{"id":2735,"date":"2022-12-08T11:42:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T16:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcellusumc.org\/?page_id=2735"},"modified":"2022-12-08T17:12:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T22:12:20","slug":"about-us-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcellusumc.org\/index.php\/about-us-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AS UNITED METHODISTS WE ARE CALLED TO LIVE A LIFE OF H.O.P.E.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cTherefore, go and make disciples of all nations\u201d<\/em> (Matthew28:19)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Mission of the United Methodist Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our local church provides the most significant arena through which disciple making occurs. Each member is called to be a disciple of Jesus and make disciples.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Disciple of Jesus Christ is a person who:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Confesses faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Is continually transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Seeks accountability to grow spiritually and missionally.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Boldly connects the world around them while dismantling all forms of oppression and building up marginalized communities.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Proclaims the Good News of Jesus Christ.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Participate with God to make other disciples.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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    Marcellus UMC\u2019s Discipleship Pathway to H.O.P.E.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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    Living a life of HOSPITALITY.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • We pledge to meet and greet new disciples by<\/em> offering our brochure and gift bags.<\/em>     <\/strong>                                                                                   <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • We shepherd new disciples by informing and inviting new disciples to events.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • We engage new disciples by<\/em> offering small group studies and prayer meetings to participate in.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • We seek to reach the unchurched by giving of our time and energy in our community.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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      Living a life of OFFERING CHRIST.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      • We encourage new disciples by personal invitation and providing worship information on-line.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • We provide early spiritual involvement by offering confirmation, baptism, and profession of faith to new disciples.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • We encourage all disciples to a deeper spiritual involvement by participating in worship, teaching, and leading other disciples.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • We seek to keep holy as disciples by making worship as life style.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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        Living a life of PURPOSE.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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        • We recognize new disciples by offering classes for the Christian as a beginner.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • We provide for personal spiritual growth by offering Bible study and small groups for the Christian as a learner.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • We seek to advance the disciple\u2019s spiritual growth by encouraging the Christian as growing in fellowship and service.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • We recognize the disciple as<\/em> growing in Christian Leadership.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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          Living a life of ENGAGEMENT (at local, regional, national, and global levels).<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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          • We provide our congregation with mission activities within the church setting.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • We offer on-site mission work within our community.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • We engage in long term mission by events that call us to leave our community.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • We involve our church in global mission work.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            AS UNITED METHODISTS WE ARE CALLED TO LIVE A LIFE OF H.O.P.E. \u201cTherefore, go and make disciples of all nations\u201d (Matthew28:19) The Mission of the United Methodist Church is to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2735","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcellusumc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcellusumc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcellusumc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcellusumc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcellusumc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2735"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/marcellusumc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2839,"href":"https:\/\/marcellusumc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2735\/revisions\/2839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcellusumc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}