Home About Us Afternoon Bible Club Book Nook Calendar Care Groups Contact Us Facility Schedule Food Pantry Forms Links Missions Music Ministry Newsletter Preschool Purpose Statement Sermons Services Staff Timber Lake Trail Women's Ministry Youth Ministry The Inspired Word of God Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. Rom 12:4-5 NIV

Purpose Statement . . . ... is to glorify God and exalt Jesus Christ. Our Mission as found in Scripture is to win our community, our state, our nation and the world to Christ Jesus. We will accomplish this through seven focused statements of purpose guiding our total energy, finances and personnel W orship GOD according to Scripture I nvite the LOST according to their needs T each the TRUTH according to Jesus N urture the WEAK E quip the SAINTS S upport the SUFFERING S end the CALLED Related Scriptures: Worship GOD according to Scripture Ministry of Worship John 4:24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." Eph 5:19-20 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, 20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Col 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. Invite the LOST according to their needs Ministry of Evangelism Luke 15:4 Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 1 Cor 9:22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. 1 Cor 9:19 Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. Teach the TRUTH according to Jesus Ministry of Teaching John 14:6 "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Matt 13:52 He said to them, "Therefore every teacher of the law who has been instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old." 2 Tim 2:2 And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others. Nurture the WEAK Ministry of Shepherding 1 Cor. 12:24-25 "But God has {so} composed the body… {that} the members should have the same care for one another." Gal 6:1-2 Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. 2 Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. James 5:19-20 My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, 20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins. Equip the SAINTS Ministry of Discipleship John 15:8 This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. Rom 12:4-6 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. Support the SUFFERING Ministry of Benevolence Matt 25:35-36 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.' James 1:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. Send the CALLED Ministry of Missions Rom 10:14-15 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" Matt 28:19-20 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."