First connection
With Jesus
The connection that anchors everything else. In Jesus we discover who we are.
Our story
Why we're called Connection Valley.
Connection is a lifelong passion of ours — being connected with Jesus, with people, and seeing people connect with each other. And we believe God does His greatest work in the valleys of our lives, because that's where we're most humble, most open, and most ready to grow.
Three places we believe lives change
Faith doesn't live in isolation. It grows in three directions at once — and our whole reason for being is to help people find their footing in all three.
Second connection
With Family
The people who know your name and your story. In family we discover where we belong.
Third connection
With Community
The world right outside our doors. In community we discover the impact of our choices.
What we're here to do
Vision & Mission
Two short statements that drive everything we do, week in and week out.
Our vision
To inspire better connections with Jesus, family, and community — so every person can tell stories worth telling.
Our mission
To influence people to life-giving connections with Jesus, their family, and their community.
Pastor Brian · Lead Pastor
Six values that shape how we live, lead, and love
These aren't slogans on a wall — they're the way we practice faith together, Sunday through Saturday.
Matthew 6:6
Be Prayerful
Prayer is not our last resort — it's our first response.
It's how we stay rooted in the One who holds everything together.
When Jesus taught on prayer in the Sermon on the Mount, He assumed His followers would be regularly connecting with the Father, saying in Matthew 6:6, "But when you pray…" Throughout the Gospels, Jesus modeled this — withdrawing to solitary places, praying at critical moments, and calling His followers to persistent, faithful prayer. If prayer was this essential to our Savior, it must be essential to us. As a church, we cannot seek the Kingdom of God and His righteousness above all else without it.
Luke 12:7
Be Personal
Everyone carries a story, and everyone longs to be truly known.
We refuse to let anyone in our community be just a face in the crowd.
Jesus reminds us in Luke 12:7 that "the very hairs of your head are all numbered" — no one is invisible to Him, and no one should be invisible to us. The New Testament alone contains over 60 "one another" commands, and none of them can be lived out from a distance. Being personal starts with something simple but powerful: learning someone's name. A name is the beginning of a real connection and the doorway into someone's story. We pursue this through the practices of slowness, empathy, and curiosity — because when those three combine, real connection becomes possible.
John 1:47
Be Genuine
Esse Quam Videri — to be, rather than to seem.
There is nothing quite as refreshing as a person who is exactly who they appear to be — like a cold drink on a summer day. In a world full of masks and curated impressions, genuine people stand out.
Jesus celebrated this quality in John 1:47 when He said of Nathanael, "Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit." It's no coincidence that our state's motto captures the same idea: Esse Quam Videri — "to be, rather than to seem." We want to be a church where there is no gap between who we are on Sunday and who we are every other day. When we commit to being genuine with one another, we create the kind of community where people can become who God truly made them to be.
Following Jesus
Be Intentional
Jesus never drifted through life — every step had purpose.
Every encounter had meaning. We want to live the same way.
For a follower of Jesus, intentionality means staying alert and responsive to however God speaks — through Scripture, community, spiritual disciplines, and the circumstances of daily life. It means we don't just let life happen to us. Out of our connection with Him, we live with clarity in our goals, discipline in our habits, and presence with God and the people around us. Intentional living is how our values stop being aspirations and start becoming actions.
1 Timothy 6:17–19
Be Generous
Generosity is an act of faith.
Every time we give, we are declaring that we trust God more than we trust our bank account.
Everything we have — our time, our talents, our treasures — has been entrusted to us by God to further His kingdom, and we simply cannot out-give Him. Paul captures it well in 1 Timothy 6:17–19, calling believers not to place their hope in uncertain wealth, but in God, who generously provides — and to respond by doing good, being rich in generosity, and freely sharing with others. In doing so, Paul says, we "take hold of the life that is truly life." Generosity isn't just what we do — it's a picture of who God is.
Romans 12:10
Be Celebratory
We want to be stubbornly, joyfully different.
In a world that is far quicker to criticize than to celebrate, we believe that catching someone doing good — and making a genuine, enthusiastic big deal of it — is one of the most countercultural and life-giving things we can do.
Paul calls believers in Romans 12:10 to be devoted to one another in love and to honor one another above themselves. Celebration is how we do that out loud. We want Connection Valley to be a place where people feel genuinely seen, genuinely cheered for, and genuinely loved.
We'd love to meet you
The best way to understand CVC is to take the first step.
It doesn't matter where you start — Sundays, small groups, or serve days. We will be ready for you!