Our vision statement is simply:
'Loving God, loving people'.
this means that...
- We believe God is loving in character (Exodus 34:6-7) and that he loves all he has made (John 3:16).
- As his church our purpose is to love him in return and to love other people too (Mark 12:29-31).
To help us see what this purpose might mean in practice we've come up with eight values; four for 'loving God' and four for 'loving people'. Here they are:
Loving God
- Worship - lifting up God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit with our praise
- Word - listening to God through his written word, the Bible
- Wait - looking to the Holy Spirit for guidance and renewal
- Walk - living lives that honour Christ
Loving people
- Witness - letting others know about Jesus and sharing his love in action and word
- Wide vision - learning about God's world and sharing his concern for it
- Warmth - loving, encouraging and accepting each other
- Working together - linking our gifts together to build up the church