The church accomplishes its mission by:

• Inviting, welcoming and accepting all into a community striving to be Christ-like,
• Nurturing spiritual growth and discipleship,
• Seeking ways to serve and promote peace and justice in our neighborhoods and around the world,
• Worshiping God together in creative and meaningful ways,
• Promoting core values and practices from our Brethren heritage, and
• Practicing responsible stewardship

Desired Outcomes for our work through the year 2014:

Develop 25 new group connections

Develop a congregational witness and outreach ministry

Engage 12-35 year olds with meaningful expressions of worship

Assess, develop, and implement strategies to strengthen and enrich our Christian Education Program and create more Christian education opportunities

Practice Intentional Stewardship of our Resources: Human, Infrastructure and Financial

 1. Assess the Church's Ability to sustain itself financially with the current infrastructure and with projected congregational demographics.

 2. Explore options for more efficient administrative structure for the church.

 3. Perform an assessment to determine the projected space requirements for the church and its ability to support the church and its mission.

 Signs of Engagement Report

About our Centennial Logo

The logo shown here was created to reflect the theme of the Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren's centennial celebration in 2002. The theme - "Learning to Live the Love of God" - is reflected by using simple lines and shapes to address the question: How are we learning to live the love of God?

Three general ways are illustrated by the human figures within the logo: one on bended knee with head bowed to represent prayer, one with arms lifted upward to show praise, and one with arms extended outward to symbolize service.

The circle that surrounds the figures represents unity. In the center of the circle is a cross. It is not a squared and rigid cross, but a more expressive, curving symbol of the Christ-centered faith that binds the congregation together. The lines that form the inside of the logo are all free-flowing brush strokes to create the effect of life and movement. The detectable shape of a dove at the foot of the cross is just one of those happy accidents of artful design.

ECOB Centennial Logo designed by ECOB member Lynne Hockley.