Our Mission and Core Values

Our Mission

The members of First Lutheran strive to be:

- A WELCOMING community of faith, called to invite and embrace

all people as we join together in hearing and living the Gospel of Jesus.

- A CARING community of faith, where all people can find love,

acceptance, help, forgiveness, and encouragement.

- A SERVING community of faith, reaching out in partnership

with God and others to meet the needs of our neighbors locally and globally.

Our Values 

We believe that God has acted on our behalf in Jesus and that through Jesus we can experience a life-transforming relationship with God.

We believe that we are saved through no actions of our own, but only through God’s everlasting Grace and Mercy.

We are grounded in the great commandment of Jesus, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.  This is the first and greatest commandment.  And the second is like it.  Love your neighbor as yourself." Matthew 22:37-40

We are grounded in the Great Commission of Jesus, "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and  of the Holy Spirit."

Matthew 28:19

We are committed to sharing Jesus with those that do not know him.

We are committed to welcoming and ministering to all people.

We are committed to equipping people to do ministry.

We are committed to serving in our community and the world.