Local Outreach
One of our core values is Gospel Partnerships for our City and World. God has placed us in our city to be a lighthouse for Christ. To be most effective we must partner with other like-minded churches, agencies and ministries. We seek to earn the right to proclaim the gospel through building relationships, meeting needs and displaying love. We partner with several ministries throughout the Brandywine Valley in various ways including financial support, service opportunities, training and events.
Our Local Partners:
Adult & Teen Challenge
A Door of Hope
Foster Well
Prison Outreach of Delaware
Sunday Breakfast Mission
UrbanPromise
GO Week
GO Week is a mobilization initiative designed to catalyze our congregation into intentional, outward-facing service where we love God and love people.
Circle of Care
In February 2022, Brandywine Valley Church formed a Circle of Care Team to work with local refugees who are legally settling in our community. By God’s grace, we were paired with a wonderful young family settling in our community.
A Circle of Care is a group of 6-8 volunteers who are assigned to assist a specific refugee family in reaching self-sufficiency as they legally settle with a settlement agency. The group works closely with an assigned caseworker and assists the newly settled family in acclimating to our community. A Circle of Care Group will receive training from Jewish Family Services before being placed with a family. The types of activities that a Circle of Care Group gets involved with include:
- Help understanding and reacting properly to all kinds of official mail
- Support navigating the healthcare system
- Support finding and keeping employment
- Help with transportation
- Help to learn grocery shopping
- Help locate housing and help make connections for first employment
- Helping uderstand the school system and be a liaison to the school (if there are school age children)
- Money management and budgeting
- Helping families increase social capital
- Support getting around in their new area (getting to know the area, grocery shopping, library, etc.)
- Help with transportation (drive to important appointments, teach public transportation)
- Help in obtaining drivers license
- Taking family to events or host them for a meal
- Help learning to speak and communicate in English, making connections to local ESL groups
If you are interested in joining the circle of care team, please fill out this form.