Values

Con­nect

To one another – ser­vice, out­reach, rel­e­vance, wit­ness, min­istry, touch, invite, needs, good news, share, ambas­sadors, har­vest, vision, church plant­ing, day to day life, neigh­bors, mak­ing dis­ci­ples, preach, mis­sion – Matthew 9:35–38, 28:19–20, Acts 1:8, Romans 10:14–15, 2 Corinthi­ans 5:18–20, and 1 Peter 2:11–12.

Chal­lenge

Through the preach­ing and teach­ing of Gods word – learn­ing, grow­ing, inves­ti­gat­ing, exam­in­ing, engag­ing, study­ing, con­tem­plat­ing, under­stand­ing, ques­tion­ing, equip­ping, wrestling, shar­ing, think­ing, apply­ing, illus­trat­ing, dig­ging, clar­i­fy­ing, instruct­ing those with ears to hear – Psalm 119, John 20:31, Acts 17:11, Romans 15:4, 2 Tim­o­thy 3:16 Hebrews 4:12, and James 1:22–25.

Change

Through the work of Jesus Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit. – grace, trust, new cre­ation, love, com­mit­ment, for­give­ness, power, cleans­ing, mercy, fruit, sal­va­tion, faith, faith­ful­ness, sac­ri­fice, renewal, peace, being right with God, hope, heal­ing, whole­ness, know­ing God, light, the way, truth, life, eter­nity, being born again – Matthew 22:37–39, John 3:1–21, Acts 1:8, Romans 3:21–26, 5:6–11, Gala­tians 5:22–25,  and Eph­esians 2:1–10.

Cel­e­brate

What God has done in wor­ship and fel­low­ship – praise, thanks, ado­ra­tion, humil­ity, friend­ship, encour­age­ment, prayer, jour­ney together, gifts of the spirit, com­mu­nion, singing, tes­ti­mony, giv­ing, bap­tism, rela­tion­ships, fam­ily – Psalm 95:1–2, John 4:24, Romans 12:1, Eph­esians 5:18–21, Hebrews 10:24–25, and James 5:13.