The Mission Statement of LAO:

To be a resource that provides members of the LCMS with the opportunity to connect with other Lutheran Christians, locally or nationally, with similar interests and demographics to build relationships that will be beneficial to their Christian walk:

Hold Fast, Encourage & Assemble!

23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

24 And let us consider one another to provoke (encourage) unto love and to good works:

25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching

Hebrews 10:23-25 (KJV)