Community

There is no need to go it alone.

One of the founding principles of Visible Music College follows Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s idea of the “visible community,” coming straight from his work, The Cost of Discipleship. We at the college desire to build a strong Visible Community, one centered on discipleship, worship, life together, and community service. This course is a focused way to help bring these components together for all Visible students.

Campus
Investing in Each Student

Professional Development

One of Visible’s primary objectives is for students to take personal responsibility for professional growth and development while attending college. Students should graduate with a professional portfolio of work related to their major and priming future opportunities in finding gainful employment in a meaningful ministry and career. Students will attend weekly class sessions to learn about various aspects of professional growth and development. Class sessions will take place on Wednesdays from 12:30 pm-1:20 pm CST/CDT.

Building Each
Other Up

Visible is a unique community in that we literally invest in each other peer to peer, staff to student, community member to community member. You're never a number here and we do all we can to help you grow.

Small Groups & Accountability
Accountability is the weekly component of Visible Community that monitors and encourages professional growth within the student’s major for a weekly push towards skills development, divisional news, and portfolio development.
Gathered Worship
Gathered Worship is a time for students to come together for the expression of praise and worship to God as well as to receive insightful biblical teaching from select Visible staff, faculty, and local ministry leaders. Gathered worship happens each Tuesday and Thursday morning at 11:00 am CST/CDT
Life Together
Following gathered worship each Thursday, students will meet at 11:30 am CST/CDT in assigned small groups – Life Together Groups. Life Together is a weekly time for students to come together in a small group format to focus on spiritual growth and development under the leadership of select Visible staff, faculty, and local leaders.
Pour into the community

Give Back through
your Craft

Each semester, students enrolled in Visible Community are required to serve 10 hours in local community service. These serving opportunities are to be 1) outside the walls of Visible Music College, 2) unpaid, and 3) outside the normal flow of your local church setting (i.e., not worship team, youth ministry, etc).

Learn about the Service Opportunities