Adopted by the LSF Board of Directors January 23, 2009.

Mission

A mission statement describes the purpose of the organization. We have adopted the following mission statement:Lutheran Services Florida serves to bring God’s healing, hope, and help to people in need in the name of Jesus Christ.

Vision

• LSF sees itself and its employees as called and committed servants of Christ doing God’s will by serving the needy, the frail, and the powerless with integrity, faith, love and kindness in order to change lives, restore dignity, work for justice and bring healing, hope, and help.

• LSF is a leader in the State of Florida in providing human services.

VALUES

• We derive our basic values from a Biblical understanding of God’s loving creative and redemptive activity in Christ Jesus.

• We seek partnerships with congregations to serve people in need.

• We recognize that no one agency or group can be fully effective when working alone; and we therefore seek relationships with other faith-based organizations and/or community-based organizations with similar missions.

• We do not discriminate in the provision of services.

• We do not discriminate in hiring; we seek staff members who are culturally competent and committed to serving others.

• We intentionally seek former clients capable of joining our staff, and we encourage promotion from within.

• We believe that our success should be evaluated by our abilities to serve those in need and change their lives for the better.