Our core values

What we do may change with the times, but our core values remain constant. They underpin everything we do. They act as the soil from which the trees of the orchard grow.  If the soil is good, the trees of the orchard will be able to grow deep roots and wide branches.

A Worshipping Community

We will place Jesus at the centre of our community; offering heart-felt worship, a call to authentic discipleship, and teaching that is faithful to God’s Word.

An Inclusive Community

We will offer welcome and love to everyone in our community; accepting and valuing every individual and enabling each person to experience God’s grace regardless of gender, language, race, class, age, sexual orientation and culture. 

 A sacrificial community

Our community will reflect the generous life-giving nature of God through sacrificial giving and service.

A Prophetic Community

We will challenge worldly concepts of power, wealth, status and security both within our community and within the wider world.

A Missionary Community

We will engage with our locality and the wider world; sharing and expressing in word and action Jesus’s forgiving and healing love and inviting people to experience the love of God for themselves.

A Praying Community

We will place a high priority on intercessory prayer and seek to be a community led by the Holy Spirit.