Our Mission and Values

SHCC exists to create environments that help people love God, follow Christ, and serve others.  We seek to do this through a set of values that make our church unique.  Those include:

 

BIBLICAL AUTHORITY:  God has spoken to us through the Bible and we recognize it as the final authority for our lives

AUDACIOUS FAITH:  We are faith-energized, big-thinking risk takers.  We won’t insult God with small thinking and safe living

SACRIFICIAL SERVICE:  We give up things we love for things we love even more.  We are contributors, not consumers.  The church does not exist to simply serve us – we are the church and we exist to serve others.

DISARMING GRACE:  We will be an arms-wide-open church that emulates the depth of love and grace Christ has for all people

INTENTIONAL OUTREACH:  We will prioritize people who don’t know Christ.  To reach people no one is reaching, we must do things no one is doing.

AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY:  Believing is not enough.  Belonging is where love becomes real.  Personal growth and genuine care happens best in the context of friendships.

SPIRITUAL LEGACY:  We are difference-makers investing in the next generation.  We are responsible to pass along the faith and opportunities that have been entrusted to us.