First of all, we are ordinary people who come together for worship and mutual support of each other and our community.
We are Neighbors
We are a community of believers consisting of people with a wide range of life and work experiences.
We are Christians
We affirm that “All are welcome in this place.”
We aren’t concerned about how you’re dressed, what color your hair is or whether or not you have hair. It doesn’t matter if you have piercings or tattoos. It doesn’t matter if you can recite the Bible from memory or you’ve never been in a church before. Together, we celebrate the words of the apostle Paul: “for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.”
We are Lutherans
Lutherans are Christians. We are a church that walks by faith, trusting God’s promise in the gospel and knowing that we exist by and for the proclamation of this gospel word. We proclaim Jesus Christ crucified and raised from the dead for the life of the world. We also believe that the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God and the authoritative source and norm of its proclamation, faith and life, “according to which all doctrines should and must be judged.” (Formula of Concord, Epitome, Part I)
We believe in The Apostles’, Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds as true declarations of the faith of the Church.
We believe the Unaltered Augsburg Confession as a true witness to the Gospel, acknowledging as one with it in faith and doctrine all churches that likewise accept the teachings of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession.
We believe the other confessional writings in the Book of Concord, namely, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles and the Treatise, the Small Catechism, the Large Catechism, and the Formula of Concord, as further valid interpretations of the faith of the Church.
We are associated with Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) and the North American Lutheran Church.
We don’t have all the answers
Together, we encounter the living God in Jesus and the Holy Spirit. We do this through the scripture, water, bread, and wine. God works through the gathering. We learn to love God and love our neighbors.