Mission, Vision, and Core Values

Purpose
Valley Brook Community Church Student Ministries exists to KNOW, GROW, SHOW and GO with God.



We Strive to be Great Commandment People…
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' – Mark 12:28-34

…Living the Great Commission…
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:19-20

…In a community of Christ Followers.
They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

Know - Every Student needs to know Jesus, we strive to lead them into a relationship with Him and other believers. “They devoted themselves… to fellowship…All the believers were together and had everything in common.”

Grow – God calls us all to Spiritual Maturity and we strive to help students attain it now. “They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching...Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts.”

Show – God calls us to Worship and Serve him with our lives, we strive to help students show God to others through lives lived in devotion to God. “They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people.”

Go – God has called us to bring the good news to those who don’t know him, we strive to reach out to the Farmington Valley, Connecticut and beyond. “And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.”


Core Values
Annoying with communication.
Everyone knows everything, all the time.

Everything with excellence.
Excellence in what we do speaks about who God is.

Honor God’s Word.
Everything we do should show we find life in God’s Word.

Lead with lives of worship and service.
If we aren’t different to the world, then neither is Jesus.

Pray like it depends on God and work like it depends on us.
We will pray with faith knowing that God is in control without taking our role for granted.

Irrelevance is Irreverence
Finding ways to relate Jesus to this world is a command, not a desire.