VISION FOR 2024

Our staff and elders take time in the fall to fast and pray, then we gather and discern what the Lord is directing us toward in our focus for the new year. This year we had a powerful time together that culminated in a picture of a tree growing in different directions, but always toward the sun! There was a sense of different valuable expressions of the heart of Joy that were still connected to the body of Joy. There was a sense of being branches that grew in strength to lift others up and out toward their callings and destinies. This idea of fulfilment being found in helping others discover and walk in their destiny, being a “Dream Releaser”, was not a new idea for us, but we sensed it in a fresh new way! A key Scripture in this for us is Psalm 1:1-3, which talks about a fruitful tree.

Vision:  Branching out together for the kingdom

Mission: Tend my garden by preparing and stewarding my people

This image helps paint the picture of unity in diversity and the importance of laying your life down for others to be able to step out into their calling. It’s a picture of supporting and encouraging, while not trying to control, so we can let people step out and learn! Who are you helping grow? Who are you encouraging to step out? How are you laying down your life for the dreams of others in the body around you?

We lift up, at times physically, more often emotionally, and always spiritually.