Who We Are

In some older blogs, I shared a bit about our group identity statements, a reflection of who we are as a community.  It’s been a while and I don’t think I shared them all together.  So I’m posting them now as a reminder of who we are seeking to be as we do life together. 

Jesus, Our Foundation:  We, as a community, are believers in the True Lord Jesus Christ and His salvation, redemption, deliverance and restoration through His death, burial and resurrection. 

Our True FAMILY:  We, as a community, believe God is relational and expressed through Father God, True Jesus and Holy Spirit whom we often affectionately call “True FAMILY”.

Scripture and Relational Experience:  We, as a community, believe in the Bible as an inspired relational account of God’s dealing with people through the millennia that provides a foundational guide for our lives along with our personal encounters with Him. 

The Power and Love of God:  We, as a community, believe in the power and love of God that is more powerful than the enemy or any false system.  We acknowledge pain, brokenness and sin, but see it all in the light of God’s restoring love.

Seeing Through Heaven’s Eyes:  We, as a community, choose to see ourselves, each other and our circumstances as God sees them.  When we forget who we are, we lovingly remind each other. 

Learning to Be Our Best Self:  We, as a community, choose to be relationally authentic, accountable and honest in our relationships with God and one another.  This means seeking to do life together as a community without hiding or shame.

Facing Our Pain:  We, as a community, choose to work through challenges in relationships instead of simply running, hiding, or burying issues. We bring things into the light of God’s love and seek restoration where possible.

Growing from Glory to Glory:  We, as a community, are open to change and willing to see different perspectives.  We come to conversations with curiosity instead of enemy mode (fear). 

Living Joy:  We, as a community, seek to be high-joy people and help one another grow in our joy capacity.  We see negative emotions as appropriate warning signs that something is not right and take healthy steps to resolve those things so that we can return to joy. 

Experiencing Shalom:  We, as a community, value rest and encourage each other in the beautiful rhythms of God’s timing and cycles of rest and joy.

Valuing Each Other:  We, as a community, value all people, regardless of where they are in their journey.  We believe that the strong and the weak together grows us all in maturity. 

Celebrating Uniqueness:  We, as a community, recognize different gifting in the Body and value each person’s contribution, whether hidden or obvious.  We all need each other to function in healthy ways and celebrate each other’s differences.