Growing Closer
Going Deeper
Reaching Wider
What we value at First Reformed Church
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Why Trees?
The psalmist had a vision, it was actually a prayer,
that those who drink deep from the well of living
water would become like trees. The prayer went like this:
"Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked
Or take the path that sinners tread
Or sit in the seat of scoffers,
But their delight is in the law of the Lord
And on his law they meditate day and night
They are like trees
Planted by streams of water
Who yields its fruit in its
Whose leaves do not wither,
In all that they do they prosper"
We want to borrow the psalmist’s prayer and make it our own. We want to be like trees, growing close to each other in the forest of God’s people in the soil of his grace, whose roots run deep drinking from the water of life, and whose branches reach wide bearing fruit for the glory of Jesus.
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If you were to experience the life and people of FRC it would not be long before you experienced one of our leading values, authentic relationships. We want to be a place and people where authentic relationships between people are nurtured and new relationships are established. We call it growing closer. Jesus says, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” |
Going deeper is the phrase we use to describe our deep love for Jesus and our desire and intention to become more and more the people he intends for us to become. Jesus says, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your might and with all your strength.”
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We understand ourselves to be a missional church,a people who are called to further the purposes of God in our community and around world. Jesus says, “You are my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Our missional identity shows up in a thousand different ways but the single phrase we use to describe is “going deeper.”
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