Mission & Values
Our Mission
Our Mission is to be a joy-filled, Christ-centered community that is passionate about reaching our neighbors with Christ's radical love so that all our lives are changed!
Our Values
These are the things that we feel are the heart of our Joy! community, and we funnel each ministry and action of our church through these seven values. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the leadership and accountability of mature believers and our mission and values, these are the things that drive and govern our decisions here at Joy!.
Our Focus
Any healthy church has goals, and each year we have strategic planning meetings to decide what our next set of goals is going to be as a church. These are the focus points from the latest vision meeting:
We are focusing on celebrating our small group communities. We want to applaud the leaders who put their time towards building and deepening relationships and encourage everyone to do life within a small group context and support.
We are focusing on kids, youth and families! We are devoting time, energy and resources to making sure that our families feel valued and cared for. We want kids to feel safe and have places to play and explore, our teens to have a cool space that’s all their own and to come next to parents as they’re trying to make sense of this journey. We can’t wait to see what God does!
Finally, we are focusing on outreach to our neighbors. We believe that the community that God is building at Joy! is one of acceptance, support and love and we want to share it and bring more people into the nurturing, thoughtful environment where we can all grow in our faith.
Joy! Lutheran Church is a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The ELCA includes nearly 5.3 million Lutherans in 11,000 congregations around the country.
The ELCA does not dictate what we are to believe on many issues. It encourages people to study the Bible and discuss issues with other Christians in order to form our own conclusions. There's no need to check your brain at the door of an ELCA church!
For more information on the ELCA, go to http://www.elca.org/
Our Mission is to be a joy-filled, Christ-centered community that is passionate about reaching our neighbors with Christ's radical love so that all our lives are changed!
Our Values
These are the things that we feel are the heart of our Joy! community, and we funnel each ministry and action of our church through these seven values. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the leadership and accountability of mature believers and our mission and values, these are the things that drive and govern our decisions here at Joy!.
- Accepting - each person as they are
- Encouraging - each person to grow in Christ
- Building - a loving community through intentional relationships
- Revealing - God through innovation and risk-taking
- Empowering - each person to put their faith in action
- Raising Children and Youth in Christ
- Experiencing - Joy!
Our Focus
Any healthy church has goals, and each year we have strategic planning meetings to decide what our next set of goals is going to be as a church. These are the focus points from the latest vision meeting:
We are focusing on celebrating our small group communities. We want to applaud the leaders who put their time towards building and deepening relationships and encourage everyone to do life within a small group context and support.
We are focusing on kids, youth and families! We are devoting time, energy and resources to making sure that our families feel valued and cared for. We want kids to feel safe and have places to play and explore, our teens to have a cool space that’s all their own and to come next to parents as they’re trying to make sense of this journey. We can’t wait to see what God does!
Finally, we are focusing on outreach to our neighbors. We believe that the community that God is building at Joy! is one of acceptance, support and love and we want to share it and bring more people into the nurturing, thoughtful environment where we can all grow in our faith.
Joy! Lutheran Church is a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The ELCA includes nearly 5.3 million Lutherans in 11,000 congregations around the country.
The ELCA does not dictate what we are to believe on many issues. It encourages people to study the Bible and discuss issues with other Christians in order to form our own conclusions. There's no need to check your brain at the door of an ELCA church!
For more information on the ELCA, go to http://www.elca.org/
Governance
Joy! Lutheran Church Constitution Click to open - Updated 1/31/14
