• ​Slow Down: While the pace of our culture continues to speed up, the Broad Ripple Record Club has a growing value of slowing down. With so much right in front of us to experience, the club is reluctant to let the most important parts of our lives just pass us by. We’re dedicated to offering regular ways to slow down and take in the people and things we love most – family, friends, community, and music. Through the inherent, tangible, and intentional nature of listening to records, we’ve found we can actually enjoy who we love most by doing something we love most.

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• Connect: In addition to the physical actions of setting up a record player, hooking up the speakers, and lowering the needle, we've seen that setting aside a time to slow down and listen to music invites regular and meaningful relational connection. The deterioration of families, increasing reports of loneliness and depression, and ongoing racial struggles all support the fact that our connections can easily and frequently be broken. We value fostering and maturing stronger connections with our families, friends, community, cultures, and environment. 

• Play: Studies show the best education often comes through play. We want to create an enjoyable, safe space for all ages where natural discoveries can be made. Who are these artists we’re listening to? What was the context of the creation of their music? What does the music mean? What does the music mean to us? What might we be inspired to do about it? Can we do something together? The more we play, the more we learn. And the more we learn, the more we play.