• join together to worship the One True God and deepen our relationship with His Son Jesus guided by the Holy Spirit, Bible study, prayer and worship.
• use our passion for serving and nurturing to care for the members of our local church family as well as the needy in the world.
• prepare our Youth to have a secure relationship with Jesus, be confident of His love for them and share His love with others as a youth and adult.
• use our multi-generational church family to assure that everyone who enters our doors experiences God's love.

• we were created to worship God with passion in many different ways.
  • "Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks." John 4:23
• God answers prayer! It is through prayer that we are able to seek and understand God’s will for our lives and our community.
  • "Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful." Colossians 4:2
• the Bible is the living word of God and we seek God’s Word for instruction, guidance and application in our daily living.
  • "I rejoice in following your statutes, as one rejoices in great riches. I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word." Psalms 119:14-16
• God has called us to train and nurture followers of Christ.
  • "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations." Matthew 28:19
• we are called to serve others in the example of Jesus Christ.
  • Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant." Philippians 2:5, 2:7

• adopt a new program or service unless it
  • is consistent with our mission and
  • is accompanied by needed support for effective implementation
• allow past practice to interfere with consideration of new ideas

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