Our Beliefs

We believe that we do not find God. God finds us.

We are justified by grace through faith

JUSTIFED- We celebrate God's action, God's declaration that because of Christ, all are accepted in to the covenant people. All are invited - the weak, the oppressed, the depressed, the sinners, the alienated, and the outcasts. God calls infants, children, adults and the elderly. God invites all races, nations, tribes, classes (the list goes on). No one is excluded. God calls everyone into the family of the Kin-dom of God. This is God's righteousness, God's justice. This is Justification.

BY GRACE - The covenant people into which we are invited is the the church - the ECCLESIA (Greek for "called out ones"). The church lives as the family which has received the gift of the new age - forgiveness, reconciliation, liberation - and has been comissioned to proclaim the new age in Word and deed. We, the church, do not deserve to be this covenant people. Our inclusion is a gift of God. This is GRACE!

THROUGH FAITH - Faith is the trusting, obedient YES of the heart which enables us to enter and live in the covenant community, the family in which we receive and share the gifts of the Kin-dom - forgiveness and reconciliation. We stand in awe and wonder realizing that even our trusting in God is entirely the work of the Holy Spirit. Therefore even our faith is a gift.

Taken from Baptised We Live, Lutheranism as a Way of Life, by Daniel Erlander, Holden Village, Chelan, WA, 1991

When we say "All Are Welcome"

This is what we live into:

We truly believe that God so loved the world and the Kingdom of God is Diverse. To us this means that at Spirit of Life we strive to be an Anti-Racist Church. Our pastor and several members of the congregation are BIPOC with lived experiences to work alongside allies towards an anti-racist church.

We strive to not only welcome 2SLGBTQSIA+ Christians but also, be affirming, be always learning, evolving and respectful. All have gifts to share in community through Christ. All people are beloved of God.

We strive to remove barriers for anyone to our building, our worship and our understanding of Christ's inclusivity. We acknowledge that this can be hard work, but we ask for God's Grace and for the Holy Spirit to guide.

We are a small congregation that leans into Confession and Forgiveness in Christ. We strive to be a healthy place where anyone can respectfully and joyfully (although we are all welcome to come as we are) grow together in faith, in the Communtiy of Christ.

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