Learning Together to Love God and Love Others

 

• Learning through Discipleship

• In Classes and Sermons

• Loving God through Worship

• Loving Others through Care and Fellowship

“Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

Mark 12:28b – 31

 

 

About this Statement

Mission Statements get a bad rap. Probably because they’re usually lengthy, vague, and pointless! A proper Mission Statement, though, is one of purpose and identity—it’s who we are, every day.

We identified our Mission by asking our people three important questions:

• What are we passionate about?
• What do we do well?
• What keeps you coming back?

We received many different responses to each individual question, but we were looking for areas of overlap—were there any consistent answers throughout each question? What we found were areas of learning, worship, and fellowship.

This brought to mind Jesus’ elevation of two key commands in the Old Testament: love God (Deuteronomy 6:5), and love others (Leviticus 19:18). On three occasions Jesus says these are the two most important commands.¹ Other Scripture affirms this as well². Clearly, they’re important!

From this we cemented our current Mission Statement: Learning Together to Love God and Love Others. As per the responses we received, our Learning comes through discipleship in classes and sermons. We Love God through our worship. And we Love Others through our care and fellowship.

If this sounds like a Mission you’d like to be a part of, join us on Sunday!

 

¹  Matthew 22:36 – 40, Mark 12:28 – 31, Luke 10:25 – 28

²  Romans 13:9 – 10, Galatians 5:14, James 2:8