Thursday, 09 September 2010
Beliefs & Vision
Our Beliefs

whatwebelieve2As 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... 

 
Vision Statement

Discovering Christ... Serving Others

Gathering in the presence of Christ.  Growing as disciples of Christ.
Giving as the body of Christ.  Going to share the Good News of Christ.

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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Social Principles
"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...