VALLEY VIEW
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Missions
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The proclamation (Matthew 28:19,20) and propagation (Acts 1:8) of the gospel of Jesus Christ is our chief mission.
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Supported Missionaries / Organizations
Doug Pollock
Doug Pollock is committed to guiding God's people into outward focused living. He is an author, a speaker, a chaplain in the YMCA, and a reflective practitioner whose focus is to help Christ followers worldwide increase the quality and the quantity of their spiritual conversations in practical, doable, and authentic ways.
Since 1983, Doug's ministry with Athletes in Action has taken him to 39 different countries, 6 of our 7 continents, and throughout most of the United States to share God's never-changing message with an ever-changing world.
His two books "Irresistible Evangelism" and "God Space" in combination with his outwardly-focused workshop have opened up doors for Doug to speak in faith communities worldwide. He is a frequent speaker at regional and national conferences across the U.S. He's had the privilege of speaking at the Pentagon's Prayer breakfast in Washington D. C., the national staff conferences of Campus Crusade for Christ (now known as CRU) in the U.S, Canada, Moldova, and Poland, and has done two national speaking tours of New Zealand.
Doug has an undergraduate degree from Kent State University, and graduate degrees from Miami of Ohio, and Columbia International University. He is married to his wife Martha, and they have 2 boys named David and Jonathan. They make their home just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. To learn more about Doug's work and the resources he's created to help transform inwardly focused Christians into outwardly focused Christ-followers, go to GodsGPS.com.
Ken & Melinda Cogley
Awana Missionaries to OH & WV
After moving to a new neighborhood in the 4th grade, Ken was invited to attend Sunday School at a local church. He enjoyed it and began attending Awana there also. God used those two activities to prepare his heart to accept the truth of the Gospel. At age 10 he put his faith and trust in Jesus.
Melinda trusted Christ as her Savior at age 7, and grew up in a Christian home. As a teen, she helped with Good News Clubs in the neighborhoods of Troy, OH.
Melinda and Ken met in 1985; in Troy, Ohio when Ken returned from the military. They worked with the youth at church as their relationship started. After they married in 1986 they continued as youth sponsors. Later, they moved to Northeast Ohio where Melinda began to serve in Awana as the Cubbies snack lady. Over the years following she was a Chums and T&T Leader, T&T Director and Sparks Director. Before their work together as youth leaders, Ken worked as a Pals Leader. In 2003 they assumed the Commander position at Old North Church in Canfield. Ken and Melinda joined the Ohio Awana Ministry Team in 2005 with a special interest in Bible Quizzing. Through involvement with the Ministry Team and the training received while attending Commander College at Awana HQ they experienced God giving them a passion for children's ministry. Realizing the urgency for reaching boys & girls with the Gospel, they have followed God's call to serve as missionaries to the children, families and churches of Ohio & West Virginia.
For more information visit the Ohio Awana website.
Garaway Released Time
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Garaway Release Time is a ministry to the students of the Garaway School District, the community’s local public school. For one hour each week, Garaway students of all ages can voluntarily attend an off-campus Bible study in small, specially designed buildings called cabins. Valley View Community Church has supported Garaway Release Time for many years. Funding is constantly needed for teachers and up-keep of the cabins.
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The goal of the ministry is to evangelize and teach basic Bible principles to the children and young people of the public school. It is a unique opportunity presented to churches in the Sugarcreek area to support such a ministry within this context. Valley View Community Church is proud to support it and pray for its continued use to reach students for Jesus Christ.
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Future Missions at Valley View
At the present time, 10% of all offerings at Valley View Community Church go into the church’s missions fund. As a result, God has blessed the church financially. As we make the transition to our new church location in Sugarcreek, a renewed and increased focus on missions will be implemented at the church. This focus will primarily be on Church Planting Missions.
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Church Planting Missions is the missions of the book of Acts in the New Testament. It is missions that not only has the goal of evangelizing the lost, but also establishing churches in those areas where people have come to know Jesus Christ as Savior. The effect is that when the missionary leaves, the ministry of the gospel and the teaching of God’s Word remains. It remains through the ministry of an established New Testament Church.
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In the immediate future, Valley View Community Church will be seeking to financially support, and possibly participate with, church planting missionaries and missions all over the world. The goal will be to involve our church ministry here in Sugarcreek in at least one church planting endeavor on every continent in the world.