Statement
of Purpose - Arcola UMC
Arcola United Methodist Church is a
community of believers seeking to grow in Christ and to recognize ourselves as
the body of Christ.
As such, we celebrate in worship, we share
in the sacraments, we proclaim the gospel according to the Scriptures, and we invite
all who would come to be part of this particular community.
Through
education, prayer, pastoral care, ecumenical activities, fellowship, and support
of one another; we seek to cultivate and nurture an identity as a church which
is visibly different from the culture in which we live and to which we are called
to witness.
We
seek to respond to the claim of Christ upon our lives by bringing the love of Christ
into the surrounding community and into the world beyond through our outreach
in community and world service.