Our Vision, Mission and Values – Christ Church Epsom Common

Our Church logo demonstrates how we seek to be a community that is drawn into God’s love (illustrated by the red rays) KNOWING, so that we are transformed in the light of Christ (yellow cross) GROWING and sent out in the power of the Spirit (blue dove) GOING.

Thus, our values are COMMUNITY, INCLUSION and HOPE.

Our location on beautiful Epsom Common is central to how we understand our place in the world, especially as an Eco Church, and we want to help the people and environment of our parish live well. The big picture is based on our strapline:

“Christ Church as a Living Well and Christ Church living well”

and is a response to scripture, namely Isaiah 58:11-12 and John 4.

As a Living Well Christ Church (the building) is a place of resource, attractive, inspiring and compelling.

Christ Church is a place of challenge and action. Involvement is not simply passive but enabling and requiring people to live well. Thus, Christ Church (the people) are called to live Christ-centred holistic lives based on our Rule for life which has 7 holy habits.

This is because we believe Jesus has come to bring us life and life in all its fullness (John 10:10).

“Christ Church seeks to welcome, affirm, and celebrate every person and show no discrimination. We ensure that disability, socio-economic status, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, learning difficulties, mental health, neurodiversity, age, or sexuality have no bearing on full membership, participation or involvement in the worship and witness, as part of our church community.

We welcome those who are looking for a safe space and those who are exploring the Christian faith.

We take the Bible seriously, proclaiming the Gospel in our contemporary context.

We rejoice in the breadth and depth of the love of God in the sacrifice of Jesus and affirm God with us in the indwelling Holy Spirit.”

Statement adopted by the PCC Jan 2021