I AM MY CHURCH

My church is composed of people like me. We make it what it is.

It will be friendly, if I am.

Its pews will be filled, if I help them.

It will do great work, if I work.

It will make generous gifts to many causes, if I am a generous giver.

It will bring other people into its worship and fellowship, if I bring them.

It will be a church of loyalty and love, of fearlessness and faith, and a church of noble spirit, if I, who make it what it is, am filled with these traits.

Therefore with the help of God, I shall dedicate myself to the task of being all the things I want my church to be.

FROM THE EPISTLE OF VICTORIA
(Canadian Anglican Church)