|  INVITE
people seeking meaning in everyday life
 BUILD healthier relationships with God, self,
and others
 CHANGE the world through Christian
discipleship and service
What
this means for the Gardner community
INVITE – We believe we are called
by God to tell others about the meaning of Jesus. Rather
than thumping people over the head with the Bible, or
pointing fingers at them, we focus our message-telling
on authentic INVITATIONS to “Come and See. We
believe that Evangelism is about counting conversations,
not conversions. And if we strive for conversations,
then conversions will happen as well.
BUILD – Relationships provide
us with our highest high’s and our lowest low’s.
Relationships are the “stuff” that life
is made of. Still, we often find ourselves struggling
to know how to love God, ourselves, and those closest
to us. At FirstLight, we recognize the importance of
relationships and find it our calling to “build
healthier relationships with God, self, and others”
in everything we do.
CHANGE – The ultimate goal of FirstLight
is to change the world. This requires more than hard
work. Changing the world requires identifying what God
is doing in the world and then following in that example.
“A new kind of church” is more than just
a collection of nice people.” Rather, a new kind
of church is full of people who dedicate themselves
to follow Jesus’ example (a.k.a. be a Christian
disciple) and change the world through loving actions.
Our
Mission to INVITE, BUILD, CHANGE, helps form our unique
identity as FirstLight. This is what wakes us up in
the morning and fuels our ministry Look around and you
will see these themes continuing to characterize who
we areas FirstLight.
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