How we would like to cultivate the attitude of Christ together
LOVE
See 1 John 4:7-21. We have been deeply changed because of the redemptive, restoring love story we find in scripture and have claimed it as our story. It empowers us to Love God, Love our Neighbour, and Love ourselves more (Matt 22:37-40). When we pursue, embrace, and live the potential of Christian Love, we believe we will experience grace, hope, freedom, forgiveness, peace, sacrifice, honesty, and reconciliation--all important components/characteristics needed for any community to thrive.
PRAY
(God-Dependent): We see living a prayerful life as a way of humbly demonstrating our dependence on God. We believe spiritual practices and disciplines like prayer will help us grow, develop, and mature in our reliance on God and develop our Christ-like character.
SERVE
(Christ-Centred) (Phil 2:5-11): One of Jesus' most profound image is that of servant--feet, wash basin, and towel. We want to cultivate a humble servant heart and attitude that is a blessing to all whom we encounter.
PLAY
We see this word defining another posture we want to take in the world. John 10:10 refers to an abundant life and we believe that as the Spirit empower us to be people who are loving, praying, and serving then a natural result will be a life where we will experience joy, song, laughter, food, celebration, encouragement, and other fruits of the Spirit making our life together a "fore-taste" of the life to come.