What is an ABF?

[From the Valley Bible Church definition]

Adult	ABFs are intended to be for college age and up, usually divided by age group or life stage.
Bible	Each Sunday there will be teaching, discussion, and application of the Word of God to daily living.
Fellowship	ABFs "major on" relationships and caring love.

An ABF is more than a Sunday School class; it's like a mini-congregation. It's a place where everyone is made to feel welcome and the relationships are as important as the learning.

Each ABF is led by a team rather than a single teacher. And even though we provide a broad life-stage description of who will be in each group, we hope you will find the group where you feel most comfortable, and where you would like to bring your friends.

---

What distinguishes the 24/7 ABF from the others?

First of all, we have a website! But that distinction may not last long ... who knows when the other ABFs will do the same?!

So, what else is there? Well, for one thing, we're a collection of individuals with children in grade school or younger. In the 2003-2004 ABF school year, at least 11 babies were born to our group! But having kids isn't a requirement. There are a few of us who don't have kids but like hanging out with people who do. We meet in the church's sanctuary, which has its plusses and its minuses, but for the most part, we like it. We do LOTS of fun activities outside of Sunday morning (see our activities page). And we like to think we're some of the friendliest people around, although to be really honest the other ABFs are pretty friendly, too. But we definitely have superior snacks!

A typical Sunday morning would go something like this:

• 9:30 or even a bit earlier: arrive and enjoy coffee, snacks, and visit with each other
• 9:40 or so: take a seat, prayer, announcements
• 10:00ish: someone leads a discussion topic
• 10:30ish: break up, go get kids, etc.

---

Officers

We prefer not to post anyone's contact information on the web. If you need to know how to reach someone, please call someone else in the group or the church office for their contact information.