A Vision for Imago

At our last congregational meeting, we discussed how the whole of the Christian life is love. Love is not a solitary activity, but only a community effort since we need others to receive our love. And love is not mere sentiment, but action and meeting the practical needs of others. Ultimately, God is love (1 John 4:8). One of the reasons for our name is that we might imitate God, particularly his love.

The vision for our church is we want to be a community where we love one another deeply. Jesus said, “the world will know that you are my disciples when you love one another” (John 13:35). The modern Western world is the most prosperous and technologically sophisticated time in human history. But we are also the loneliest and most isolated. San Mateo recently declared a public health emergency of loneliness. Human beings were built for connection because we are made in the image of God. The church is where we begin to heal and be restored as we embrace and care for one another as brothers and sisters in Christ.

You can listen to a sermon on this vision of the church as a community of love here: