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Our Vision

In grateful response to the expansive love of God,
we offer ourselves and our community of faith
in answer to the call to “do justice, love kindness and
walk humbly with our God.” (Micah 6:8)
Connecting to and experiencing God will be
central to all we do.

We will embrace Christ-like hospitality
in attitude as well as action.
Each one is welcome and will be accepted
as a unique child of God.
We will invite, encourage, and celebrate diversity,
studying and respecting how our lives nourish others
and how others nurture us.

 We will affirm, nurture, and support
diverse spiritual journeys
as we honor God through worship,
as we grow together through
purposeful learning in community, and
as we participate in the relationships
of our everyday lives.

 We will engage one another as partners
 in ministry, committed to growing leaders for the church and the world.
We will extend God’s love through
respectful service to those in need
by sharing our time, our talents, and
our resources.  We will serve our neighbors in downtown Madison
and expand outward into the world
by collaborating with other faith communities and other organizations.

 We will engage in the life-giving practices of generosity,
extravagant love, and faithful care of God’s creation,
following the example of Jesus
who fully lived the commandment to
“love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, with all your strength,
and with all your mind:
and your neighbor as yourself.”
We do this trusting in Jesus’ promise,
“Do this and you will live.” (Luke 10:27-28)