Living a life of love. That's what this church is all about. Jesus declared that the greatest commandments for humanity to pursue are to love God with heart, soul, mind and strength and to love neighbor as self. This is what we are striving to do, learning every day how to love better. This life of love is formative, experienced through spiritual practices and habits, especially the contemplative ones; missional, expressed through the pursuit of justice, evangelism and mercy; inclusive, building bridges across lines of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, culture and class; ecumenical, drawing from every stream in the Christian tradition; and wholistic, nurturing deep spiritual, emotional, mental and physical health.

We honor as our spiritual heritage those attempts that began in America in the 19th century to restore the life and spirit of Christianity as exhibited by Jesus and his apostles. Central to our faith is the sacrificial love of Jesus which orients us to a life of self-emptying love, service, and joy with and for all those in our midst. The values that extend from this central notion of faith include: