Faith Lutheran Church is a community of people who believe that God acts out of love and grace. We believe God daily showers us, broken as we are, with love and forgiveness. We believe that ultimately it is love that changes people. We believe God welcomes all and, therefore, we welcome all into the community we share. We believe the church is a community of faith in which everyone has a role to play. We believe God invites us into a deeper relationship with God and one another, feeds us, and sends us forth sharing God’s grace and love as we live our daily lives in this world. We invite you to join us, receive the blessing of the richness of God’s grace and love, and be strengthened for a life of joy and service in this world. As a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), we are grounded in our Lutheran heritage.
LGBTQIA+ Welcome
Faith Lutheran became a Reconciling in Christ (RIC) congregation in 2017. The RIC program is run by ReconcilingWorks to recognize congregations and other bodies that publicly adopt a Welcome Statement that specially includes a welcome for all sexual orientations and gender identities:
We, at Faith Lutheran Church, welcome you as God’s beloved child, “for in Christ Jesus… [we] are all children of God through faith.” (Galatians 3:26). No matter your age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, marital status, neurodivergent status, faith background, political leanings, or mental, intellectual or physical ability – you are welcomed here just as you are. In this church, we commit to pursue gender and racial equity in all that we do, and to support one another as chosen family, being parents and siblings for each other regardless of who we have as biological family (Mark 3:31-35). For we are all one in Christ Jesus and rely on the unconditional nature of God’s love and grace to be our help and guide as we strive to serve our world.
For Faith, being RIC goes beyond just the words in our welcome statement, it is a commitment to keep learning, growing, and changing to ensure that all people are fully welcomed, included, and recognized at Faith. We know that God’s love, grace, and forgiveness is already freely given to all, so we strive to make sure that we convey that to all in our community through our words and actions.
For a more detailed look at what it means for Faith to be an RIC congregation, check out the Reconciling Works website. If you have any questions about Faith or the RIC designation, please contact the church.