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The Reverend Kimberly D. Lucas, Rector
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,
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"The Church is like a great ship being
pounded by the waves of life's different stresses. Our
duty is not to abandon ship, but keep her on her course."
--Saint
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• 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:
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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.
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In corporate worship, we unite ourselves with
others to acknowledge the holiness of God, to hear God's
Word, to offer prayer, and to celebrate the sacraments. --BCP, p. 857
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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.
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