The Mission Statement of Hollywood Lutheran Church
Hollywood Lutheran Church is a community of God’s people bringing the Good News of God’s inclusive love in the name of Jesus Christ to all people.
Empowered by the Holy Spirit, our mission is to offer God’s Word of love, grace, mercy and justice to our homes, congregation, city, and all creation.
Our prayerful vision is to serve God by embracing our community with the Good News.
—Adopted by the Congregation on the Day of Pentecost, May 31, 1998
WHAT CHURCH SHOULD I JOIN?
For a number of years, I worked in office buildings with a varied mixture of other people, including those who were religious and those who were not. Sometimes, people would ask me about questions of faith when they learned that I was an ordained minister. And sometimes, individuals would ask me, "What church should I join?"
Considering all the things I might have said, I usually kept it simple: "Find a loving community where you will be received warmly, welcomed as you are, and in which you can make some significant relationships with others. When all is said and done, doctrines and forms, rules and ceremonies do not matter as much as whether a church is a place of love and care."
I am happy to say that Hollywood Lutheran Church is such a church, and its capacity for love grows every day! ---Pastor Dan Hooper