Belief in God is really what brings us all here. We don’t expect one another to think the same thing when we say the word “God,” but we do believe God is something which is bigger, which is mysterious/magical and which is universal, and we believe that with this God, life is richer, more complete and creative.
We also come together to learn from the example of Jesus. In his time, people followed Jesus because his radical ideas about freedom, love, peace and justice helped them reframe their fundamental experience as humans. Interestingly, their closeness to him helped them feel closer to God. Today, stories about Jesus act as a window that allows us to see God in a clearer and surprisingly relevant way.
Our worship patterns are based upon the reformed tradition, though we are not bound to any book of worship. We do not believe that our traditions are forms meant to be blindly followed. Our traditions instead reflect our forebearers’ witnesses to that experience of Jesus we still find today.
We believe that God is “still speaking.” We come together to hear God whisper in our hearts. We come together to learn and to understand. And when worship comes to an end, we hope to take our understanding and compassion with us and share it.