ABOUT US

To change the world with Jesus: one child, one person, one family, one community at a time. To that end we pray, work, and seek unchurched people who are spiritually hungry and committed Christians ready to serve.

• To change the world – No smaller goal is acceptable! We will not quit until “God’s will is done on earth as it is in heaven.”
• With Jesus – Jesus said, “Without me you can do nothing,” so we do nothing without Jesus.
• One child – Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me.” We welcome children of all ages and commit to raising them “to know and love the Lord.”
• One person – People are our priority. Therefore we will “equip each person for the work of ministry” and help each person find his/her role in the family of God.
• One family – We offer to be a family for those without family or whose family lives far away, and to be an extended family for those with blood relatives close by.
• One community – As we allow the Messiah to transform us, He will also transform our community through us.
• At a time – Because time is short, we continually “press on toward the goal” God gives us each year, while looking ahead to our next step in faith, hope, and love.

To that end

• We pray, first and foremost, without ceasing, in spirit and in truth, fervently. All of God’s actions and ours begin with prayer. Prayer is the force that overcomes inertia, the tool that smooths the way, and the fuel and lubrication that keeps us going.
• Work – Though our mission begins with prayer, it continues as we “offer our bodies as living sacrifices” to do the “good works God has prepared beforehand for us to do.”
• And seek – We design our ministries and message for two specific kinds of people:
• Unchurched people who are spiritually hungry – God is already at work in those who are not yet in his family, whetting their appetites and inviting them to the bounteous banquet he offers. We specifically seek those who are ready to take their place at God’s family table as we “go into all the world making disciples.”
• And committed Christians ready to serve – Jesus said, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray for the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into the field.” We seek those laborers and strive to provide tools and opportunities for them to utilize their gifts and talents to the fullest in God’s field

To be a Roundabout with lots of ways in and lots of ways out.

Our parish family is like a traffic roundabout

• We are traveling together as a family, with everything we do revolving around our Mission (being A Parish Family: Loving God, Loving our Neighbors, Loving One Another).
• We are building lots of ways for children, individuals, families, and the community to come into the roundabout.
• We are building lots of ways for every child, person, family, and the whole parish family to travel out into the community and world to serve people and invite them back into the roundabout to travel with us.

Our “Target Audience” is unchurched hungry people (in response to Jesus’ Great Commission) and Committed Christians ready to serve (in response to Jesus’ prayer for “Laborers for the harvest”). To the former, we offer soft tasty spiritual food. To the latter, we offer opportunities and permission to utilize their gifts to the fullest for the Lord of the Harvest.