What We Believe

We still dare to believe these things:

• that God is the God of all time, past, present, and future;

• that God has revealed himself in the man Jesus the Christ, in order that we may follow His teachings and come to eternal life;

• that the Spirit of Christ is in this place today, inviting us to a greater commitment of our lives and bestowing the power to live in that commitment;

• that the Church, for all its shortcomings, is still called to love those who are loved by God, and to call to fellowship and forgiveness those who walk in sin and darkness;

• that the world of our immediate vision is but a dim shadow of the world that is to be, where Christ reigns as Lord of Lords and God Himself is All in All.

God does not measure worthiness as we do, in terms of wealth and power and the observance of niggling rules; but He measures it in terms of love and grace and generosity, and whether we have thankful spirits that recognize the gifts he lays daily upon our humble doorsteps.

We believe the gifts are there, and that we must learn to see, and seeing, respond; for it moves us that the Creator of the world would offer gifts to us. If He has time for us, then we must make time for Him. Amen.

THE APOSTLES CREED

I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.