Our Vision, Mission, and Core Values
Five Year Vision
The purpose of Our Emerging Vision is to:
1. Provide our Age Boards, Purpose Groups, and Empowerment Groups a vision and direction for our future.
2. Provide the Building Committee with details on what kinds of facilities we need to support this vision.
3. Provide the Building Committee with ideas for promoting the building campaign in terms of our current situation and where we would like to be in five years.
JWUMC has developed this vision statement about where we hope to go as a community of faith and specific objectives to measure our progress. Click here to download a copy of Our Vision (pdf).
Mission
We, as individuals and as a congregation, strive to serve God by walking with Christ, empowered by the Holy spirit, to reach the individual, touch the community, and serve the world.
Scripture
You shall love the Lord God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Matthew 22: 37-40
Our Core Values
1. We express love for God in creative, evolving, and meaningful worship.
2. We are part of Christ's extended family, caring for each other and welcoming others.
3. We seek to positively impact our neighbor, community, and world.
4. We will actively follow God's lead in our growth.
5. We challenge people to hear God's call in their lives and invest their gifts in expressions of love.
6. We encourage every member to use his or her unique gifts in service to the Lord.
7. We encourage and appreciate the need for freedom in expressing a wide variety of viewpoints.
8. We value the uniqueness that children, youth, and adults bring to the spiritual journey of the congregation.
9. We foster positive development of children and youth.
10. We value input from all in making major decisions.
11. We encourage sacrificial giving.
