Please contact us directly with any questions you may have via email - [email protected] We strive to love and accept others without regard to race, s*xual orientation, wealth, or status, because that is how we feel called to express our thanks to the God who first loved and accepted us. Our church:
- Blesses same s*x weddings, because we believe sacrificial love is from God.
- Welcomes women
and men, g**s and le****ns, old and young, into membership and leadership because we believe Christ has torn down the walls of division by which we divide ourselves from each other, and because God’s gifts are given to all.
- Founded and continues to support Opening Doors International Services (which assists immigrants through the immigration process and combats human trafficking) because we believe God welcomes the stranger and calls upon us to do the same.
- Has worked for racial reconciliation for decades and partners with St. James AME church today because we believe we cannot fully be reconciled to God if we are not reconciled to each other, and because racism makes God cry.
- Enjoys a historic friendship with the local mosque because we believe God’s love is not limited to Christians or to any other group of people, and because loving our neighbors calls us to know them.
- Receives 100 percent of its energy from renewable sources because we believe God calls us to be faithful stewards of God’s creation.
- Opposes weapons on its premises because we believe God calls us to be peacemakers, and because Christ modeled nonviolence and calls on us to do the same.
- Hosts annual gun violence forums because we believe hearing the stories of victims of gun violence is the first step towards ending our nation’s epidemic.
- Prays for each other because we believe God calls us to pray, and because our mutual concern witnesses to God’s acceptance in the midst of an often lonely and isolating world.
- Welcomes children in worship because we believe worship is for the entire family of God.
- Embraces art and music (with choirs, craft groups, and kids programs) because we believe God calls us to worship with our imagination and our senses.
- Welcomes the doubting in classes where questions are encouraged, because we believe the enemy of faith is not doubt but fear.
- Fosters contemplative prayer because we believe a life of faith is rooted in the practice of careful listening to the Holy Spirit within us.
- Hosts and supports Stepping Stones, a ministry to those suffering from Alzheimer and to their caregivers, because we believe the worth of no life is diminished by disease, and because we participate in divine communion whenever and wherever love is shared. Shalom,
Pastor Craig Hunter
