We are COVENANTAL
Those who join this church do not have to adhere to any creed or belief system. We do agree to support one another on our faith journey - wherever we happen to be.
Here is some language we currently use when welcoming people into fellowship:
We are a community of faith. This is our faith:
We share a vision of God:
a God whose spirit is love,
accessible to all, yet beyond our knowing,
We are reborn in the Spirit and become followers of that Way shown by Jesus:
to love God with our whole being;
to love our neighbors as ourselves;
to treat others as we would have them treat us;
to strive for justice and peace;
to have respect and compassion for every person and for the whole of creation;
to forgive those who do us harm;
to love one another as Christ has loved us.
We are a covenantal community.
Together, we journey on this Way toward reconciliation with the whole of creation.
We break bread together, sing and pray together.
We reach out to one another for strength beyond our own – and find it.
Thanks be to God.
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Statement adapted from St. John’s-Grace Episcopal Church
We Walk the Talk, Sometimes Imperfectly
For over 115 years this congregation has been engaged with issues of peace and social justice in Los Angeles. Our cross, which centers us in worship, is marked with the words “He Is Our Peace”. It was given to us by Japanese Christian peace activists after World War II. It was fashioned from wood scorched by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. It represents our hope for peace and reconciliation in our neighborhood, city, and wider world, and our commitment to work for it.
We Walk the Talk, Sometimes Imperfectly
For over 115 years this congregation has been engaged with issues of peace and social justice in Los Angeles. Our cross, which centers us in worship, is marked with the words “He Is Our Peace”. It was given to us by Japanese Christian peace activists after World War II. It was fashioned from wood scorched by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. It represents our hope for peace and reconciliation in our neighborhood, city, and wider world, and our commitment to work for it.
Our DenominationWe are part of the United Church of Christ, a denomination with a history of activism on many social justice issues - public education, racial and gender equality, health care access, marriage equality, to name a few.
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Shared Power, Individual Spirit
Our church is "congregational" in its structure. All our members have voice and vote on the important decisions that our church makes, including the choice of our ministers. We follow the example of Jesus in his life and teachings - and we let our members decide for themselves what that means to them. We don't have a fixed creed or doctrine that we expect our members to follow.
We cherish and maintain our Christian tradition without having one way of interpreting it. We believe that other religions can be as good for others as ours is for us - and that is reflected in our embrace of elements of other faiths that are meaningful to us, in worship and in personal spiritual practice.
Our church is "congregational" in its structure. All our members have voice and vote on the important decisions that our church makes, including the choice of our ministers. We follow the example of Jesus in his life and teachings - and we let our members decide for themselves what that means to them. We don't have a fixed creed or doctrine that we expect our members to follow.
We cherish and maintain our Christian tradition without having one way of interpreting it. We believe that other religions can be as good for others as ours is for us - and that is reflected in our embrace of elements of other faiths that are meaningful to us, in worship and in personal spiritual practice.