Our mission is to share God’s transforming love in our neighborhood by building relationships, sharing resources, and inviting people to become part of God's family.  Goals 1. Transformed Individuals Individuals in our neighborhood will have the opportunity to be healthy spiritually, mentally, and physically. 2. Transformed Families Families in our neighborhood will have the resources they need to be safe, loving, and healthy. 3. Transformed Neighborhood Our neighborhood will be safe, encouraging, and will reflect God's Glory. Plans We humbly acknowledge that God is the only one capable of transforming us and our neighborhood. Following Jesus' example, our plan is to follow God's leadership and: • All men and women are created in the image of their Creator. • The Bible was originally given by God and is divinely inspired, entirely trustworthy, and the only supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct. • Sin has resulted in alienation, brokenness, pain, and injustice. • God, because of His great love, sent His son Jesus Christ, filled with the Holy Spirit, who came to bring good news to the poor, proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed; and to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord. (taken from Luke 4:18-19) • Jesus, who was sinless, took our sins upon Himself and was judged and crucified for our wrong. • God raised Jesus to new life and made Him Lord over all. • God gives new life to all who believe and obey Jesus through the Holy Spirit, who comes to live inside the believer. • The Holy Spirit makes ordinary people part of God’s family and gives them the power to continue Jesus’ work of building His kingdom, where the poor receive the good news, captives are released, the blind receive sight, the oppressed are set free, and people make Jesus king of their lives. • Jesus Christ is the one and only way to be saved from sin and death. Through Him, we are given new life and are united with God forever. • After receiving this new life, God makes us a part of His family, adopting us as sons and daughters. We actively participate in this family by becoming unified and reconciled and by inviting others to be a part of this family.
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Family Center Mailing Address The Family Center PO Box 50234 East Palo Alto, CA 94303 |
