ONE is NOT a place for those who are finished growing
ONE IS a community for those who are still a work in progress
ONE is NOT a place that gives trite answers
ONE IS a community where hard questions are discussed
ONE is NOT a place for rote religion
ONE IS a community for real relationships
ONE is NOT a place to pull you out of your world
ONE IS a community that will send you out into your world
ONE is NOT a place that avoids the difficult problems
ONE IS a community that tackles culture’s most pressing issues
ONE is NOT a place that only desires to feed you spiritually
ONE IS a community that desires to make you progressively hunger for more
ONE is NOT a place that only waits for heaven
ONE IS a community that believes we can already bring heaven to earth
ONE is NOT a place that leaves you comfortable in self-centeredness
ONE IS a community that challenges you to live selflessly
ONE is NOT a place that burdens you with rules of do’s and don’ts
ONE IS a community that invites you to experience the freedom of living for Christ
ONE is NOT a place that will lean on shame or guilt
ONE IS a community that will lean on forgiveness and grace
ONE is NOT a place that defines you by your past
ONE IS a community that believes in who you can become
ONE is NOT a place that is stuffy, dry, and boring
ONE IS a community that is relaxed, creative, innovative, and fun
ONE is NOT a place that ignores the needs of the world
ONE IS a community that meets the needs of the world
ONE is NOT a place of independent lone-rangers
ONE IS a community of interdependent friends
ONE is NOT a place reserved for the white, wealthy, and well-dressed
ONE IS a community as bright, colorful, and diverse as our world
ONE is NOT a place that has church or God all figured out
ONE IS a community trying its best to honor God and change our world ONE by ONE