WHY LA SIERRA?

ABOUT US

Why La Sierra?

We ask ourselves this question, too. Truthfully, the basics of Christian community are pretty simple:

We gather
We worship
We open the Bible
We care for one another and the community

Is there more?

When we ask ourselves what makes La Sierra most itself, this is how our community answers:

We are a community of Jesus dependent on the Spirit to become the community we hope to be:

We aim to be relevant to the diverse spectrum of our everyday lives

We value transparent, raw and honest wrestling with questions about faith and God.

We seek to be compassionate and inclusive toward the world that God loves.

We find each of our unique stories a part of the God-with-us sacred story we are living. This is La Sierra.

Welcome

La Sierra University Church is a church “between,” bridging generations and communities. We are a diverse Christian congregation situated in the 92505 neighborhood of western Riverside, next to two campuses, La Sierra Academy and La Sierra University. As one of only thirteen campus churches in the Seventh-day Adventist denomination in North America, we recognize our unique responsibility to future generations. 

We strive to be authentic, transparent, inclusive, and compassionate—to be congruent between our talk and our walk. Grace shapes the ways we pattern our shared lives and is expressed in a commitment to wellness. We are as weak as our most vulnerable member and as strong as our healthiest. Thus, our congregational liturgy closes with, “Be Well.” 

We are at our best when we are willing to be relevant, raw, and wrestling with our faith.

We are also seeking reconciliation with those we have left out. Though we have said, “You are welcome here,” we realize that many in the LGBT+ community, in particular, do not feel included. We confess that we have fallen short. Aspiring to follow Christ’s command to love one another, we resolve to work for change in our church community to be fully welcoming and affirming for all LGBT+ people. As we work to make concrete changes and open new conversations, please hear us when we say, “ALL are welcome here.”

Voted in Church Business Session on January 26, 2019

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La Sierra University Church
4937 Sierra Vista Ave
Riverside, CA 92505
951-354-7095

Office Hours
Tuesday-Friday: 10:00am - 2:00pm

La Sierra University Church

4937 Sierra Vista Avenue, Riverside, CA 92505