Christ's Church of the Valley: Royersford, PA

Brian Jones, Senior Pastor
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610.792.0777 ext. 212, Brian's Website

Brian is the Senior Pastor here at CCV, which basically means his job is to make sure the church becomes everything God hopes and dreams it can become. On a day to day level Brian's main responsibilities are teaching on Sunday, overseeing the staff, working with the Leadership Team to make sure the church stays on course and raising up high impact spiritual leaders.

He's been around here a while. In fact, the day after Christmas in 1999, he and his wife Lisa, their 3 daughters and one seriously ugly cat moved here to organize the church. The church has grown a lot since that time. The cat, however, Brian is glad to report, "went home to be with Jesus."

Brian enjoys coaching soccer, losing golf balls on tight fairways, blowing a lazy morning fishing for trout and watching Ohio State football. He received his B.A. from Cincinnati Christian University and his M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary. He says he'll finish a PhD at some point, but that will have to wait until he puts his daughters through college.

In his spare time he likes to write. Brian’s latest book,  Hell Is Real (But I Hate To Admit It), was released on August 1, 2011. Brian suggests that the real reason most of us don’t tell our friends about Jesus has nothing to with not knowing how. It’s because we don’t think we need to. His prayer is that this latest book changes that mindset.  His first book,  Second Guessing God, was his attempt to help people answer the question, "Why does God keep allowing really bad stuff to happen in my life?" His second book, Getting Rid of the Gorilla: Confessions on the Struggle to Forgive is all about helping people forgive those who have hurt them.

Kevin Stone, Executive Pastor
Contact Kevin: kevin@moviechurch.com
610.792.0777 ext. 208, Kevin's Website - Executive Pastor Online

Kevin has been CCV's Executive Pastor since April of 2004. His duties include leadership of CCV's staff, strategic planning, administration, finance, human resources, operations and facilities.

Kevin has been married to Terri for 28 years and has 3 children...Gail, Matt and Renae. He's also the grandfather to Devlynn, Davis, Drew, and Dexter. Throw in 2 dogs and the story is complete! In addition to his duties as CCV's Executive Pastor, Kevin enjoys shooting pool and working on his house.

Ben Foulke, Arts Pastor
Contact Ben: ben@moviechurch.com
610.792.0777 ext. 202, Ben's Blog

Ben has been on staff at CCV since May 2005. He started as in intern, became the Students Arts Leader and is now the Arts Pastor. As the Arts Pastor, Ben's main responsibilities include leading worship on Sunday mornings and producing services held at CCV. Ben lives in Limerick with his wife Katie.

Brett McFarland, Producer
Contact Brett: brettm@moviechurch.com
610.792.0777 ext. 217

Brett joined the staff in January of 2011. He has a B.F.A. in Graphic Design and Illustration from Temple University's Tyler School of Art, and has studied film and video production at Bucks County Community College. He also has experience in sound production from playing in local bands and working with other local bands.  Brett also has 15 years of construction experience from working as a contractor previous to his employment with the church, which is used in stage and set design and construction. His main responsibilities are to organize, produce, and run many of the aspects of Sunday services as well as other events. This includes everything from what's on stage, to what goes up on the screens, to the sound and lighting. Brett hopes to continue to grow and push the boundaries of what a Sunday service can be.

Alyssa Dourte, Pastor of Group Life
Contact Alyssa: alyssad@moviechurch.com
610.792.0777 ext. 215

Alyssa joined the CCV staff in 2008. As the Pastor of Group Life her focus is to grow a healthy, life-changing Group Life Ministry. Her responsibilities include both recruiting and developing new group leaders while helping others get connected into a small group. Alyssa has been married to her husband Ben for 15 years and they enjoy doing life with their two little boys. In addition to spending time with family and friends, Alyssa enjoys dining out and vacationing in the outer banks.

Terri Stone, Pastor of Pastoral Care
Contact Terri: terri@moviechurch.com
610.792.0777 ext. 207

Terri has been on staff since November 2000. In her role as the Pastor of Pastoral Care, Terri is focused on helping people build a relationship with God and becoming part of the CCV church family. She believes the best way to do this is by connecting people to each other in a welcoming, accepting and caring environment where they can ask questions, seek guidance and pursue spiritual growth. She's responsible for the Sunday morning experience outside the main worship auditorium by leading the bookstore, greeter, hospitality, and usher teams. Terri's other duties include coordinating weddings, funerals and hospital visits, leading the Prayer Team, teaching the Verge and Transfer classes and coordinating baptism services. Kevin covered all the family stuff in his bio; ditto to what he said about the kids, grandkids and dogs. In her spare time, Terri loves to read, travel and shop.

Adam Flora, High School Pastor
Contact Adam: adamf@moviechurch.com
610.792.0777 ext. 216

Adam never thought in a million years that he would work in a church the first time he stepped into CCV’s youth group over 7 years ago. From there, Adam worked on receiving a degree in youth ministry while doing ministry here, Missouri and Arizona only to end up right where it all started! Throughout that time Adam gained a huge interest in figuring out the ins and outs to making youth ministry work. He will tell you, however, that his number one passion is for broken students, similar to what he was when he first attended CCV. Adam is constantly assisted and motivated by his wife, Melissa, who also has a tremendous heart for youth.

April Tatta, Middle School Pastor
Contact April: aprilt@moviechurch.com
610.792.0777 ext. 210

April has attended CCV since she was a middle school student herself and has enjoyed many adventures in the various ministries at CCV. She received a youth ministry degree from Eastern University in 2010 and is pumped to be working with CCV’s middle school students. She loves middle school ministry because it’s the perfect combination of silly and serious. There’s nothing more exciting then delivering a talk, working with leaders and having middle school students ask tough questions. To keep herself sane outside of ministry, she spends time reading, jogging, dancing and sipping lots of java.

Stephanie Carter, Children's Pastor
Contact Stephanie: stephanie@moviechurch.com
610.792.0777 ext. 201

Stephanie enjoys working with creative teams of volunteers who love kids. She was born and raised in this area and is thankful that she's able to raise her own family here as well. She and her husband, Mike, have three wonderful children.

Shannon DiCandilo, Preschool Director                                     
Contact Shannon: shannond@moviechurch.com
610.792.0777 ext. 213

Shannon has attended CCV since 2005 and joined the staff in the summer of 2010 as the Preschool Director. She is passionate about the education of young children and loves to work with preschoolers. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with family, which mostly involves something active, generally outside and usually with her two dogs tagging along.