Mission & Beliefs

To live Christ’s Great Commandment – to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to serve and love our neighbor as ourselves.

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Our Vision

To live Christ’s Great Commandment – to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to serve and love our neighbor as ourselves.

Our Mission

Trusting in God’s grace revealed in Jesus Christ, we, the San Marino Community Church seek to:
Discover a living faith
Rev. Dr. Tom Tewell wearing a black suit and purple stole with crosses on each end. He preaches in front of a contemporaty worship band.
Experience the joys and demands of the Gospel
The SMCC bell tower and front sign seen from the south on the Virginia Rd. sidewalk.
Rejoice with gratitude in worship
Respond with generosity in service to others
We do all of this empowered by the Holy Spirit, reflecting the Kingdom of Heaven to the community and the world.

Guiding Principles

Grow ever more connected with Christ’s love.

  • Provide inspiring worship experiences
  • Offer a variety of Bible study opportunities
  • Encourage deeper, daily faith exploration

Together with the Holy Spirit, foster stronger connections within our church community.

  • Provide for member care within our congregation
  • Offer more all-church fellowship opportunities
  • Encourage increased member involvement in the larger church
Groups of women in dresses greet one another in the courtyard at SMCC at mid-day.

Share God’s love with the world.

  • Provide prudent stewardship of our resources to benefit our mission partners
  • Offer more opportunities for local hands-on mission experiences
  • Encourage transformational long-distance mission journeys
Three adult women and four children pose at a gingham covered table in the late afternoon in the parking lot of SMCC.