How Our Church Works
We are a council-led faith community, with the congregation electing our servant leaders. We hold regular congregational meetings and make major decisions by voting. Our ministries are carried out by committees and teams. We hold to the democratic process in meeting the challenges of following Jesus together as a faith community.
As part of the United Church of Christ, we are a covenantal rather than a creedal church. That means that our faith is not measured against, or defined by, a doctrine or creed. Instead, our church is made through our covenant with each other.
As a family of God, we are calling together all people to worship God and to make a joyful and hopeful commitment to the continuing life as Northshore United Church of Christ.
We develop, sustain, and reinforce the sense of loving community within our church family.
We are sensitive and receptive to the needs and wants of each other, remembering that lines of communication must remain open, with each person having the right to express their opinions in the life of the church.
We celebrate our lives together through meaningful traditions, sacraments, and special occasions.
We support and pray for each other in times of joy, difficulty, and sorrows.
We work together using our energies and resources to create a better world in which we all live.
We limit our own consumption of natural resources, and respect and honor God’s creation.
We affirm that all persons have a right to testify their love for God and for one another before God, and pledge that our church home will be a haven where that testimony is recognized and cherished. We have been an Open and Affirming church since 2000.
We are a member of the Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Church of Christ.
We are part of the larger United Church of Christ