We gather in the name of Jesus. We believe that through Jesus’ life, death, resurrection, and ascension, God is redeeming the world. In response to this wonderful gift of reconciliation, we gladly offer ourselves to Jesus and submit to his Lordship to participate in God’s work of reconciliation, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

We learn and teach about God through the story of the Bible. This story is a special revelation from God about who God is and who we are. In its Old and New Testaments, we are shown that we belong to a loving God and are told the story of redemption, grace, and peace. This story is also our story. We lament with the Psalms, we grow angry with the prophets, and we find hope in the good news of Jesus.

We gather each week to center our lives in the Triune God of Grace. In song, prayer, word, and the table, we participate in the story of God’s love. And then, we are sent out again, renewed in heart and mind to be God’s people in every part of the world.

The church is not a voluntary association of like-minded individuals: we are held together by God’s covenant with us. This means we commit to learn about each other, to celebrate our God-given differences, and face new challenges together with confidence that God has united us in Jesus Christ.

For God so loved the world that God gave the world Jesus. Now, Jesus calls the Church to give of itself and participate in the healing and redemption of the world. Therefore, we are a community that serves the world and one another, longs for justice and works for change, seeks to care for creation and all its inhabitants, and makes room for all to experience the transformative love of God in Christ. We do this because we have the sure hope that God will make all things new.