In his current role as Pastor of Community Life, Care & Connections, he provides overall leadership to LifeGroups, Care, Benevolence, Membership, Baptism, and New Believers. His passion is to develop leaders and challenge them to use their gifts to glorify God […]
Mike Slago

Mike coordinates, delegates, and performs custodial and maintenance duties based on facility and ministry needs, relying on Christ to accomplish them. Mike attended Arizona State School of Social Work, specializing in juvenile rehabilitation. He formerly worked in the aerospace industry, and was the lead carpenter for log home company Badger Brothers. He is a gifted […]
Ryan Duncan

Ryan is a custodian at Cuyahoga Valley Church. He helps keep the building clean, set up and tear down for events, and locks the building at night, among other tasks. One of the things he’s accomplished is learning to use the carpet cleaner. He has two brothers, Alan and Evan, and two nephews, Ethan and […]
Rev. Joe Valenti

Joe Valenti is the Lead Pastor of Cuyahoga Valley Church. Joe has served at CVC for over 20 years in various roles. Joe and his wife Linda met at CVC and enjoy laughing, boating, traveling, and hanging out with their two kids – Grace and Logan. Joe holds an MA in Theology and enjoys reading, […]