Our revitalized mission...
To proclaim the "Good News" (gospel
in Greek) that we humans can be
transformed. We believe that through
God's grace, individuals and communities
can change for the better and are not
bound by the past. Our faith and hope
for transformation is strengthened as we
work together to follow the teachings of
Jesus. We see this as an on-going process
not a one-time event –– a journey, not a
destination.
To nurture our fellowship, both spiritually
and physically. We see our fellowship as
extending to any and all who we are able
to reach, especially those whom society
rejects. We nurture one another by sharing
both joys and sorrows. We are serious about
spiritual fellowship because we know that
faith is nurished in community much more
than in isolation. We are serious about
physical nurture and shelter as our faith
commands us to feed the hungry and
clothe the naked.
To maintain and strengthen "Divine Worship."
Divine worship is a primary way in which we
share and grow our faith together incommunity.
We celebrate and deepen our faith with music,
prayer, liturgy, and word. Our meetings for
study, fellowship, and business are also forms
of worship as we prayerfully strive to maintain
a sense of God's presence in deliberation and
in our dealings with one another.
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To search for truth. When difficult decisions must
be made we work and play together with all our
means and might to discern what is true and
just. As fallible humans we can never be certain
that we know Truth, but our faith assures us
that there is light to be found with God's help
even when the way ahead seems difficult and
obscure.
To promote social justice. Social justice puts many
demands upon us, both large and small. We
have the obligation to speak out for the cause of
justice and to speak truth to power. We address
broader issues in our prayer, advocacy, and civic
participation, and we support one another in
such efforts. But social justice can also involve
small neighborly acts, sustaining one another in
times of difficulty to demonstrate the "Kingdom
of Heaven" to the world around us. We believe
passionately that God's kingdom is here and
now, among us, as Jesus clearly states in the
gospels, and that it is our highest calling to live
our lives, individually and as a community, in a
way that demonstrates this reality.
"I tell people, 'Trinity is a
Christ-centered church
that practices what it preaches.' "
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