Cultivate

Living things grow in an environment that fosters their development. The same is true of the Christian life. God has given us life through the Holy Spirit, and this new life dwells within us. However, we believe that maturing best happens when we intentionally try to nurture and support that growth. Through various classes, groups, and forums, we seek to complement our Sunday worship so that people can fully develop as disciples of Jesus.

This life, therefore, is not righteousness but growth in righteousness; not health but healing; not being but becoming; not rest but exercise; we are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it; the process is not yet finished, but it is going on; this is not the end, but it is the road.

—Martin Luther