Our Congregational Vision

Park View Mennonite Church is a community of communities
who worship God and follow Jesus by the power of the Spirit.
Each community and its members participate
in God’s saving, healing, and reconciling mission
in our world, our neighborhoods, and our church.

Our Congregational Goals

1. To provide opportunity for worship of God which engages the whole being—mind, body, emotions, and spirit—is biblically grounded, and flows out of our life together and our life in the world.
   
2. To minister in our community in visible and authentic ways that call people to a life of wholeness and salvation in Jesus Christ.
   
3. To participate with the global church in meeting human needs—spiritual, social, emotional and physical.
4. To promote faith development of children and youth, leading them toward owning faith in Jesus Christ and commitment to the church.
5. To provide learning opportunities for all ages, that move us toward greater Christlikeness and prepare us for worship, mission, and life in Christian community.
6. To foster relationships among all ages that promote mutual care and spiritual nurture, and cultivate a welcoming environment in the congregation.
7. To encourage each other in faithful and generous Christian stewardship of all God’s gifts.
8. To provide for effective pastoral and administrative leadership of the congregational program.
9. To transmit our Anabaptist-Mennonite faith heritage and to consider how this perspective impacts and shapes our response to current ethical and theological issues.
10. To encourage all members to join in group or private intercessory prayer for the life and mission of the congregation.

The goals were originally adopted on May 25, 1997. The vision statement was developed by pastors and Elders, and endorsed by the Congregational Council and Commission chairs at the annual planning retreat on Sept. 27, 2009.

A Leadership Vision for Our Times

In recent years we have witnessed increasing polarization in the church, nation, and around the world, as we face the challenges of cultural changes and political divisiveness at home, and terrorism and religiously-motivated violence abroad. We are finding Christian unity more challenging as these points of stress play themselves out in the church, often around our disagreements over sexual ethics, but in other areas as well.

In light of these tensions in the church, in the fall of 2016 the Pastors, Elders, and Congregational Council issued a joint statement addressing our vision as leaders, articulating how we see our calling and identity as a church in these times.

To read this statement, click here.