Jesus was asked: what is the greatest commandment? His response is our overall vision and purpose:
‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment.
And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
(Matthew 22: 37-40)
This reminds us of who we are, and why we do the things that we do.
Alongside this we have five characteristics of our church life that we feel God has given us to shape our actions and our reflections on how He wants to be at work.
Who is our God? - That we would develop in our understanding of who God is, and be able to confidently articulate this.
That we are called to go deeper with God, establishing really deep foundations.
That church has the element of campfire about it: welcoming, with space to share stories, a place for all to gather, visible to those from afar who may be drawn to the edge of the campfire - and open to the power of the Holy Spirit.
As GK Church, we are to be beacons of Christ’s light, one of many beacons in the area, as Christ’s power transforms the nation and the world.
That one by one, we would see people come to know God and his love, and be able to confidently declare, “I am the Lord’s.”