Bally, Pennsylvania
Butter Valley Community Church (BVCC) is located in Bally, PA and is a vibrant and active fellowship established as Hereford Mennonite Church over 250 years ago as one of the first churches in the area. God is active and real in the lives of our members and God’s Spirit has brought them together into a unique, warm and authentic family. Our passion is to serve Christ in our community and to reach out to the world by connecting people to God and to each other.
BVCC is a member of the Alliance of Mennonite Evangelical Congregations (AMEC), but has a more non-denominational feel. The church has five elders that oversee the spiritual well-being of the church, along with six deacons and seven deaconesses that help meet the care-giving needs of the congregation.
There are about 170 members with an average of 130-140 attending on Sunday mornings. Worship style is a mix of traditional hymns and contemporary praise & worship. Sermons are exegetical in style, focusing on a specific book of the Bible. Sunday School classes for all ages are held before service. Services are live-streamed on YouTube.
Church activities beyond Sunday mornings include weekly youth group, monthly You Adults fellowship events, men's & women's Bible studies, small groups, volley ball, and a sewing group. The church runs the Bally Community Center, which provides weekly programming and outreach for grades 1-12. Annual summer events include VBS at the church, Kids Kamp at the local park, a four-concert series outdoors at the church. There are many other church fellowship events throughout the year.