5.3 Mission, Vision, and Values of ACOP

[Jessica]

Connection. I am connecting with all ministries within our body, as well as community. Spending time and serving them each individually. Building relationship. I am also connecting our church within community with activities so they know we are a safe and fun place.

[Alissa Carlton]

They way that I am extending grace and igniting hope within my community is by serving the youth in my sphere of influence. I am able to walk with them as they are growing in their faith and walking through life’s challenges and share with them as the Lord leads

[Deleted User]

I would say that I see myself “extending God’s grace” to people in my community by always trying to be someone that is kind and give grace to others when they have wronged me or made a mistake. I always try to treat people the way I would want to be treated in different circumstances, and this includes being met with grace. I see myself igniting hope to those in my community by sharing the gospel and love of Jesus in situations where people may be feeling hopeless. Ultimately, Jesus is the true source of hope and so the best thing I can do is point people towards him.

[Jaylen]

I believe that extending God’s grace could be interpreted as simply showing someone compassion like a good samaritan might. Not to say that isn’t true or a good thing, but God’s grace and our being vessels of it goes much broader than that. We carry the Spirit with us, an ever-active Spirit, and our role in that relationship is to simply be submissive and obedient to it’s guidance. In this way, the practicalities of what that might look like are so broad that there isn’t a straight way to define it. The best way to sum it up is to say that extending grace is simply being obedient to the Spirit.