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During
the next
three years, The Family of God Community Church will implement its
mission in
Newaygo (and beyond) through the following “vision” for ministry:
Spirit-Led
Worship:
Growth:
FOGCC stands as a growing and vibrant family of believers who joyfully
and
enthusiastically worship Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and actively
project
His love to the community.
Attitude:
Worship at FOGCC exudes a unique and balanced sense of excitement,
expectation,
reverence, holiness, celebration, laughter, communion, and joyfulness
that
transforms lives for Christ.
Diverse Approach: FOGCC
worships God through a blended
and diverse mixture of worship components that include music, prayer,
confession, praise, Bible-based preaching, sacraments, expression, and
lay
participation.
Response:
Worship at FOGCC stimulates an attitude of gratefulness, forgiveness,
Biblical
knowledge, doctrinal foundations, spiritual growth, and practical
lessons for
everyday
Welcoming
and Diverse Community:
Diversity of
Members:
FOGCC is a congregation that is richly
diverse in ages, life stages, family status, economics, religious
back-grounds,
racial make-up, educational levels, and spiritual maturity.
Inclusive
Environment: FOGCC radiates a warm,
inviting,
friendly, and family-like atmosphere where people are genuinely and
personally
welcomed, listened to, cared about, appreciated, affirmed, and
integrated into
the life of the church.
Involvement:
FOGCC empowers the congregation to serve in roles at all levels within
the
church by helping people discover, expand, and utilize their unique
talents,
gifts, interests, and skills on behalf of the ministry and operation of
the
church.
Discipleship:
FOGCC facilitates spiritual growth and maturity for all members through
planned
outlets for Christian education (for children and adults), spiritual
discipline
and accountability, financial stewardship, personal support and
counsel, and
relational networks and activities that extend beyond Sundays into the
rest of
the week.
Witnessing &
Reaching Out to Others:
Acts of Love:
FOGCC is well-recognized and valued in the community as a church whose
people
truly “walk-their-talk” as evidenced by their servant hearts
and acts of
compassion extended to people in need in the surrounding community.
Works of Faith: FOGCC
equips and supports its members
in using their gifts and talents to make a difference in serious
community
issues such as creation care and environmental stewardship, poverty and
social
justice, mission outreach and evangelism, health and wellness, and
deteriorating societal values, materialism, and strife.
Ecumenical Spirit: FOGCC
purposefully partners with other
churches and faith-based organizations to transcend barriers of
denomination
and doctrine by pooling resources and efforts to pursue mutually-shared
values
and projects in the community.
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