First Mennonite Church is a congregation dedicated to the following purposes:
To receive all of life as a gift.
To follow Jesus Christ.
To seek truth.
To support and confront each other in mutual respect.
To promote wholeness of life and joyful, abundant living for everyone.
To cherish and nurture each other as a regenerative community.
To walk in compassion with all who suffer.
To wage peace and freedom through truth, love and action.
To reject all violence.
To teach the Bible.
To enrich our understanding of the Mennonite faith.
To celebrate life in song, thanksgiving and praise to God.
To welcome all to the community of faith.
Vision: Healing & Hope
God calls us to be followers of Jesus Christ and, by the power of the
Holy Spirit, to grow as communities of grace, joy and peace, so that
God's healing and hope flow through us to the world.
-Vision statement of Mennonite Church USA
Pursuing God's dreams by the power of the Holy Spirit, in the way of
Jesus Christ. -Vision of Mountain States
Mennonite Conference
