Faith United Methodist Church

THIS IS HOW WE WILL LIVE OUT OUR CORE VALUES!

Explain Scripture

1. by explaining it in a way that touches and increases interest in learning more.
2. by selecting music relating to our scripture text.

Strive for memorable worship and prayer

1. by preaching and teaching that Christ is the Son of God, the Savior of the world, and the Lord of all.
2. by being intentional about the music we select to praise and worship God.
3. by assessing the health and direction of our congregation's educational programs through our Ministry Commission and our Education Commission meetings.
4. by worshiping God through our Altar Call and our Passing the Peace.
5. through our Pastoral Prayer, our Congregational Prayer of 'The Lord's Prayer', or Friday Prayer Group, our Prayer Chain, and through our Wednesday Mid-week Service Prayer.

Have genuine fellowship and hospitality

1. by our openness, acceptance, and support of all people; by being inclusive
2. through our ''Passing the Peace" to affirm the statement on our Worship Bulletin that ALL ARE WELCOME HERE!
3. by appointing someone to sit with visitors in our midst, especially single ones, so they are not alone, but sincerely feel welcomed.

Outreach

1. by watching over one another in love, which we do through our Prayer Group that also sends out Get-Well cards and Thinking of You cards, through our Prayer Chain and our Prayer Tree where we make calls to let our congregation know who needs prayer, through our Prayer Cards filled out by our congregation, and through our Mid-week Service prayers.
2. by meeting the current needs of people, even if they are not members of our church.

Nurture Christian growth

1. by completing the ''Spiritual Gift Inventory'' to determine what our ''gifts'' are, then developing those gifts and talents God has given us, and share them to His glory.
2. by encouraging our congregation to study and apply God's Word on a daily basis by reading the Upper Room or some other daily devotional.
3. by leading people to commit their life to God through Holy Baptism and Of Faith in Jesus Christ.

Be a sanctuary filled with humbleness and love

1. by respecting persons of aIl religious faiths.
2. by being humble and loving. We do this through our greeting of people as they come in, as well as our ''hugging'' all people during the Passing of the Peace. We will also appoint someone to sit with visitors so they will feel welcome.

Embrace Jesus' mandate to make disciples of aII people

1. by teaching our congregation how to witness through Sermon Series, through Sunday School classes, and through tracts about witnessing.
2. by our devotion to reach out and serve our community, especially the poor. Also through being a community church meeting the holistic needs of our congregation and beyond.