My home congregation

Our mission Statement is; "Sharing with open arms, the love of Christ."A few years ago when our pastor was retiring and we were facing first an interim and then Calling a new pastor, we formed a mission statement committee. As both our last church in California and the Lutheran high school where we taught had gone through the process of composing mission statements, I led a Bible study based on the 5 purposes in the popular book, "Purpose Driven Church." These are the mission and purpose statements that we recommended to the voters assembly, who approved them and added them to our constitution. There were several people, lots of prayer, and plenty of discussion and negotiation that led to these documents.