The English Second Language (ESL) Ministry is a unique way to reach out to serve our community as well as provide an opportunity for cross-cultural collaboration. ESL classes are directed toward adults who want to increase their skills with the English language. If you are interested in getting involved with this wonderful ministry by teaching or participating, please contact esl@valleydale.org. We are excited to see how the Lord uses the ESL Ministry to build and further His Kingdom. (Training/Shadowing opportunities are provided by those who would like to be involved as instructors in this ministry. While helpful, you are not required to speak Spanish or other languages.)
El Ministerio de Inglés como Segundo Idioma (ESL, por sus siglas en inglés como Segundo Idioma) es una forma única de llegar a servir a nuestra comunidad y brindar una oportunidad para la colaboración intercultural. Las clases de ESL están dirigidas a adultos que desean aumentar sus habilidades con el idioma inglés. Si está interesado en involucrarse en este maravilloso ministerio participando, comuníquese con esl@valleydale.org. Estamos emocionados de ver cómo Jesús Cristo usa el Ministerio de ESL para construir y promover Su Reino.
Sav-A-Life Shelby
Sav-a-Life Shelby seeks to glorify God by sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to women in crisis. This ministry promotes the sanctity of human life by providing pregnancy tests, adoption information, ultrasounds, and counseling to women facing difficult decisions.
Grace house ministries
Grace House Ministries is a residential group home facility located in Fairfield. This ministry serves girls ages 6-18 from the Birmingham area who have been abused or neglected and have been removed from the custody of their families by the Alabama Department of Human Resources.
the jimmie hale mission
The Jimmie Hale Mission, located in downtown Birmingham, has been helping homeless and hurting men, women, and children since 1944 by providing residential services, meals, counseling, and other support in Jesus’ name.
School ministries ALABAMA
School Ministries Alabama raises, coaches, and helps sustain released time Bible education classes and programs throughout our state, with public school students released from school during the public school day to attend – with parental permission – privately-funded Bible classes taught off-campus. Learn more about this incredible opportunity to reach public school students with Good News by visiting smalabama.org or our YouTube Channel @SchoolMinistriesAlabama1.
restoration academy
Restoration Academy's objective is to develop character in the lives of students and to provide every student with a quality academic foundation. By working toward these two objectives, students learn that who you are is exceedingly more important than what you have. This K-12 school in Fairfield provides a safe, nurturing environment where students also learn social skills, redemptive discipline, and courage.
Margins 1:27
Valleydale’s Margins 1:27 ministry exists to glorify Christ by serving widows, orphans, and foster children and their families. This ministry strives to encourage the church to embrace this call by sustaining a culture of prayer, promotion, education, and support.
GRACE KLEIN
Grace Klein community seeks to create authentic community by uniting diverse individuals, businesses, ministries, and churches to work together by sharing what they have in order to meet physical and spiritual needs both locally and globally.
oak mountain missions
Oak Mountain Missions Ministries receives referrals from area domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters, and social service agencies to provide food, clothing, household items, linens, furniture, and financial assistance to those in need.
backpack buddies
Backpack Buddies provides weekend food assistance to families and children at Valley Elementary and Valley Intermediate Schools. Each week, the Backpack Buddies Ministry packs kid-friendly food and snacks to send home with families who need assistance.
the gideons international
The Gideons International is an association of Christian business and professional men and their wives dedicated to telling people about Jesus through personal testimony and providing Bibles and copies of the New Testament. While they are known worldwide for their work with hotels, they predominately share scriptures in schools and colleges, prisons, hospitals and medical offices.