The Church receives the many-faceted grace (gifts) of God.
The Church follows the way of Jesus.
The Church loves God in response to the love God lavishes on us.
The Church loves each other, our neighbors, and our enemies in the name of the God of love.
The Church celebrates, expressing joy in the gifts of God each other. Put another way, we delight in the Lord and in each other.
The Church laments, crying out against the pain of the broken world.
The Church goes where the Father, Son, and Spirit send us.
The Church represents the kingdom of God as community living under the reign of God.
The Church baptizes people into the story of Jesus.
The Church teaches the way of Jesus, passing on what we’ve learned from him to others.
The Church serves neighbors in the name of God, thus living out our baptismal commitment to the servant-story of Jesus.
The Church proclaims the gospel of Jesus in the world, bearing witness to his love, presence, and Lordship.
The Church gathers in Jesus’s name, to habitually submit ourselves before his word and testify to each other of his love and presence. (This is what our worship gatherings are.)
The Church watches for God’s activity in the world among ourselves and our neighbors.
The Church waits.
What other verbs describe the life of the church?
Steven Hovater 
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