Sanctuary
1 John 3:16-24 The Message (MSG)    

This is how we’ve come to understand and experience love: Christ sacrificed his life for us. This is why we ought to live sacrificially for our fellow believers, and not just be out for ourselves. If you see some brother or sister in need and have the means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to God’s love? It disappears. And you made it disappear.

My dear children, let’s not just talk about love; let’s practice real love. This is the only way we’ll know we’re living truly, living in God’s reality. It’s also the way to shut down debilitating self-criticism, even when there is something to it. For God is greater than our worried hearts and knows more about us than we do ourselves.

And friends, once that’s taken care of and we’re no longer accusing or condemning ourselves, we’re bold and free before God! We’re able to stretch our hands out and receive what we asked for because we’re doing what he said, doing what pleases him. Again, this is God’s command: to believe in his personally named Son, Jesus Christ. He told us to love each other, in line with the original command. As we keep his commands, we live deeply and surely in him, and he lives in us. And this is how we experience his deep and abiding presence in us: by the Spirit he gave us.

To hear the sermon from this week click the link below.

If you just walked in the door some Sunday for a church service or maybe you have been attending for years but you still wonder about why the United Methodist Church exists then I have a free gift for you!

I often get asked about a particular thing our church does or even more direct questions about what we believe.  Sometimes the questions are easily answered and sometimes they might take a while so my response might be “let’s set up a time to talk or maybe “I can give you a pamphlet” (no, I will probably never say that one to you…but don’t get me started on pamphlets…).  In reality, being a United Methodist or even exploring what our church is all about doesn’t have to be hard and it isn’t, especially if you have a computer or tablet  or phone (which obviously you do since you are reading this!).

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What it Means to Be United Methodist

Native American Ministries Sunday is one of six church wide Special Sundays with offerings of The United Methodist Church. Native American Ministries Sunday serves to remind United Methodists of the gifts and contributions made by Native Americans to our society. The special offering supports Native American outreach within annual conferences and across the United States and provides seminary scholarships for Native Americans.  Come join us this Sunday.