We pray for and seek shalom for our neighbors, shalom for strangers, sojourners, and refugees, shalom for creation, shalom for those with broken spirits or mental illness, shalom for families, and shalom for those of other faith traditions. In our experience, Jesus Christ embodies, teaches, and accomplishes God’s will for shalom.
Our Values
We frame our life together around the themes of worship, community, education, and service. Those themes are rooted in Philippians 2:1-11, and serve as the basis for our values which guide us in all that we seek to do.
WORSHIP
We value worship that intentionally awakens us to the presence of God through the preaching of the Word and the celebration of the sacraments.
We use the voices of the congregation in liturgy, music, prayer, and proclamation.
We expect preaching to be biblically-grounded, thoughtful, engaging, challenging, relevant, and responsive to the movement of the Spirit.
We try to develop well-crafted and participatory liturgies, including music that is thematically of one piece with the liturgy.
We seek a balance of music that represents the best of Christian hymnody while intentionally including new forms of worship music.
We want worship to be authentic to our experience while being hospitable, accessible, and inclusive to a broad sweep of worshippers.
We strive to worship in a manner that inspires, encourages, and sends us out to love and serve God and neighbor.
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