Parish Mission Statement: Placing God at the center of our lives, we recruit others to join us as we reclaim and celebrate the love the triune God has bestowed upon us; and through diligence and care for each other, we work to retain and build relationships with all who share our Christian faith and minister to the world. In carrying out our mission, we value:

• Growth and change through a rebirth in spirituality led by a dynamic, corporate worship;

• Outreach through regular pastoral and lay visitation of members, newcomers, and others seeking a relationship with Christ;

• Diversity cultural, social, ethnic and racial; and

• Diversified programs geared to meet the needs of the youth, the seniors, families and singles.

Our Mission is to intentionally place God at the center of our identity as a Church. Placing God at the center requires discernment in its fullest sense, and such discernment takes a practiced heart, truly a gift of God. We need to practice placing God at the center because lifes different stresses make it easy for us to forget our mission. In essence, the mission given to us is more a gift from God and others, cultivated and brought to perfection by what we say we value above: growth, rebirth, corporate worship, outreach, diversity and the quest for Christ in our lives. This leads me to the essence of my vision for St. Ambrose:

To become a Church seasoned in the habit of viewing all of life through the eyes of Christian faith. In that faith-stance we become a church not just for ourselves, but for the world, as we help the world determine which movements of the heart are leading to greater love and authenticity, focusing one in God, and which of them are turning one away from God. It is in this context of viewing all of life through the eyes of Christian faith that we invite you to join our Church.

We invite you to join us through intentional spiritual and social practices such as vibrant worship, retreats, hospital and prison visitations, youth and adult pilgrimages, quiet days, health and fitness programs and regular Christian education programs.

Through these practices, and many more, Christian spirituality in the end is displayed as the ongoing habit of discernment rooted in the conversion of individuals to form the multitude of saints.