Vision & Values

OUR STORY

Living Water began as a church plant from St John’s Church, York Street, Albany, in 1998, and part of the Anglican Diocese of Bunbury.

From the start Living Water was intentional in being a church that would bear witness to the love of God in Jesus Christ: where everyone would feel welcome, children would be included, worship would be contemporary and meaningful, and where Jesus and his mission would be the centre and focus of everything.

Living Water has grown into a vibrant, intergenerational evangelical church with three weekly services engaging people at different stages of life and faith. The Community Store and Community Garden onsite provide opportunities for outreach and compassionate community engagement.

As we look to the future, we are trusting God that the story we are living into will continue to bear witness to his love in Jesus.  As we grow, our desire is to be a wellspring of ‘living water’ in this place, both as individuals and as a community, for the benefit of our families, friends, our city and beyond.

 

OUR DNA

We are a community that has come into existence through the love of God in Jesus Christ and we see God’s love expressed among us in these five key characteristics:

1. JESUS

    We believe he’s the center of all of life: the Son of God, the Lord and Saviour of the world. All things were created through him and for him, and through him we know God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe the Bible and its testimony about him, and we deeply sense his joyful call on us to make him known in Albany and the world.

2. PRAYER

   We believe one of the most wonderful experiences of our life in Jesus is that God hears and answers us when we pray. As such, prayer is a ‘generative’ conversation with God in that as we pray, our faith is strengthened, our hearts encouraged and our lives shaped by his loving goodness. Whether we are praying privately or in prayer groups, in healing ministry groups, contemplatively or corporately on Sundays, prayer remains our foundational life-giving experience in Jesus.

3. COMMUNITY

   We believe following Jesus is something that we do together; sharing life with one another. For this reason, Life Groups are the heart of our church because in these small groups we grow in discipleship; we learn to live in the love of Jesus. We learn to give and receive care in times of need, we learn to pray, to serve, and we learn generosity as we grow in humility, forgiveness and grace. God’s love is experienced in the love of his people in community.

4.MINISTRY OF ALL

    We believe Jesus has gifted each one of us by his Spirit for building one another up in faith. We need each other! And although we all have different gifts and different roles and responsibility, we are all equally valuable for our health and growth as a body. Serving one another and together serving our city, is our great joy and privilege.

5. HOPE & JOY

   God’s Spirit is at work in us and he brings us hope! This hope lives in us because Jesus laid down his life for us and was raised to new life for our reconciliation with God. Being loved by God makes our joy complete and binds us together across all ages: from our precious children to our enthusiastic seniors. In everyday life and when we gather on Sundays we love to celebrate and rejoice in what Jesus has done for us.