Our Values

Our Values​

At Maplecrest, our vision is simple:
Invited to Belong. Empowered to Heal. Called to Engage.

These values shape how we live, grow, and serve together as a spiritual family.

Invited to Belong​​

“You are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.”
 – Ephesians 2:19​

Prayer, Welcome, Church Winnipeg Manitoba

Headline Values for Belonging

Jesus
Everything we do begins and ends with Him. Our goal is to empower the unconditional nature of the love of Jesus Christ by helping people take steps towards Jesus.

Radical Welcome
We create space for people of all backgrounds, questions, and struggles to experience God’s love and find a home.

Invitation into Discipleship
Jesus invites us not just to believe but to follow Him in every part of life.

Supporting Practices

  • Slowing Down for Loving Union: In a hurried world, we pause to listen and be present to God and others.

  • Hospitality of the Heart: We practice open-handed, relational welcome in every interaction.

  • Faith Over Fear: We trust God’s love to break down walls and invite others in, even when it feels uncomfortable.

Empowered to Heal

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
– Psalm 147:3

Headline Values for Healing​

Safe Places for Wholeness
We create a culture where people can bring their whole selves and experience God’s healing.

Authentic Relationships
We practice grace, vulnerability, and encouragement as we grow together.

Empowered by the Spirit
Healing and transformation come through the Spirit’s presence and power.

Supporting Practices

  • Come, Holy Spirit: We rely on God’s presence, not our own effort, for healing.

  • Embrace Limits: We trust God with our humanity and lean into Sabbath rhythms.

  • 5-to-1 Culture: We strive to be encouragers and encourage each other much more than we critique (aiming for 5 times more), but when there are times that critiques are necessary, we strive to do those in a redemptive way, critiquing the situation or behaviour, not condemning the person and leading everyone to Christ.

  • Circles: We ask our small group leaders to facilitate with circle questions so every voice can be heard.

  • Face Your Shadow: We embrace emotional honesty and bring our struggles into God’s light.

  • Everyone Gets to Play: Every believer is gifted to bring hope and restoration.

Called to Engage

“As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”
– John 20:21

Headline Values for Engagement​

Mission for Everyone
Every believer is sent by God to bring His love wherever they are.

Servant Leadership in an Upside-Down Kingdom
In Jesus’ Kingdom, the least are greatest, and leaders serve.

Supporting Practices​

  • Faith and Risk: We step out in obedience, even when it feels uncertain.

  • Naturally Supernatural: We expect God to work in everyday life through prayer and the Spirit.

  • Lead From Your Inner Life: We serve out of overflow, not striving.

  • Kingdom Multiplication: We equip and send people to make disciples who make disciples.

  • Compassion in Action: We demonstrate God’s love through justice, mercy, and advocacy.

  • Risk Over Comfort: We step beyond what feels safe to join Jesus’ mission.

Together, these values shape the kind of church we are becoming:

A family on mission, living out God’s love in word and action.

We’re part of Vineyard Canada, a family of churches across the country and around the world.

Learn more about Vineyard’s distinctives here.