Rick and Svea kick-off a five-part series on the Mission, Vision, and Values of Autumn Ridge Church.

Topics discussed in this Episode:

• 0:00 Intro
• 02:47 Why does Autumn Ridge have a mission statement? Knowing why we say "Yes" and "No" to various opportunities.
• 04:02 Most of life's hurts happen when we live in contradiction to our purpose.
• 07:10 Our vision: communicating the kind of church we desire to be.
• 09:15 Why is it important we have a vision statement?
• 12:18 Digging in: Every single word in our MVV has been labored over and is important.
• 12:23 Our Mission - Disciple vs follower of Jesus...
• 16:06 Fully devoted...
• 17:35 Three aspects: authority, identity, activity.
• 20:00 Our Vision - We want to be a church...
• 20:42 Of all cultures...
• 24:15 Where Curious people...
• 25:32 Where Skeptical people...
• 26:43 And where Hurting people...
• 29:30 Love to attend.
• 30:19 Why is it important for our congregation to know and understand our mission and vision?