By God’s Grace WE reflect Christ’s love to the world...

Welcoming all with Open Arms

Equipping all with a Living Faith

OSLC Vision Statement

We are a people continually transformed by God’s Grace and committed to SHINE ever more boldly... 

Sharing the good news
Honoring the living God
Igniting hope and compassion
Nurturing community
Equipping with faith for daily living

OSLC Core Values

Compassion

• We are a loving welcoming non-judgmental church body reaching out to all people.
• We demonstrate compassion through prayers for the sick and works of charity for the less fortunate.
• We lift up our brothers and sisters through prayer, in joy and in hard-times.
• We encourage one another on our lives’ journeys.
• We reach out to others in our community and the wider world with love and with thanksgiving for our abundance.

Acceptance

• We demonstrate acceptance through friendly atmosphere, kind words, and high fives.
• We welcome all our neighbours to join us in worshipping the Lord and hearing His teachings.
• We understand that we are all in different stages of our faith journey and we support each along the way through prayer and fellowship.

Faith

• We are all on a journey of faith. Along the way we will explore our relationship with God and our neighbours.
• This is no blind faith! We celebrate the freedom to ask and pursue each other’s questions.

Growth

• We seek to grow in our faith
• We seek to grow in our understanding
• We seek to grow in compassionate service
• We seek to grow in our ability and our willingness to witness
• We seek to grow in our presence in West Edmonton, in the Synod (ABT) and in the world.

Relevance

• We interpret our faith and traditions in ways that will break down barriers that prevent people from hearing God’s word.

Land Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge that the traditional land on which we reside and the place where we worship is in Treaty Six Territory.

We would like to thank the diverse Indigenous Peoples whose ancestors’ footsteps have marked this territory for centuries, such as nêhiyaw (Nay-hee-yow) / Cree, Dené (Deh-neyh), Anishinaabe (Ah-nish-in-ah-bay) / Saulteaux (So-toe), Nakota Isga (Na-koh-tah ee-ska) / Nakota Sioux (Na-koh-tah sue), and Niitsitapi (Nit-si-tahp-ee) / Blackfoot peoples. We also acknowledge this as the Métis’ (May-tee) homeland and the home of one of the largest communities of Inuit south of the 60th parallel.