To serve God's plans God makes covenants. God covenanted with Noah saying there would never be another great flood. A covenant was made with the Jews to make them God's chosen people. And through Christ, God expanded that covenant to include us as adopted children.

As a community we have been using the New Church Development (NCD) model. One key sign of healthy church growth is "Loving Relationships". This is a good goal because Christ commands us to "love one another, as he has loved us."

We will:
• Get to know each other & God better by attending worship regularly and actively participating in the life of the congregation.
• Pray daily for God's guidance and blessing of the congregation.
• Commit a percentage of our time, talents and money to the church.
• Show interest in each other's well-being through genuine enquiry & acts of loving kindness.
• Affirm and thank each other for our particular successes, gifts and ministries.
• Avoid hurtful or demeaning words or actions. Apologise quickly if our words or behaviour intentionally or unintentionally hurt another.
• Speak directly to the one who has hurt or offended us (except where unsafe to do so**).
• Encourage others to communicate directly with those who have offended them. (except where unsafe to do so**).
• Focus on solutions to problems rather than questioning each other's character, faith, or motives.
• Work on solving problems, rather than avoiding them or rushing to incomplete solutions.
• Speak for only ourselves & avoid speaking on behalf of anonymous other(s)

At meetings we will:

• Seek to create a positive and unifying atmosphere.
• Avoid interrupting; speaking off-topic; speaking out of turn; speaking at length; or speaking more than our share.
• Speak loudly and clearly enough for all to hear and understand.
• Take time when necessary for moments of silence to think, pray, & reflect.
• Encourage everyone to participate in meetings.
• Support the outcome of a meeting, even if our point of view did not `win' - (If however, this is a matter of conscience, be open and honest about how we will constructively proceed in sharing our disagreement.)
• Attend faithfully; be on time; give advanced notice of absence .
• Exhibit honesty by expressing the same opinions at meetings as we do outside of meetings.

*** Council is working on an abuse policy