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What We Believe

Pastor's Corner

The United Methodist Church affirms that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Savior of the world, and the Lord of all. We believe God reaches out with mercy and forgiveness to those who repent of their sinfulness. Hearts can be changed under the prompting of grace and the guidance of the Holy Sprit.

We believe that the core of the Christian faith was revealed in Scripture, illumined by tradition, made vivid in personal experience, and con-firmed by reason.

The mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ by proclaiming the good news of God’s grace. We continue the mission of seeking, welcoming and gathering persons into the community of the body of Christ.

The United Methodist Church has a long history of concern for social justice. We send persons into the world to live lovingly and justly as servants of Christ by healing the sick, feeding the hungry, caring for the stranger, freeing the oppressed, and working to develop social structures that are consistent with the gospel.

 

 

 

Easter is more than just a day. In the Church year Easter is a season which lasts for 50 days. In the midst of this season we have been looking at St. John’s first letter in the Sunday sermons. In his letters as well as his gospel we find the overarching theme of love – God’s love for us and our love for God and others. In the fourth chapter of 1 John we read the words, “God is love.” It’s Who He is! His very nature! And everything He does is done out of that nature of love. The event of Easter – God raising Jesus from the dead after he died for us – is the ultimate proof of God’s nature of love. He wants to be in a relationship with us! If we can manage to grasp that truth we may find that not only is Easter more than a day, but it can be more than even a season. Easter, and the love that it reveals, can be for us a way of life.