is to recognize, worship proclaim, serve, and love the one true God who continues to create; who through Jesus, the Christ, forgives and establishes self -giving love; and who through the Holy Spirit calls us together. Therefore, we are to...

Reach out to others as we

Invite, encourage, and welcome people into a deeper relationship with God
Provide a place where people can find peace with God, others, and themselves
Remain involved in our community
Serve the needs of others through sharing our gifts
Witness by action and word to the difference God makes in our individual and
congregational lives
Faithfully support the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in extending the church's
reach throughout the world

Strengthen and deepen our faith and ministry as we

Encourage commitment to God in Christ and the Church
Provide educational opportunities for all
Nurture everyone in his or her spiritual development
Encourage Bible study and personal devotion and prayer
Care about and serve the needs of each other
Reflect upon our direction, purpose, and mission; and create a level of Christian challenge
Celebrate our Lutheran heritage
Remember those who have gone before us

Create a climate of belonging as we

Are open, warm, triendly, and available
Help people feel accepted and included
Foster open-mindedness and forgiveness
Welcome a diversity of gifts within our unity
Honestly seek to relate God to the world and our own lives


Toward these ends we pray for God's direction and help. May we reach upward to God, inward
to ourselves and outward to the world through faith in Christ.

We pledge our participation and support, as God moves us forward in our Christian mission.

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