Valley World Outreach

Reaching the World Together

Valley is passionate about cultivating disciples who advance the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We believe everyone has a part in God's global mission through praying, giving, and going.

 

 

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Everyone Has a Part

Join the Mission

We believe the global mission of the Church belongs to all of us. At Valley, we pursue World Outreach through three simple commitments:

Pray Faithfully

We pray for the missionaries and ministry partners we support, inviting more of our congregation to become prayer partners.

Discover ways to pray

Give Generously

We steward our resources to support church planting, native leadership development, justice and children at risk, local outreach, mobilizing our congregation, and strategic opportunities around the world.

Explore the Outreach Fund

Go Courageously

We equip and mobilize our congregation to participate personally in World Outreach through short-term trips, long-term service, and relationships with missionaries and ministry partners.

Find a way to go

WHY serve as a community?

Missions is better together.

World Outreach is not something a few people do on behalf of the church. It is something we pursue together—building relationships, serving faithfully, and using what God has given us to advance the Gospel around the world.

Our Global Workers & Partners

People. Ministries. Global Impact.

Valley is privileged to partner with 16 World Outreach global teams—individuals, couples, and families—as well as 6 ministry partners serving around the world in a variety of cultural contexts and ministries. 

World map representing Valley's global outreach
16
Global Outreach
Teams
Individuals  /  Couples  /  Families
6
Ministry
Partners
Around the World

For the safety and security of many of those we support, we do not share their names, photos, or locations online.

But you can get to know their stories and discover how to pray for them through the Valley Outreach Passport, available in the Welcome Area.

Valley Outreach Passport

Pray for Our Global Workers

Discover how you can pray for Valley's global workers and ministry partners through the Valley Outreach Passport, available in the Welcome Area.

Across the Street AND
Around the World

World Outreach and Local Outreach aren't competing ideas— they're two expressions of the same calling. To learn more about the additional Local Outreach Initiatives, Partners, and Collaborators that make a difference in the Litchfield and Hartford Counties, visit our Local Outreach Page.

Go Courageously

Go Beyond What's Familiar.

Short-Term Mission Trips give you the opportunity to serve alongside our global workers, ministry partners, and collaborators while experiencing God’s work in communities around the world.

Find Your Opportunity

There is a place for you.

Outreach offers trips for adults, young adults, students, and families, both domestically and internationally. Opportunities include medical care, children’s ministry, sports ministry, construction, music ministry, disability ministry and ESL

Explore Short-Term Trips

Who Can Go?

There's room for everyone.

Adults
Young Adults
Students
Families
Individuals
Community Groups

Wondering where to start?

Come learn about upcoming opportunities and discover how God might be inviting you to go.

Outreach Week · February 19–28, 2027

What's Your Story?

Every person has a story. And sometimes, the beginning of an outreach story is simply taking the time to listen.

The Heart of the Week

Start with a question.

Our experiences, relationships, joys, struggles, successes, failures, and questions all shape who we are. And woven throughout our stories is the story of how God has been at work in our lives.

During Outreach Week, we'll take time to look inward and consider our own personal and faith stories—and then look outward, asking how our stories can become opportunities to connect with the people around us.

Simply asking someone, “What's your story?” can open the door to genuine conversation, deeper understanding, compassion, and meaningful connection.

01

Listen

Make space for someone's story without assumptions.

02

Connect

Discover the experiences and places we have in common.

03

Share

Look for opportunities to share the hope we've found in Jesus.

One Calling

Across the street.
Around the world.

Local Outreach and World Outreach may look different, but both begin with the same simple act: seeing people as individuals with unique stories, experiences, needs, and hopes.

As we listen to the stories of others, we may discover opportunities to build relationships, serve with compassion, and share the hope we have found in Jesus Christ.

Allan Matamoros

Featured Guest Speaker

Allan Matamoros

From a young age, Allan and Patricia Matamoros have dedicated their lives to following Jesus and sharing His love with people around the world.

Originally from Costa Rica, Allan began his missions journey as the Executive Director of FEDEMEC, a pioneering organization that sends missionaries from Latin America to people and places where few have heard about Jesus.

Today, Allan and Patricia serve with COMIBAM, a Latin American missions network working to help transform Latin America from a mission field into a mission force.

For more than two decades, their ministry has focused in particular on serving Muslim communities through discipleship, church planting, leadership development, and compassionate service.

Learn More About Allan

Ministry Around the World

Helping others discover their part in God's story.

Outreach Week at a Glance

From worship and community groups to dinners, displays, prayer, and opportunities to learn, there's a place for you throughout the week.

THU FEB 18

Legacy Lunch with Visiting Guest Speaker

12–2 p.m. · Fellowship Hall

FRI FEB 19

Men's Dinner

6–8 p.m. · Fellowship Hall

$15 · RSVP Online
SAT FEB 20

Contemporary Worship Service

5–6 p.m. · Sanctuary

Guest Speaker · Family Room Open

Missionary Displays

6–7:30 p.m. · Welcome Area

Meet missionaries and ministry partners.

Missionaries Join the Congregation for Dinner

SUN FEB 21

Contemporary Worship Service

9–10 a.m. · Sanctuary

Guest Speaker

NextGen & Adult Community Groups

9–10 a.m.

Visiting guest speakers

Missionary Displays

10–10:30 a.m. · Welcome Area

Blended Worship Service

10:30–11:30 a.m. · Sanctuary

Guest Speaker

NextGen & Adult Community Groups

10:30–11:30 a.m.

Visiting guest speakers

Lunch with Guest Speaker

11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. · Fellowship Hall

Free lunch
MON FEB 22

Missionaries Meet with Pastor Asher

10 a.m. · The Hearth Room

Invite-only

Next Step in Missions

6–8 p.m. · Café

TUE FEB 23

Adults Community Groups

Throughout the day

Visiting guest speakers

Staff Lunch with Visiting Missionaries

12 p.m. · Fellowship Hall

Praying Around the World & Dessert

6:30–7:30 p.m. · Fellowship Hall

Young Adult Community Group

Visiting guest speaker
WED FEB 24

NextGen

6:30 p.m.

Visiting guest speaker
THU FEB 25

Friendship Community

6 p.m.

Visiting guest speaker
FRI FEB 26

Women's Dinner

6–8 p.m. · Fellowship Hall

$15 · RSVP Online
SAT FEB 27

Contemporary Worship Service

5–6 p.m. · Sanctuary

Pastor Rob O'Neal

Local Outreach Displays

6–7:30 p.m. · Welcome Area

Local Outreach Dinner with Guest Speaker

6:15–7:15 p.m. · Venue

SUN FEB 28

Contemporary Worship Service

9–10 a.m. · Sanctuary

Pastor Rob O'Neal

NextGen & Adult Community Groups

9–10 a.m.

Guest speaker

Across the Street Café

10–10:30 a.m. · Welcome Area

Local Outreach Partner Displays

Blended Worship Service

10:30–11:30 a.m. · Sanctuary

Pastor Rob O'Neal

NextGen & Adult Community Groups

10:30–11:30 a.m.

Guest speaker

Local Outreach Lunch with Guest Speaker

11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. · Fellowship Hall

Free lunch

February 27 – March 21

Spring 2027 FoodCare Drive

Continue the spirit of Outreach Week by helping meet practical needs in our community through the Spring 2027 FoodCare Drive.

What's Your Story?

Your story can become someone else's invitation.

Take time to listen. Make space for relationship. And be ready to share the hope you have found in Jesus.

What's Coming Up

Upcoming Events

There are many ways to connect, learn, serve, pray, and discover how God is working through Valley's Outreach ministries.

SEP 20 2026
Sunday · 11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m.

Learn About Leading Alpha

206 Great Room

Could God be calling you to help lead an Alpha group?

Valley is excited to offer Alpha, a free 11-week course where participants explore the foundations of the Christian faith through shared meals and judgment-free conversation.

Join us for lunch to learn more about becoming part of the Alpha leadership team and creating a welcoming environment where people can ask questions, explore faith, and grow in their spiritual journey.

Learn More
SEP 22 2026
Wednesdays · 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Free ESL Classes

Town of Avon Senior Center

Join our community of language learners!

Valley offers free conversational English classes for those looking to strengthen their English skills and build community.

While adults attend ESL, children are welcome to participate in activities at Valley Community Baptist Church, including Valley Kids Clubs, Root56, Riot, and Synergy. Free homework tutoring is also available.

Learn More
OCT 18 2026
Sunday · 11:45 a.m.–2 p.m.

Short-Term Mission Trip Celebration

Fellowship Hall

Come celebrate what God has done through our 2026 mission trips!

Join us as we celebrate our short-term mission trip teams and their supporters.

Hear stories and trip recaps from Italy, the Dominican Republic, Alaska, and Joni and Friends while enjoying a free lunch together.

No childcare available.
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OCT–NOV 31 2026
October 31–November 24, 2026

Thanksgiving Offering

Give Online or In Person

Give above and beyond your regular giving to help meet a specific humanitarian need.

The Thanksgiving Offering is an annual special offering supporting a Valley mission partner or worker with a humanitarian need.

This offering is an opportunity to give above and beyond your regular giving to Valley and the Outreach Fund to help meet a specific humanitarian need.

Give to the Thanksgiving Offering
NOV 14 2026
Saturday · 6:15–6:45 p.m.
Sunday · 10–10:30 a.m.

Mission Trip Q&A Drop-In

Outreach Center · Room 337

Wondering which mission trip might be right for you?

Stop by the Outreach Center to ask questions, learn more about upcoming trips, and talk with Outreach Pastor Asher Sarjent.

Learn More

Pray. Give. Go. Connect.

Find your place in what God is doing through Valley Outreach.
THE OUTREACH FUND

Your generosity helps take the Gospel around the world.

Valley’s Outreach Fund provides the resources needed to support our missionaries and ministry partners, equip and mobilize our congregation, and respond to strategic opportunities and humanitarian needs around the world.

Give to the Outreach Fund
WHY

Because outreach happens through people.

There is no endowment or reserve. Outreach happens because God’s people give.

WHEN

Whenever you are able.

Give an amount above your regular tithe to the General Fund and help extend Valley’s reach around the world.

HOW

Give online or in person.

When giving online, simply select “Outreach” from the fund menu.

WHERE IT GOES

Our Outreach Giving Priorities

100% of your Outreach giving helps Valley pray, give, and go as we participate in God’s global mission.

25%

International Evangelism & Church Planting

Supporting Gospel outreach and church planting, particularly among unreached people groups.

25%

Training National Church Leaders

Equipping pastors and Christian leaders to strengthen and multiply churches within their own communities.

15%

Justice & Kids at Risk

Supporting ministries that demonstrate Christ’s love by meeting practical needs, protecting vulnerable children, and promoting justice.

15%

Local Outreach

Supporting cross-cultural and regional ministries where Valley can participate both financially and hands-on.

10%

Mobilizing Valley

Creating opportunities for our congregation to pray, learn, build relationships, and participate in short- and long-term missions.

5%

Strategic Initiatives

Providing flexible resources to respond to disasters, humanitarian needs, and emerging opportunities.

5%

Support Ministries

Providing the systems and resources needed to effectively support global evangelism and church-planting efforts.

PRAY. GIVE. GO.

Be part of what God is doing around the world.

Every gift helps Valley participate in God’s global mission.

Give to the Outreach Fund

RESOURCES

 

Pray

The Word of God says that prayer changes hearts, fights spiritual battles, and stirs up faith. Our hope is that every individual, family, small group, and community will build a relationship with, and be in prayer for, at least one missionary or missionary family supported by Valley.

BECOME A PRAYER PARTNER

Give

Reaching Muslims with Christ’s love in the Middle East and restoring hope among the poor around the world and here in Connecticut - This is what your World Outreach Giving accomplishes every year. There’s no endowment for World Outreach. No special reserve fund. Without World Outreach Giving, fewer kids are rescued. Fewer non-believers are reached. Less hope is restored. Our goal is 100 percent Valley participation.

GIVE TODAY

Go

We encourage all church attendees to seriously consider being the hands, feet, and heart of Christ, serving in person to tend to the physical and spiritual needs of others.

If you would like to participate in a Short-Term Mission Trips, clink on the link below for more information.

Short-Term Mission Trips

Connect

Stay up to date by joining Valley’s Outreach Email Newsletter. This monthly newsletter includes updates on upcoming events, global partners, local partners, and important announcements. To join, please email Outreach's Administrative Assistant, Janet Galvin, at .

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