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Live Our Faith
Our role has gone beyond bringing together volunteers or making an investment. We have worked to solve root causes of issues, and we are positioned to continue playing this role – convening partners to make a lasting impact. When we partner with others – faith based organizations, businesses and other service providers – our impact is greater. Partners help us improve our outcomes and creativity and enable us to focus on our real goals. We must be proactive with governmental authorities when policies create barriers or needs are not being addressed. Redeemer is best when we nurture and support the incubation of community solutions. Our leadership brings people together around a common purpose with realistic goals.
Without exception, the interviews the committee conducted with leaders in education, government, law enforcement, community-based organizations and faith sectors reinforced the significance of Redeemer’s role in bringing the community together. The people interviewed knew Redeemer, our history of leadership in Atlanta and the wide variety of services we currently offer. Their perspective was that our most impactful role was in convening the broader community to collaborate and combine resources to make all of us more effective.
We should be purposeful in recognizing and celebrating those who serve and those we serve, recognizing the humanity that exists in each of us and the bonds that unite us.
Through service in our community Redeemer members live our faith. Our location in Midtown is positioned to reach those around us.
Living our faith every day is what we do as Christians. We do this at Redeemer, at work, with family and friends and in our daily activities. Reflecting the love of Christ through our discipleship requires us to be continually conscious of our thoughts, words and actions. We strive to learn what “living our faith” means so we can live as Jesus taught and modeled. There must be opportunities for members to strengthen their discipleship through study, service and fellowship. Individually, we accept responsibility for our own participation in community, growing our faith and serving others.
Through service in our community Redeemer members are testaments of our faith. Our location in Midtown allows us to reach those around us. The Live Nativity, the Prayer Wall and other outdoor events have brought many of our neighbors to our door. We need to take advantage of this opportunity to show everyone on Peachtree that we are serving God in many, many ways.
