After a cold, gray New England winter, it’s great to spend time outside. With that in mind, Valley Brook Community Church’s Pastor Clark Pfaff shares, “We love to take advantage of the summer and take our Sunday service outside. We have the perfect location across from our main entrance, under the shade of trees, but not too far away from the conveniences of the building.”
On the last Sunday of each month from May through August the congregation takes the entire service outdoors. After service if someone wants to get baptized, they walk over to Salmon Brook, which runs through the property, and have a baptism celebration.
Following the service and baptisms, there is always a cookout, and people are invited to relax and enjoy activities on the 80-acre Valley Brook campus. The campus includes two miles of trails that meander along the brook and through the rolling hills as well as a nine-hole disc golf course. The church makes both the trails and the disc golf course available to the community from dawn to dusk. As an invitation to the community, Pfaff encourages everyone to join them for any of their services: outdoors, indoors or online.
Valley Brook is a church that offers programs for children, students and adults. Worship services are held on Sundays at 10 a.m. at 160 Granville Road in North Granby and are streamed live and on-demand on its website.