FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
240 Standish Street Elgin, Illinois 60123
Phone: 847-742-6365 Fax: 847-742-2692
"For the word of God is living and active..."    Hebrews 4:12

Our Living Beliefs.....

 

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Believing that: God loves unconditionally and cares about all people in the world.

Jesus models for us how to show unconditional love and acceptance and to show justice and equality.

Believing that, we are:

  • To follow the teachings of Jesus, pass on God’s love for all creation, and for all people of all cultures, we are to search for and be open to the needs of the world outside our doors.
 
  • To make God’s presence known, we are to discover our spiritual gifts and use our assets to care for others, do mission, and to work at eliminating the root causes of injustice from which people in our community suffer.

 

Therefore our congregation is to listen and be open to what God is telling us today.

To do God’s work, we must have the eyes to see, the ears to hear where we can best be about the hunger, poverty, and saving the environment.

 

Our challenges are to move outside our comfort level and to do God’s work in the reality of present circumstances.

We believe we are to do God’s mission.

We are also an aging congregation with many personal care needs.

We live in a culture of change with many demands placed on people’s time and energy, especially the younger generation.

We live in a changing, growing, and increasingly diverse community.

How do we hold these realities in tension and move forward?

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