Our Vision
To reach
our world for Jesus by growing in faith, offering hope and acting in love.
Our Values
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Loving God through a life-style of worship.
The greatest commandment
according to Jesus is to Love God with all of our heart, soul mind and strength.
We believe that expressing Love towards God in these ways is called worship. Our
aim then is to live a life that practically loves God with everything we are and
everything we do.
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Investing in relationships is essential
We believe that we are
called to be a community not a congregation. We were created to live in
relationship with one another. Therefore it is essential that all of us
intentionally invest in relationships with people in a way that helps us live
out our faith in Jesus and demonstrates His love to those around us.
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Using spiritual gifts to build others up.
God gives each of His
followers certain gifts for the purpose of giving Him glory and building others
up. When God empowers these special abilities we are able to serve each other
and our world in amazing ways.
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Engaging the next generations
Jesus developed a model of
ministry that needs to be passed on to the next-generations in a way that
involves them today. We want to serve them in a way that develops their heart
for God and their abilities in culturally relevant ways. We want to always be
encouraging people to find ways of loving God and others in a life-style that is
effective to reach their generation.
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Developing servant-leaders.
God’s model of leadership
is always as a servant-leader. Jesus took on the nature of a servant in order to
lead people to His Father. We believe that one of our roles is helping people to
become both better servants and leaders, which reflects the heart and mission of
God.
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Sacrificing for God’s mission.
We are called to be
committed to God’s mission of love in our world. It is impossible to fulfil that
mission with out cost. We believe that God deserves our time, talents, money,
resources, and in fact everything we have. This sacrificial style of giving is
in response to His ultimate sacrifice for us and the world we endeavour to
serve. YVV seeks to utilise these resources in ways that glorifies God and
fulfils His mission in the world.
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Caring for those in need.
Jesus modelled a life-style
of meeting the needs of those around Him. Wether it is spiritual, physical,
financial or emotional need, we are called to continue this ministry in our
world.
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Depending on God in prayer.
We know that we are charged
with a task that is wholly dependant on God. We want to seek God for everything.
Not only out of our dependence, but out of our love for Him.
