PICS Ministry: Visualizing Christ's Message

PICS Connection is a Purpose Driven Ministry of Saddleback Church. 

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What We're About: Our Purposes

PICS ministry seeks to use photography to document and visualize the life of Saddleback Church as we live out each of the 5 biblical purposes:

• Honor – magnifying the beauty of God and His creation through individual expression, collective worship and personal integrity.
• Connect - joining the church by making friends, attending small groups, sharing life's struggles, and being baptized.
• Grow - learning to grow in Christ through reading, praying and classes.
• Serve – contributing to needs of the church and its members.
• Share – evangelizing the good news of the Bible to our friends, our community, and our world.

The word “See” is used over 900 times in the bible. “Remember” is used 167 times. Photography will help the world “see” better and to “remember” better.  We want to visualize Christ's message to the world.

What We Do: Our Priorities

As a ministry of Saddleback Church, our priorities follow our purposes:

• Honor - Taking time every meeting and every image to recognize God’s creations in a new light, a new perspective
• Connect - Togetherness with other PICS members: at meetings, in classes, online, on assignment, and on trips.
• Grow - Teaching programs and classes to develop our skills and knowledge.
• Serve - Taking photographs of church services, baptisms, ministry events, and activities throughout the week.
• Share - Training members to shoot happenings in our community, to share knowledge with other churches, and to serve on mission trips to other countries.

What We See: Our Vision

PICS Ministry is a group of like-minded believers and seekers.  We are a support network, a learning network and a social network.  We want to help people discover God's purpose for their lives.  PICS members love photography, love the Lord and want to bring Him glory.  We will cultivate our God-given talents and skills to their fullest potential.  We will know that God is working in our ministry when our members are:

• Receiving God’s blessings through serving
• Sharing their friendship and knowledge in PICS Small Groups and Classes
• Providing the Graphics Department with an online library of quality images
• Participating in community outreach events
• Supporting “The P.E.A.C.E. Plan” effort locally, nationally, and abroad

Everything we're about happens only with the help of people like you.  Find out how to become a member.