New Wintonbury Purpose Statement

This entry was posted on 2/1/2008 3:17 PM and is filed under uncategorized.

Hi Wintonburyites!

Okay, here's the challenge. We'd like to see if someone in the Body can come up with more user-friendly wording for the purpose statement that the elders have developed. The one who helps us the most will get a very fun prize!

Current Version of Wintonbury's Purpose Statement (why we exist):
Wintonbury's passion is to love God supremely and embody His love sacrificially in our community and beyond.

Here are the guidelines:
- We're looking for something that will communicate to the largest amount of people
- We want it to be radically Christ-centered
- We believe it needs to include the Great Commandment and the Great Commission
- We want to retain these key values which are imbedded in the purpose statement:
        - Unity - one passion (Acts 1)
        - "Being Jesus" - 'embody' is meant to capture this idea that we are Christ actually in the world
        - Missional - it includes the Great Commssion that Jesus gave the Church
        - Generosity - we are called to live sacrificially for Jesus in the service of others

Okay...think you can come up with something better? On your marks, get set, go!!!!!

 

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• 2/3/2008 5:00 PM Bill Forsythe wrote:
  Rich, Andre,
  I'll take a shot at the Purpose Statement but there is one comment I wanted to make before I forgot about it. When Andre put the Purpose Statement up on the screen Sunday morning, one thought immediately came to my mind. Here's the thought: I thought to myself that it is possible that the same statement could come from a Muslim or Jewish "church". After all, those faiths proclaim to love God supremely too. What sets us apart from all others is Jesus Christ so I think any Purpose Statement should center around the name Jesus Christ.
  
  Bill Forsythe
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  1. 2/4/2008 6:47 PM Andre wrote:
     Good point Bill! I had a similar thought myself AS I was reading it! It dawned on me after having made the point about Muslims and Buddhists as well...so I'm with you. We'll look for that in any revision! Thanks Bill!
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• 2/7/2008 1:58 PM John Burger wrote:
  Current: Wintonbury's passion is to love God supremely and embody His love sacrificially in our community and beyond.
  My suggestion: Wintonbury's passion is to know God intimately, love Him completely and allow Him to ultimately transform us into the image of His Son while living life in willful obedience to Him.
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• 2/9/2008 7:33 PM wyn jespersen wrote:
  Wintonbury exists to glorify God by living as a family of believers in Christ; treasuring Jesus above all things and making Him known to others. We strive to exalt God in worship and equip believers for sacrificial service to the world.
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• 2/15/2008 11:29 PM Brett wrote:
  Wintonbury's passion is to love God intimately, obey the Spirit relentlessly, share the great news of Jesus Christ exponentially and build loving relationships around the world, intentionally.
  
  OR
  Wintonbury's passion is to love God intimately, walk in the Spirit relentlessly, share our relationship with Jesus Christ to others deliberately and build loving relationships with others around the world exponentially.
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• 2/16/2008 8:01 PM ruth hanschka wrote:
  How about something along the lines of:
  
  Wintonbury exists to glorify God, embody his Spirit, and to be a beacon of Good News about his Son to our community and to the ends of the Earth.
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• 2/18/2008 12:53 PM Donna Godbout wrote:
  I'll give it a try as I'm stepping out in faith here...
  
  Wintonbury's first passion is to love and serve Jesus Christ together in unity. Walk alongside those in the community and other disciples by encouraging, equipping and challenging one another towards an intimate relationship with God.
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  1. 2/18/2008 2:42 PM Donna Godbout wrote:
     Sorry I missed a word in the last posting...
     
     Wintonbury's first passion is to love and serve Jesus Christ together in unity. Intentionally walk alongside those in the community and other disciples by encouraging, equipping and challenging one another towards an intimate relationship with God.
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• 3/1/2008 11:19 PM Shirley Whiddon wrote:
  Wintonbury's mission is to love and worship God above all else and to share the good news of abundant life in Jesus Christ by reflecting His sacrificial love in action as together we serve one another, our community and our world.
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