Peace United Methodist Church
Home Calendar Who are we? Mission Staff Ministry Teams Pioneer Newsletter $crip Dollars Music Education Contact Us	Peace United Methodist Church Mission Statement Our mission is to witness to Jesus Christ in the world and to follow Jesus’ teachings through acts of compassion, justice, worship and devotion under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. More specifically our congregation… · is respectful and loving of all. · is a reconciling congregation and welcome members of all sexual orientations. · is committed to music in worship. · have excellent children, youth and adult education programs. · uses inclusive language in our teachings and music. · partners with other groups for community improvement. · serves the least, the lost and the left out. · provides opportunities for fellowship. Adopted by Church Council 7/27/05 Statement of Reconciliation Peace United Methodist Church is a place of peace for all that choose to enter the doors. We seek to be an inclusive Christian community believing that we are all children of God, and that God loves us all equally regardless of age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, physical, mental and emotional abilities. As a Reconciling Congregation we specifically welcome lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends, and embrace them as full members of the family of God. We respect the diversity of opinions and the Scripture, tradition, experience and reason that lead us to various conclusions, believing that prejudice, hatred, and discrimination directed toward any individual or group are contrary to the life and spirit of Jesus Christ. Therefore, we shall work to eliminate prejudice and discriminatory practices within our church, our community , and ourselves. With God's help we shall strive to build bridges and promote a ministry of reconciliation believing that God's grace is a gift to all. Peace Church is a progressive church, we are Christians who... 1 Have found an approach to God through the life and teachings of Jesus, 2 Recognize the faithfulness of other people who have other names for the way to God's realm, and acknowledge that their ways are true for them, as our ways are true for us, 3 Understand the sharing of bread and wine in Jesus's name to be a representation of an ancient vision of God's feast for all peoples, 4 Invite all people to participate in our community and worship life without insisting that they become like us in order to be acceptable (including but not limited to): believers and agnostics, conventional Christians and questioning skeptics, women and men, those of all sexual orientations and gender identities, those of all races and cultures, those of all classes and abilities, those who hope for a better world and those who have lost hope; 5 Know that the way we behave toward one another and toward other people is the fullest expression of what we believe, 6 Find more grace in the search for understanding than we do in dogmatic certainty - more value in questioning than in absolutes; 7 Form ourselves into communities dedicated to equipping one another for the work we feel called to do: striving for peace and justice among all people, protecting and restoring the integrity of all God's creation, and bringing hope to those Jesus called the least of his sisters and brothers; and 8 Recognize that being followers of Jesus is costly, and entails selfless love, conscientious resistance to evil, and renunciation of privilege. Learn more about Progressive Christianity by clicking here

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