Core Values

• Connecting with God Western is committed to personal spiritual growth. We value a lively, joyful and deep faith. We have a strong emphasis on the role of worship in connecting and re-connecting with God.
• Connecting with Ourselves Some people are alienated from God because they are alienated from themselves. They have low self-esteem or other personal issues. Western supports our members as we all move toward personal wholeness.
• Connecting with Neighbors Western is nationally known for a social justice and mission orientation. Through large and small mission projects, we value connecting our members with those in need of help in the community, city, nation and world.
• Connecting with the Environment Western values a corporate lifestyle that is friendly to and protective of the environment. We encourage our members to do the same.
• Connecting with Students Western values our more than 150 year old relationship with college students in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. The college years are times when we make important decisions about the future. We interject the Good News into that decision-making.
• Connecting through Questions Many of our members have come to Western with no or an alienating experience of organized religion. As we grow together into a new and renewed faith, we value questions as the path to answers. No question is dismissed as heretical or foolish.