Our Mission and Vision
Mission
The mission of the Swedenborgian Church of Portland is to sustain a community of individuals on a journey of spiritual growth.
Who We Are
We are a small and mighty group of seekers who are supporting one another's spiritual growth and development. Our little church is currently thriving, due to the safe place we provide for many diverse groups to use.
Our Eco Chaplain, Circe Moss MacDonald, brings heart and vision to the Portland New Church Center for Sacred Arts. She tends our community with ceremony, humor, and reverence for the more-than-human world, helping us root more deeply into the sacred through the arts and shared spiritual practice. Under the auspices of the Swedenborgian Church of North America, the Council of the Portland New Church meets monthly, guiding decisions and ensuring that the needs of our space and community are met.
Our Vision
Our vision of a path going forward for the PNC would point to us (all spiritually oriented people) moving into a new time, transforming what would be church (as people tend to think of that) into people experiencing spiritual connection and development each individually, as well as through the church as community, being like “the still point in a turning world” quote by TS Elliot.
Helping people find their own individual spirituality while helping others do this in community.
Our vision includes all the building users as well. This being all part of the vision to thrive in the realm of each person tuning into that life and spiritual core of creative awareness, wellbeing, truth, love and heart wisdom. Our building users all offer various ways people can connect with their unique spiritual core, expressing, exploring, and growing through this expression and group oriented engagement.
