Vocation 

Table Community Church exists as a new kind of family, 

Accepting and extending Christ’s invitation to communion and sacrificial love, 

Thereby welcoming the kindom of God, a kingdom of peace.

Vision

We see our life together in Christ as an opportunity to practice setting the table for others, 

offering restoration through love and hospitality to those we meet along the way, 

For the renewal of Portland, ME, and all of creation.

Our hope of a loving, compassionate, and just world centers around the table. The table is where people gather for nourishment, communion, story-telling and laughter. Imagine a big, round farm table that is weathered and marked by generations of use. It is the table where bread is kneaded, where children play games, where families and friends share meals. Everyone shares in the joys and burdens of this world. Life in all of its messiness and celebration, is found at the table.

We take the table with us—picnic tables in parks and cities, card tables at community centers, trays around hospital beds, blankets at the beach, dining tables in homes. Our table is dynamic and portable; it is meant to travel with us as we go about our lives and to be shared with those we encounter along the way.

When we gather at the table, we rest our weight on four supports—