mission/vision assignment

I noticed when Pam came to prayer almost three weeks ago she had on a old Friendship sweatshirt with Micah 6:8.

I like this verse because it encompasses all that we talked about on the list and the three areas we have been talking about in the externally focused church. I am suggesting this for our mission and for our vision Isaiah 58:9-10.

Mission: to act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.. (Micah 6:8)

I also like Isaiah 58:9-10: "If you do away with the yoke of oppression with the pointing finger and malicious talk and if you spend your time in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness and your night will become like the noonday."

I believe the Isaiah passage is quite similar to the Micah passage but different words.

So perhaps the Isaiah passage could be our Vision and the Micah our Mission:

Vision: Isaiah 58:9-10

As a body of believers in Christ our love for the Lord runs so deep that we desire to love others unconditionally as he loves us. In service to our community we feel called to reach out by being generous to the hungry and giving ourselves to those in need. We do this giving God all the glory who has reached out his hands to us and called us out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Blessings