All In Commitment

Our Father, we give thanks for your steadfast love, your unmerited favor, and the grace you’ve shown in calling us your children. Lord Jesus, we give thanks for the beauty of your life, the cost of your sacrifice, and the victory of your resurrection. Holy Spirit, we give thanks for unveiling our eyes, changing our hearts, and empowering our lives. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we belong to you because you chose us, pursued us, rescued us, and brought us in. And we are glad!

We have responded in repentance and faith, and have been baptized into the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We are Soma, the body, sent into the world in the name of Jesus. In light of who we are by grace, we seek to live faithfully in our day, as those who have gone before us did in theirs:

To be formed by the gospel story, as whole-hearted disciples of Jesus.

To be united with one another, in life-shaping relationship.

To be engaged in bearing witness, for everyday disciple-making mission.

We commit to Gather regularly, engaging with God and his mission on Sundays. We commit to Go eagerly, building up our community and bearing witness in the world. We commit to Give generously, joyfully stewarding what we’ve so graciously received. And we commit to Grow steadily, prioritizing our maturity and developing our capacities. 

Our eyes are on you, gracious and merciful God. We anticipate the good you have for us this year, and we welcome it. We recognize this year will be filled with surprising joys and unexpected losses, and we trust you will be with us in it. We invite you to move among us and through us, doing beyond what we can ask or imagine.

Father, may your adopting love be the aroma of our church family. Jesus, may your self-giving be the pattern to which our lives conform. Holy Spirit, may your empowering presence sustain us as we live into this great mission. We give ourselves to you, unreservedly.

To you be the glory, Triune God, throughout all generations, forever and ever — Amen!