MISSION
To become ordinary apprentices of Jesus who are learning to love God, ourselves and others wholeheartedly.
Joining God’s work of cultivating new beginnings in all of us, everywhere.
VISION
VALUES
The Story of God is always unfolding. We've set out to value the things that help us pursue the brave work of recognizing and responding to God.
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We want to stay responsive to what's important, so we’ll order our lives and our community in ways that leave margin and space, where we live within our limits. We want to be intentional and wise in our choices and our commitments.
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We want to ask lots of questions that show interest in people and in process. We're better when we're talking and learning, so we will allow great questions to lead us together towards what's good and true. We can be confident in sharing and hearing ideas, because we know God is more and better than anything we can name.
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We'll learn spiritual practices together, we’ll create space to hear from God in our lives and in our worship gatherings. We’ll honor the Sabbath, we'll follow the seasons of the church calendar; finding daily, weekly, and yearly rhythms that will help us stay rooted in the story of God that is unfolding all around us.
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We believe God is actively at work at all times, places, making all things new. Because we want to join that work, we’ll spend time praying for and seeking a restored way of seeing, hearing and sensing God, each other, and our own souls.
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We recognize and acknowledge that life is messy and heartbreaking even in the midst of many great joys. We believe that God shows up when we are honest about our brokenness and all the things we still get wrong. We will move towards spaces that allow ourselves and others to pursue the vulnerable work of transformation.
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What is made new in us is there to join in the work of making all things new. A part of this work is to be aware of and present to suffering people and a suffering world, and to use our gifts to alleviate that suffering. God breathes life into us so that we can be a healing presence in the world.
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Most of us live our lives as if we need to be more and different and better in order to be significant. We want to live our lives as is – embracing who we are and where we are, believing that our gifts, our life, our vocation, as small or large as it actually is, is where God will be present to us and active through us. We believe we can bless others by being who we actually are, and operating from where we actually are.
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We try to respond to what is beautiful and good with wonder, celebration, joy, gratitude, and love. We also try to smile, laugh, and enjoy each other. What delights us leads us into doing all kinds of good in the world.
