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Our mission is to glorify God by becoming a
fellowship that practices the Great Commandment to love
God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength as well
as love others as we love ourselves and in that love
relationship practice as the habit of our life, the
Great Commission, enabling others to become followers of
Jesus Christ.
Our Purpose — Your Purpose
We don’t want to be presumptuous and just assume that we
know what your purpose in life is. But because we all
pretty much want the same things in life, we believe
that to a great extent our purpose and your purpose is
much the same. And what is that? Thanks for asking.
It is safe to say that most of us want at least three
things in life. We desire to have an intimate and
meaningful relationship with God, our Creator, as well
as with other significant people. Furthermore, we want
to experience an inner sense of well-being about
ourselves. Some call it self-esteem. Thirdly, we want to
be able to make a helpful and significant contribution
to our world. That is, we want our life to count for
something important.
Did we get it right? Do any or all of the three “wants”
strike a nerve with you? Thought so. You see, our wants
and needs become our purpose. Now we may not consciously
look at it that way but day in and day out we do what we
do seeking to address our needs and thus we define our
purpose.
So, the issue is not, what is our purpose in life? but
rather how we go about fulfilling that purpose? That’s
the catch! That’s our struggle. That is why we are often
found looking for love in all the wrong places!
Because of His goodness and grace, we at Parmer Lane
Church have found the answer. We have found that we can
know and love God, build meaningful relationships with
others, get our own inner person cleaned up and find a
real reason to get up every morning through a personal
relationship of faith with Jesus Christ.
We invite you to explore Our Purpose — Your Purpose with
us. It is an exciting journey! |