we believe
that every person is in need of a spiritual home, an emotional home, and a physical home.
the church is a spiritual home – a place of belonging and engagement where we are invited into a deeper relationship with ourselves, each other, and with God.
Our experience teaches us that loved people love and hurt people hurt. When people have an emotional home, they thrive in their sense of well-being and vocation.
Physical homelessness and a lack of resources tears at the fabric of any society. Through faith we must claim that we have the capacity and resourcefulness to aid our neighbors.
that every person is a child of God.
the Church has done a lot of harm to people by being judgmental or exclusive. At Grace Chapel, we believe that every person is made in the image of God and welcome here regardless of age, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, race, gender identity, or any other aspect of God's beautiful human creation. We welcome and affirm our LGBTQ siblings.
that every person is on a journey.
Faith is the basic orientation and commitment of our whole being—a matter of heart and soul. we ground our lives in the living God as revealed especially through Jesus Christ. It’s both a gift we receive within the Christian community and a choice we make. Faith-as-belief is active; it involves trusting, believing, following, hoping.
Theology is thinking together about our faith and discipleship. It’s reflecting with others in the Christian community about the good news of God’s love in Christ. As united methodists, we operate from our founder, John Wesley’s, “theological guidelines” – Scripture, tradition, experience, and reason.