Our Values
MISSION
Trinity aspires to be a community of faith where people are invited to Gather joyfully into the presence of The Father, inspired to Grow into passionate Disciples of Jesus Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit to Go out and serve the world. VISION To be an inclusive, inter-generational, Spirit-filled worshipping community passionate about sharing the Gospel and inspiring faithful Disciples of Christ to serve and mend God’s creation. |
Mission, Vision and Core Values of Trinity Lutheran Church
Core Values NURTURING COMMUNITY We seek to be a congregation that cares deeply for, nurtures, and serves one another. We commit to engender a community with a sense of Lutheran Christian identity, family, mutual encouragement, acceptance, and care. We seek to be a congregational family, living our hospitality and welcoming all into our church home, inclusive of all persons without regard to race, nationality, socio-economic status, age, political views, mental or physical ability, marital status, or sexual orientation. We welcome all who seek to grow in grace and faith through involvement with our Christian family. We will welcome all as full partners in all aspects of our congregational life – our worship, sacraments, mission, work, and service. BUILDING BIBLICAL FLUENCY We commit to be a congregation intensively teaching, preaching, and centered upon the Holy Scripture as the foundational language of faith, making the Scripture the center of our life together and striving to reach and teach all generations both the larger story of God’s covenant and the specifics of God’s covenant faithfulness in Jesus Christ. We strive to use tradition and creative methods to teach the Holy Scriptures in a manner consistent with the Lutheran tradition. We recognize that many no longer understand and/or are able to speak and to hear Christian language with an understanding of its meaning in our contemporary culture. We intend to provide every possible opportunity for God’s children here to learn, to love, and to live God’s Word. ENGAGING WORSHIP We believe that humans are created to praise our Creator and Redeemer and that weekly worship is the center from which our mission and service emanates. Because worship has the highest of priorities at Trinity, several expectations follow: Pastors preaching in vibrant and engaging ways; congregants participating regularly and fully in worship life; and worship services reflecting the needs and wants of various constituents, such as providing age-appropriate services. We commit to variety, utilizing contemporary tools and methods, and making full use of worship resources made available through the ELCA, our Synod and the seminaries of the ELCA. SERVING OTHERS We will seek to inspire the people of Trinity to sacrificially serve one another and to continue to reach beyond ourselves and the walls of our church in service to others and to mend and care for God’s creation. We will reach within to identify the needy and underserved within our own congregation. We will continue to reach out in the long tradition at Trinity of sacrificially serving our local community and will re-double efforts to identify and respond to the needs of the greater community including those new to our community regardless of ethnicity. We will work hand-in-hand with other community members, congregations, and organizations committed to justice, peace-making, feeding the hungry, and serving the needy among us. We will do so conscious of our Lord’s call and in His name recognizing that in serving others we serve Jesus in disguise. LIVING OUR FAITH We commit to all possible means of assisting the people of Trinity to learn more deeply what it means to follow our Lord Jesus Christ in our daily living and vocations – to put our beliefs into actions. We will assist them to be the eyes, ears, mouth, hands, and feet of Christ in their daily living, encourage and assist them to take Sunday words into Monday living, and help them exemplify a faith which is vibrant, active, engaged, and dynamic. We will expect that all who affiliate with Trinity be not simply “members” but disciples – actively engaged in following Jesus as the ones whom He has called, empowered, gifted, and redeemed. We will teach and expect that all be stewards of God’s grace, gospel, gifts, and creation. We will expect that all pray daily, live daily in God’s Word, know and share the gospel, become growing givers and give generously of themselves and their means to build the kingdom and work for righteousness and peace. We will help all to know and understand that this is empowered and possible not by their own efforts but by and through the Holy Spirit, which has been given to each in Holy Baptism. |