Through listening to all the members and friends of Grace and through lots of prayer with God, our Redevelopment Team developed nine co-missions for 2025. These co-missions are based on how we live our congregation’s three core values of steadfast love, inclusive belonging, and living hope with one another, our neighbors, and all creation. We call them co-missions because we share these missions with one another and God.
We will live steadfast love with one another by developing a Grace Team that will offer prayer and care for members of Grace, especially our homebound members, in times when they need extra support.
We will live steadfast love with our neighbors by deepening our relationship with the members of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, sharing and encouraging each other in our different ministries, and working together to answer our call to racial justice.
We will live steadfast love with all creation by increasing awareness of and participation in glass recycling in our neighborhood and working towards financial sustainability for our glass recycling bins.
We will live inclusive belonging with one another by nurturing relationships between new members and existing members with a goal of fully integrating new members into the congregation.
We will live inclusive belonging with our neighbors and our current Grace members by using the Reconciling in Christ discernment process to guide intentional discussion about how we welcome members of marginalized groups.
We will live inclusive belonging with all creation by building valuable relationships with community organizations serving the needs of people and creation in order to learn where we can use our gifts and resources to help meet those needs.
We will live living hope with one another by nurturing the faith of our children and their families.
We will live living hope with our neighbors by being intentionally present and engaged within our Lakeview neighborhood.
We will live living hope with all creation by establishing a Grace Green Team that develops and implements education and actions that promote environmental sustainability.