Core Values

• we don't avoid risk, we applaud it
• we don't fear failure, we learn from it
• we don't reject journey, we seek/ and live it

• no pretending needed. only in a church where people are real are others free to be real too
• no pretending allowed. no one was ever set free because others pretended they were perfect
• no pretending unforgiven. authentic communities forgive those who realize they have been pretending

• we are committed to connecting with each other in sincere & deep relationship
• we are committed to being good friends with our neighbors and our communities
• we are committed to the practice of loyal friendship with other local Christian churches

• to our church: we are financially generous to marin covenant church and the covenant denomination
• in our church: we are emotionally generous as we encounter others in our body
• as a church: we are generous with our efforts to bless the churches & communities around us

• theological humility: where reasonable Christians can disagree, we hold our theological positions with respect for others.
• relational humility: remembering what it feels like to be wounded, we are kind to others, seeing them as more important than ourselves.
• personal humility: we remember that our value is found in Christ, not in the things we accomplish for his sake.

• we believe in the need for personal transformation
• we believe in the need for community transformation
• we believe in the need for societal transformation

• we are bible focused because we are convinced that it is absolute truth
• we are bible led because we are convinced that it leads us to the one who is the truth
• we are bible taught because we are convinced that it presents to us the one who teaches truth

• we are committed to depth of experience and an unrelenting thirst for the presence of God
• we value the vulnerability we reveal when we offer ourselves to him together
• we seek the joy that results from experiencing worship in and as community