OUR VALUES:

Simplicity--a prudent and focused life. We strive to be  unencumbered by excessive possessions and filled with passion and purpose to seek first the wat that speaks of light, life and love. . We’ll seek to align all our resources whether time, personnel, money, or energy around one dominant theme: God. (Matthew 6:33) 

Network--a shared and stable life. We strive to rejects “rugged individualism” and pursue instead radical interdependence. We’ll make and keep long term commitments without constant uprooting to so-called greener pastures. (Philippians 2:2-4) 

MIndfulness--a Spirit-centred life. We strive to bvigorously pursues intimacy with the spirit at the heart of what it mans to be humna.. We’ll lay our lives down as a daily, living  examples of tolerance and resilience, amid all life’s ups ad downs.  (John 4:23) 

Study--a transformed life. We strive to be immersed in and renewed by the reflective study and application of Scripture to the culture that bombards it. We’ll reflect and think deeply for ourselves and refusing to be spoon-fed by material whose intellectual content is thin, trite, bland, or generally unsatisfying in the world of media and advertising. (1 Timothy 2:15) 

Work--a productive and creative life. We strive to do our  share.  We see value and meaning in all forms of work, whether manual or mental. We view work as an end in itself, something to be enjoyed, as part of our  formation, and not just a means to an end. (Acts 20:34) 

Service--a generous life. Freely you have received, now freely give.” In a world that idolizes power, individualism, and pride, we’ll show Jesus the Prophet's way of serving through unheralded acts of love. (Mark 10:45) 

Hospitality--a welcoming life. We strive to  recognize the face of the Divine in friends and strangers. We want room in our heart, schedule, and residence for guests—both invited and uninvited. (Matthew 25:35) 

Justice--a socially active life. We strive to  break the chains of oppression and injustice. In world full of injustice, we’ll work at a local, grassroots level for visible social change and be a voice for justice among the world’s oppressed. (Luke 4:18, 19) 

Sabbath--a renewed life. We strive to take time to stop doing and just be. We’ll embrace solitude and personal renewal, valuing time away to re-charge and re-align as Jesus the Liberator did. (Mark 1:35) 

Celebration--a joy-filled life. We strive to know how to party. We’ll take time to rejoice together and celebrate occasions both big and small. Whether a special accomplishment or a holiday is being recognized, or just sharing a simple meal—we’ll celebrate and enter into the joy of of human friendship (Philippians 4:4)