Church Council & Leadership

The Council is comprised of seven members of Faith Lutheran Church and the pastors. This group meets monthy. To contact the Council with questions or concerns, email council@faithlc.org.

Mission & Core Values: A Conversation

The Faith Lutheran Church Council in 2022 entered into a time of discernment around the question, “What is God calling us to in the future?” It’s time for all Faith members to engage in conversation around God’s mission and Faith’s purpose and core values.

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Proposed Mission & Core Values Statement

Dates of Congregational Discussion

Inclusion & Same-Gender Marriage: A Conversation

The Faith Lutheran Church Council has engaged a process to consider the proposed Mission & Core Values document. The document includes God’s Mission, a Purpose Statement for Faith Lutheran Church, and five core values.

An Inclusion Statement of Welcome is included under the core value of Foster Community. The Faith Lutheran Council provided listening sessions in January – April for congregation members to provide feedback, of which the Council has studied and discerned next steps. One aspect of further action includes a couple of follow-up sessions in May that will provide deeper conversation of inclusion – primarily what it means for our pastors to officiate same-gender weddings at Faith Lutheran.

Join Pastor Carlson for this two-week series:

SESSION 1:

Sunday, May 5th at 9:30 am and Tuesday, May 7th at 6:30 pm (Identical sessions)

This session will focus on the ELCA’s policies and resources providing for same-gender marriage.

SESSION 2:

Sunday, May 12th at 9:30 am and Tuesday, May 14th at 6:30 pm. (Identical sessions)

The session will look at varying approaches to the interpretation of scripture at consider texts that deal with human sexuality.