Saint Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church

St. Gregory’s is an intentional community, whose members have developed statements about St. Gregory’s mission and purpose at annual chapter meetings.

Mission Statement
Members’ Chapter, Spring 1995

St. Gregory’s Church invites people to see God’s image in all humankind, to sing and dance to Jesus’ lead and to become God’s friends.

Purpose Statement

Members’ Chapter, Montara, September, 1984; revised June, 1995

Our purpose is to invite people of the San Francisco Bay Area to discover that they are God’s friends, and in practicing God’s friendship to find their unity with all people.

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Celebrating Jesus’ resurrection in worship drawn from Christian tradition and the whole human experience of God’s friendship, and involving song, dance, music, quiet, prayer, communion, welcome, thankfulness, and compassion.

Listening openly for God’s word in the Bible, with the help of accurate critical scholarship, as well as in Christian teaching and experience, in each other, and in God’s friends of other faiths.

Creating for children and adults a life-transforming and unforgettable sense of belonging, and an awareness of God’s friendship active in their lives.

Empowering them to express their true selves in service, following Jesus’ example by: participating fully in our community, with regular presence at Sunday worship and other gatherings; taking responsibility for their own contribution to community life, with gifts of money and time to St. Gregory’s, to the Episcopal Church, and to God’s work in the world.