God's Mission for the Soul Cafe Intentional Community

Led by God’s Spirit to explore and participate in the margins, uncover the questions, be present, and be bold, we are becoming a community, re-imagining and re-imaging what it means to be church for the sake of the world.

Core values/guiding principles:

• Go where you are needed
• Be where God is
• Pay attention
• Be available to ALL people
• Be open to change

The vision:
A laboratory, a playground, a test field for community formation and cultivation

• A gathering/community place in Hood River
• People coming together who may have never come together before
• Conversations taking place about spirituality and faith
• People gathering to partner in new and fresh ways
• People being accepted who did not feel accepted before
• People learning about, experiencing, and stewarding the mysteries of God

A laboratory, a playground, a test field for missional exploration

• A community that asks the question: “What is God doing, and how do we become a part of it?”
• A community that encourages others to ask this same question and walks with them as they do
• A community that is open to “aha” moments
• A community that values variety and diversity in input
• A community that experiences new found freedom through Christ and its experiences with God

A laboratory, a playground, a test field for leader cultivation

• A place/a community where it is safe to risk, to play, to experiment
• A community that is a living, learning organism
• A community that identifies, shapes, and equip stewards of the mysteries of God
• Helping leaders in ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) and beyond to grow in understanding of and participate in what it means to be missional leaders in a missional church
• Encouraging, mentoring, walking with missional leaders who find themselves on the margins

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