The SCIC is committed to:

• Promoting mutual understanding, appreciation, and respect among the region’s diverse religions and cultures;

• Providing opportunities for conversation, partnership, education, hospitality and celebration among its members;

• Respecting each other’s religious observances and, where appropriate, sharing together in common prayer;

• Pursuing common goals that build unity among people of faith in communities we serve;

• Providing moral leadership on mutually agreed-upon issues;

• Providing and advocating for poor, hungry, homeless and other marginalized people;

• Fostering peace, compassion, kindness, openness and trust; and

• Encouraging the communities we serve to embrace these values.