In January we launched our new church Vision. It’s a vision that has been prayerfully developing for the last 7-8 months and the development of this Vision has taken multiple steps to get to this point.

And in all honesty it’s not rocket science: Loving God, Loving others.

Taken from Matthew 22:37-39, where Jesus has been asked by one of the Pharisees about what the greatest commandment is, Jesus replied,

“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’” (NIV)

Going forwards as a church community these are the two Core Values we want to take forward with us: Loving God, Loving others.

As a church we are going to seek to express these Core Values by what we do, and in our church life we’ve identified Five Ways we will make these Core values known.

In our Worshipping – As individuals, in groups, as a whole church we will worship God wholeheartedly

In our Apprenticing – Jesus called his disciples to follow him, not just as hangers on, but as his apprentices learning from him

In our Serving – We are not just called to be people who are to tell our neighbours that God loves them, but we are to share that love through practical acts of loving service

In our Presencing – (A strange word I know!) We are to practice faithful presencing to explore what it means to really engage with our community

In our Sending – God sends, as a church community we need to be explicit about discerning what God is sending us out into the world to do as a church, but also as Jesus’ apprentices.

If you want to find out more about our Vision, Core Values or the Five Ways, please do speak to me!

Blessings

Tim