Capital Campaign
Our mission is to see a gospel movement on the North Shore
Our building plays an integral part in supporting this gospel movement.
Our mission begins with the Gospel.
We want to be people shaped by the gospel – the story that God is at work transforming each of us in Christ. We want to be a part of a move of God that transforms the landscape of the North Shore for Christ and his kingdom.
And we believe that our building can play a part in that.
Why? Because buildings do something to us. They are not neutral. The building does something to our theology and our world view. They form us and teach us.
The church people go to has an immensely powerful psychological effect on their vision of the Church they are meant to be.
God cares about what we create. God cares about this world and the things we put in it. The world around sees the church as a relic of a former way of life. And our architecture is confirming that narrative. What if we started to tell a different story? What if we started to tell the story that God loves the world, and is at work making everything new, including even our humble church. What if we started to believe that the things we build here on earth will actually remain for eternity.
Principles and Priorities
A church is meant for a congregation of our time.
It must therefore be so constructed that men and women of today may feel at home in it. Their noblest aspirations must find fulfillment there: the urge toward community and fellowship, the search for the true and genuine, the desire to get away from what is peripheral to what is central and essential, the striving after clarity, the longing for peace, for warmth, and shelter.
Our busy world needs a place of rest.
A shelter in the storm, a refuge for the weary, a sanctuary that points to our ultimate resting place – the kingdom of God.
Our scattered culture needs a place to gather
Unity in the worship space reminds us that we are not individual souls seeking God, but a community reflecting his grace to one another.
Our curious culture needs a place to wonder
More and more people are curious about spiritual things. We want to provide a space for eyes to be lifted up and the resulting reaction is one of wonder and awe, not of concern for the meager state of the church.
What kind of church do we want to be?
Are we fleeing the world or joining God in renewing it? Are we caring for God’s creation in the way we plan for the future of our building or do we see our building as temporary and disposable?
We can be a church that reflects the values and aspirations of our culture around us: high achievement, success, ambition, or we can speak a true and better word. Or we can tell a true and better story.
