Rest: In an over-burdened, over-scheduled, and over-indebted culture, we want to respond to Jesus’ invitation as the defining reality of our lives: “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Mt. 11:28).

Connect: In a world increasingly divided, distanced and distracted, we want to be a place where holistic relationships are restored and enjoyed–in our church, families, in our neighborhoods, and in our relationship to God. We want to cooperate with Jesus’ prayer, “. . . that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me” (Jn. 17:21)

Reflect: In a world where it is increasingly easy to live as if God does not exist, we want to see all of life in relation to God. Christ plays in ten thousand places. Every moment is holy and God can be found in every place, ‘For in him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28).

Renew: Although we live in a world where things continually fall apart, where the center cannot hold apart from the loving embrace of God, we seek to be renewed in this love and the sure hope of God’s restoration all that He created. “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day” (2 Cor. 4:16)