Who We Are...
"Ordinary people using their gifts for divine mission."
We extend a warm welcome to all. St. Andrew's is a diverse, medium-sized church of about 380 members, but our fellowship is not limited to those on the official roll. We welcome around 640 children and adults in our many programs.
Priorities for moving forward together in order to strengthen Christ's Church and glorify God:
Mission Statement
We worship God as a loving, supportive community of Christian ministers. Guided by the Holy Spirit, we share the Good News, nurture faith, and develop spiritual gifts. We equip God’s people to serve Christ in their daily lives and prepare them to respond to human needs within the congregation, as well as in the local and global communities.
Vision Statement
We will be a welcoming, supportive Christian community, in which all are ministers who trust in our loving God to empower and lead us as we seek and respond to God’s will. We will share our faith in word and deed as we work to build God’s kingdom on Earth. We will nurture and encourage people of all ages toward spiritual growth and help all discover and develop their spiritual gifts for use in Christian service.
Our Future Objectives
Objective ONE: We seek to communicate effectively with each other in love by:
- Evaluating current communication devices
- Sending effective messages that command attention and communicate in creative ways
- Covenanting with one another to read the monthly Network, the weekly bulletin announcements each week and other written material received from St. Andrew's.
- Openly listening and learning to understand each others thoughts and needs in order to build good will and communication within the church family
Objective TWO: We must maintain a paid staff configuration which will ensure the ability to meet the following goals:
- Growing worship services
- Quality pastoral care
- Music programs for all ages
- Expanded Christian education programs
- Growing youth programs
- Administrative and janitorial support
- High quality, paid nursery and toddler care
Objective THREE: We will grow in our relationships with one another and our Lord and have a good balance of pastoral care and church programs through:
- Seeking to have many non-clergy leaders in charge of programs so that our pastors can be available to respond to care needs
- Evaluating church programs to determine if they are meeting the largest possible number of needs
- Seeking to strengthen our care ministry of Deacons and Stephen Ministers
Objective FOUR: We seek to provide the best possible worship experience each week by proving two different styles of worship and two different times of worship. (Session may decide to combine the two services into one service during certain times of the year.)
Objective FIVE: In order to nurture faith and develop spiritual gifts we will provide the best Christian education programs through:
- Church school for both 9:00 AM and 10:30 AM
- Wednesday afternoon Kid's Kingdom program (grades 1-5)
- Middle School and Senior High Fellowship programs
- Adult education offerings throughout the year
- Small Covenant Bible Study Groups
- Special age specific programs
Objective SIX : We will continue to develop, support and participate in hands-on mission projects in our community and world through:
- One specific local project each year
- A specific non-local project within California (or beyond) each year each year
- A specific worldwide/third world mission project
Objective SEVEN: In order to meet our future building needs, Session will create a "Facilities Building Task Force" to consider building or remodeling plans to bring back to Session for approval.
(Objectives Revised 4-11-02)
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