Values Mission Vision

What is there about Lake Highlands Presbyterian Church that makes this community of faith special and unique?  What do we have in common to connect us to each other in the name of Jesus Christ?

Reflect upon the words in the Core Values Connection.  What do you see.. feel..sense?  Engage your emotions.  Let your senses expand.

These Core Values are a simple, yet highly visible description of our connection to God, to each other and also to our local and global community.  They are a way of saying who we are and that what we believe is important.  Now, use your reflection to allow God to speak to you of our identity as a special and unique community of faith.

Core Values Statement of Lake Highlands Presbyterian Church

Our Core Values Statement complete and complement our Mission and Vission Statements.  Here are those things we say are important to us, our identity as Lake Highlands Presbyterian Church.

At the top of the descending dove, the symbol of the Holy Spirit and the focus of the chancel window.  Radiating from the dove are gifts from God.  They comprise our Core Values.  The figures to the bottom represent those people to whom we reach out in love and with caring.

Congregational Identity

Mission Statement of Lake Highlands Presbyterian Church

Jesus told us, "Go...and Make Disciples." (Matthew 28:18-20)

The Mission Statement is an abbreviation of this, or any other, church's mandate.

Within our disciple-making, Jesus also told us:

1. Baptize in the Trinitarian truth of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit:  In baptism, God shows divine initiative to love, claims us as God's own daughters and sons and calls us into discipleship.
2. Teach as we have been taught:  Disciples are to be nurtured in the faith and within the loving embrace of the community of faith.

The most important truths of the Great Commision are what Jesus said at the beginning and end of our mandate.  They stand as brackets to assure the people of God in their Mission of Making Disciples.

At the beginning, Jesus told us that all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to him as crucified, risen and ascended Lord of Heaven and Earth.  The Mission of Making Disciples is his work.

At the close of the mandate he assured us that he is with his church always, to the "close of the age."  All we do in living out our mission we do with his presence and by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Vision Statement of Lake Highlands Presbyterian Church

Lake Highlands Presbyterian Church has a clear Vision of how we will live out our Mission, by

The Great Commission is our mandate, along with every other Christian community of faith. The Statement of our VISION, however, is uniquely our own.

• We Serve God Together. That is what we are to do.
• Reaching Out, Loving and Caring for those in our congregation, community and world.  This is how we serve God.
• To Inspire Spiritual and Personal Growth.  This is what we accomplish by reaching out, loving and caring.

By the grace of God, the presence of Jesus Christ, the Great Head of the Church, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we will live out our Vision.