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 As United Methodists, we have an obligation to bear a faithful Christian witness to Jesus Christ, the living reality at the center of the Church’s life and witness. To fulfill this obligation, we reflect critically on our biblical and theological inheritance, striving to express faithfully the witness we make in our own time. (From the United Methodist Church Official Web Site). Read more...
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Gathering, Growing, Giving, Going...In Grace
Where there is no vision, the people perish. - Proverbs 29:18 (KJV)
Saint Francis United Methodist Church exists to be a fellowship of believers who seek to show to others the spiritual freedom and wholeness found in Jesus Christ. It is in gratitude to God for the love given to us that we seek to lead lives which exhibit to others our love for them and our concern for their own spiritual, mental, emotional, material, and physical well-being.
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"The Social Principles are a prayerful and thoughtful effort on the part of the General Conference to speak to the human issues in the contemporary world from a sound biblical and theological foundation as historically demonstrated in United Methodist traditions. They are intended to be instructive and persuasive in the best of the prophetic spirit. The Social Principles are a call to all members of The United Methodist Church to a prayerful, studied dialogue of faith and practice."
(From What We Believe, Part IV: Social Principles, The United Methodist Church Official Web Site). Read more...
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The Future Story is intended to paint a picture of a point in the future in which Saint Francis has lived into its “full kingdom potential.” The story describes the attributes and characteristics of our church at this future point in time in which we are fully alive in the spirit of Christ and living into all that we are called to do in our church, our community, and our world.
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Visioning involves seeing beyond where we are to what we can become. The United Ministry Council is charged with the responsibility of modifying and maintaining the vision of Saint Francis. The ministry opportunities are dispersed into nine areas empowered to carry out its mission. While each ministry area has a certain autonomy within the church, the church realizes a greater power through co-reliance on God's guidance.
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