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Mission, Vision, Goals

Adopted by Presbytery Assembly
April 12, 2008

Mission

God’s Purpose for Us Is To Be a

Transforming Community of Churches

Sharing the Light of Christ

with the World

Vision

In our common life we

• demonstrate what God intends for all humanity by living together in unity, forgiveness, and reconciliation;
• show the new reality revealed in Jesus Christ sharing together in God’s mission of proclamation and service;
• acknowledge differences while living out “good hope for all.”¹

Goals

Our priorities as we live into our mission and vision are to

• identify, encourage, develop, and empower gifts for leadership and ministry at all levels of the Church;
• call, ordain, and commission people to use their spiritual gifts for particular missions and ministries;
• form provisional structures that enable people to use their gifts and are respectful of the resources God has given the Presbytery;
• develop and use church clusters to build relationships for worship, study, fellowship, support, witness, service, and social justice.

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¹2nd Helvetic Confession, 5.055; Phil 1:3-11