• Marios & Danielle Ellinas

    Marios and Danielle have been the lead pastors of Valley Shore since 2005. Marios grew up on the island of Cyprus; Danielle in Ashford, CT. They met while working at a restaurant while attending college. They were married in 1996. They have been blessed with three children, Christos, Caleb, and Chloe. Prior to their appointment as pastors of Valley Shore, Marios and Danielle served as youth pastors and teachers at Christian Life Assembly in Willimantic, CT. Since 2006, Marios, Danielle,and the Valley Shore congregation have been experiencing a Holy Spirit-led spiritual renewal, through which the congregation is continually growing closer to God, and lives are being transformed by the resurrection power of Jesus. Marios has authored three books, Running to the Impossible (2008), Warrior Material (2010), and The Next Test (2011). Marios, Danielle, and their children live in Old Saybrook.