The Valley Creek College Honor Code is a set of values all students and faculty commit to. Our shared commitment to these values creates and upholds the culture and experience Valley Creek College is intended to be. These foundational values reflect the heart of who we want to become and serve as guardrails that guide us on that journey. These are how we fully express our five distinctives – learn, become, connect, lead, love. Upon acceptance to Valley Creek College, students commit to living out each of these values by acting as if they were so throughout their entire experience.
We are committed to becoming lifelong learners who desire to grow in all areas of life. Humble curiosity is expressed through teachability and openness to coaching conversations, being quick to repent, and having a hunger for knowledge, understanding, and growth.
We are committed to becoming people who live set apart and surrendered to God’s ways. While personal holiness is a desire for purity, it’s also about living in freedom with a transformed heart. We do this by allowing Jesus to be the center of our thoughts, words, and actions. Holiness isn’t about what we can’t do; it’s about what we’re now empowered to do as we receive His grace.
We are committed to becoming people who are honest with God, ourselves, and others. We believe we are fully loved and fully known with no fear of rejection. We acknowledge that we are on a journey of being formed into the image and likeness of Jesus, believing that He who began a good work in us will be faithful to complete it. Authentic vulnerability is choosing to be seen and showing up with our whole selves because we believe that we belong. In a world of duplicity, authentic vulnerability is choosing to live in the light.
We are committed to becoming people who are fully alive. We actively love God and others with our heart, mind, soul, and strength. We do everything with energy, enthusiasm, and excellence. Living with passionate engagement means allowing the fire of God within us to be on display in every environment. We embrace hard things with joy because we believe that our life and leadership matter. We engage as active participants by going first and living with intentionally.
We are committed to becoming people who love others the way God loves us. Sacrificial servanthood is learning that everything is not about us. It’s putting the needs of others above our own. It’s a choice to lose our life that we may truly find it. Sacrificial servanthood is an act of worship and a key to living a life of purpose. It’s a fruit of a life of receiving the grace of Jesus and releasing it to others.
