Mission Statement and Actions, Core Values and Bedrock Beliefs

Mission Statement
Sharing the journey of a loving, meaningful relationship with Jesus  

Mission Actions
WORSHIP • PRAY • INVITE • EQUIP • SERVE  

Core Values
•Anchored in scripture
•Welcome and accept one another as Christ has welcomed and accepted you
•Encourage one another
•Be forgiving
•Give thanks always
•Respond to God’s command to tithe our time, talents, and treasure
•Speak and act with integrity  

Bedrock Beliefs
We believe in the Triune God meaning that God relates to us in three different ways.  God relates to us as:
•  God the Father who is creator of everything
•  Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, who died for our sins and through his resurrection offers forgiveness and new life.
•  The Holy Spirit who calls, gathers, and empowers the church, the community of believers, to be in the world.  

We believe that all people are sinful and have fallen short in our relationship with God.

Therefore, by God’s grace, meaning God’s unconditional love for us, and through our faith, we receive salvation.  We cannot earn it in any way.   Though we receive God’s grace every day, we also receive and acknowledge grace through the sacraments of Holy Baptism and Holy Communion.  

•  Baptism is a gift from God welcoming all people to become a part of God’s family, granting forgiveness and eternal life.  Because this is what God does for us, we baptize people of all ages including infants and children.
•  Communion is a gift from God that through the real presence of Christ, all may receive assurance of forgiveness and salvation as well as being united with all Christians of every time and every place.