Founding Scripture

1 Peter 1:18-19 NKJV

18 knowing that you were not redeemed with [a]corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

Tag Line: “All That’s Missing Is You.”
Tag Line Scripture: Ps 107:2
Psalm 107:2 NKJV 

2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,

“To be a community of Believers reflecting the love of Christ as we invite, welcome, and serve our community and world.”

Mission Statement

“To invite and welcome people into the family of Christ thru our love, service, and witness.”

Core Values

• We Value God's Presence in Word & Worship
  
  
• We Value Serving God with Our Time, Presence, Ability & Gifting
  
  
• We Value Joyfully & Generously Honoring God with Our Resources (Giving to God)
  
  
• We Value All People
  
  
• We Value Leading People to Jesus (Witnessing)
  
  
• We Value Restoring Peoples & Families to Wholeness
  
  
• We Value Developing People Into Gifted Christ-Followers
  
  
• We Value Developing Gifted Christ-Followers Into Strong Christian Leaders
  

Explanation of Values

We Value God's Presence in Word & Worship

• John 4:23-24 NRSV 23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
• Colossians 3:16 NRSV 16 Let the word of Christ[a] dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.[b]

We Value Serving God with Our Time, Presence, Ability & Gifting

Romans 12:1 New Living Translation  12 And so, dear brothers and sisters,[a] I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.[b]
Ephesians 2:10 New Revised Standard Version 10 For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.

We Value Joyfully & Generously Honoring God with our Resources

Proverbs 3:9 New Revised Standard Version 9 Honor the Lord with your substance and with the first fruits of all your produce;
2 Corinthians 9:6-7 New Living Translation 6 Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop. 7 You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”[a]
Deuteronomy 16:17 New Revised Standard Version 17 all shall give as they are able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.

We Value All People

Philippians 2:3-4 NRSV 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others.

We Value Leading People to Jesus

1 Timothy 2:3-4 NRSV 3 This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
We Value Restoring Peoples & Families to Wholeness
2 Corinthians 5:18-20 New Living Translation 18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. 19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”

We Value Developing People into Gifted Christ-Followers

Ephesians 4:11-12 New Living Translation  11 Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. 12 Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.

We Value Developing Gifted Christ-Followers Into Strong Christian Leaders

Philippians 3:17 New Living Translation 17 Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example.
Mark 10:42-45 New Living Translation 42 So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them. 43 But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else. 45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”