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This is a working statement, born of an ongoing process of action and reflection. It reflects our current under-
standing of why we are a congregation, what we hope to do together, and some of the ways we hope to do it!
Our Vision is Christ's New Creation...
Our Purpose, as a community of co-creators, is to act with love, justice and mercy for all.

Our Goals
Together, it is our intention...

To worship our God with integrity, using traditions that are reformed and always reforming.
      - to utilize worship space and resources in ways that emphasize the priesthood of all believers.

To join God in embracing all Creation and to invite all to follow Christ.
      - to provide leadership in the More Light Movement for a Presbyterian Church U.S.A. that is fully
        inclusive of sexual minorities.
      - to provide leadership as an anti-racist congregation.
      - to be attentive to and reflective of the beauty of God's global community, not making idols of any
        dominant cultures.
      - to be nurtured by nature and show respect for the planet.

To seek and grow in the wisdom, truth, and beauty of God.
      - to use patterns and formats for learning that match our desire to learn.
      - to hear the long-silenced voice of Sophia -- God's wisdom (Prov. 8-9).

To be known as a community where we love one another
      - to increase opportunities for broad congregational fellowship.
      - to avoid the development of exclusive groups in the body.

Empowered by the Spirit, to shape new communities that embody Christ's love, justice and mercy.
      - to address systemic and root causes of injustice over surface symptoms.
      - to honor our own needs and avoid enabling relationships of dependency.
      - to creatively weave together the broader communities to which we are individually linked in
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