Marcellus UMC Vision Statement
We are a community seeking God’s direction for discipleship. We are called to support one another; help people beyond our doorss meet their spiritual and material needs, teach and share with others the lessons of our Christian faith, and intentionally glorify God through a variety of worship expressions.
As a community seeking God’s direction for discipleship we are called to:
- Support one another by:
- Visiting the sick and homebound
- Praying for the church and its people
- Keeping people well informed
- Offering personal assistance
- Accepting diversity and building one another up
- Help people beyond our doors meet their spiritual and material needs:
- Facilitating mission experiences
- Inviting people to worship and church activities
- Participating in ecumenical events
- Communicating effectively in a variety of ways
- Teach and share with others the lessons of our Christian faith by:
- Presenting a variety of small group learning opportunities
- Offering Sunday School classes for all ages
- Providing strong leadership for education
- Encouraging activities to apply lessons learned
- Intentionally glorify God through a variety of worship expressions by:
- Integrating a broad range of music styles
- Utilizing laity of all ages
- Appreciating that God speaks to people differently
- Theming worship to be relevant to daily life
- Inspiriting worshippers to share Christ’s love with others
We are a congregation of the United Methodist Church (UMC), a global denomination whose history is rooted in love and grace. We read in Ephesians 2:8-9, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God — not the result of works, so that no one may boast.”
To read more about the UMC tradition, history and understanding of grace, please go to: www.umc.org
We are a part of the Upper New York Annual Conference of the UMC, over 900 congregations of local faith communities. To read more about our regional associations: www.unyumc.org
