Our Vision:
Passion for God, Compassion for People.
Our Purpose:
The people of Living Stones Church live to pursue a passionate relationship with God. As we become fully alive in Christ we are then compelled by His love to declare truth, bring hope and demonstrate compassion to others, purposing for everyone to become all that God intended.
Our Values:
Our Relationship with God
Praise: We Live to Worship God
"Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name" -Psalm 103:1 (NLT)
Prayer: We Live to Engage with God
"You will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."- Jeremiah 29:12 & 13 (TNIV)
Our Relationship with Each Other
Prepare: We Live to Become Like Jesus
"Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us."- Ephesians 5:1 & 2 (NIV)
Partner: We Live to Grow Together in Jesus
"We will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love" -Ephesians 4:15 & 16 (NLT)
Our Relationship with Our Community & World
Practice: We Live to Serve Out of Love for Jesus
"Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other. Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically." -Romans 12:10-11 (NLT)
Proclaim: We Live to Make Known the Hope of Jesus
"In your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have."-1 Peter 3:15(NIV)
