WHO WE ARE
We Welcome AllInspired by God’s wide vision, Elim Lutheran Church welcomes you as you are, wherever you are on your faith journey. We count on the diversity of your ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, physical ability, socioeconomic status, vocation, education, abilities, and other attributes to make our community complete.
We pray that our congregation will be a source of hospitality, grace, and hope, and commit ourselves to embracing the work of anti-racism and anti-discrimination, social and economic justice, and environmental care. Recognizing that all of us are created in the image of God and that our diversity is a gift, we pledge to learn, grow, repent, and act as Christ’s followers in seeking justice, reconciliation, and healing. You are welcome. You are loved. You belong. |
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We are saints and sinnersThe first thing we know about the people in our faith community is that none of us has all the answers or all the faith—not the pastors, not the folks who have been here for 50 years, and not folks with new ideas. We trust that the Holy Spirit calls us together because God intends for us to be in community with other people. Elim is the place where we bring our questions, where we use our gifts, and where our brokenness is loved.
We are Lutheran
Descendants of the reformation of the 16th century, our faith community follows in the tradition of centering ourselves in the word of God and the sacraments of Baptism and Eucharist. We confess our faith with the Apostle's Creed and are guided by the confessional documents of Martin Luther. Everything we do is an attempt to follow in the way of Jesus, the Christ. More about our faith tradition and history can be found here. We are in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and more locally, the Sierra Pacific Synod.
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Mission Statement
Living in God's love, it is Elim's mission To invite all people To grow in God And to work together To heal and transform the community In Jesus' name. |
Vision Statement
We believe it is God's vision for Elim to be a dynamic, growing, Holy Spirit-empowered ministry center, a community of faith rooted in grace and stirred by the challenge of God's calling. We will actively welcome all people, compassionately care for each other and the community at large, and be a place of growth in God for all people of all ages. Our commitment to joyously serve God and others will be nurtured and demonstrated through the following:
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