Our mission from Christ is to take the good news of Jesus, the gospel, with us into the world in both word and deed. The evidence of this should be seen in our local community, as well as the ends of the earth. Jesus emphasized and displayed love, the same love that describes His essential nature. We have the gift of the Holy Spirit, which pours it into our hearts. Jesus stressed that our love for each other and our neighbors would be how the world would know we are His disciples.
We are to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind. We cannot claim to love God and not love others. By loving and serving our neighbors and community, we desire to:
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Holistically meet individual's needs (spiritual, physical, and emotional).
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Dynamically impact our local community in the name of Jesus.
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Open people’s hearts to the life–changing message of Jesus.
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Glorify God in all we do.
Connecting our hearts and hands through this strategy will help us begin to visualize - and experience - a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ, and through this process equip us to be difference makers in our world for Him!
'Christ has no body now but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours.
Yours are the eyes through which he looks with compassion on this world,
Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good.
Yours are the hands with which he blesses all the world.'
St. Teresa of Avilla