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What we believe...

With joy, we welcome, we worship, we love, and we serve. “Go therefore and make disciples….” (Matthew 28: 19, 20). God works through us to welcome all into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ through Spirit-led worship, loving our neighbors, and serving our community with a Spirit of Joy.

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ You are welcome here, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, church experience, cultural or ethnic background, physical or mental ability, family, or age.

We confess God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. In our preaching and teaching we trust the Gospel as the power of God for salvation. We don’t have an answer for all questions, not even all religious questions. Regardless, we are witnesses in speech and in action of God’s rich mercy in Jesus Christ.

Every Sunday in worship we hear God’s word from the Scriptures, pray as Jesus taught and come to God’s Table expecting to receive the promise of mercy, grace, and forgiveness. We believe that all people are welcome at the meal. 

In our day-to-day lives we continue seeking to live by faith, serving others freely and generously in all that they do because we trust God’s promise in the Gospel. Our faith saturates all of life. In our worship and our lives, the Holy Spirit uses the bible, the creeds, and our Lutheran expression of faith to create, strengthen and sustain faith in Jesus Christ and the life we have in him. That life-giving work continues every day and in all that we do.

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