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FIRST UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH, 303-442-3770
1421 SPRUCE STREET, BOULDER CO 80302
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Church E-mail Address: office@fumcboulder.org
We are a United
Methodist Church worshiping and serving the Boulder
community since 1859.
Our Vision: To be
an inclusive, progressive Christian community seeking
to connect individuals and families of all generations
with God’s unconditional
love.
Our Mission: As an
inclusive Christian community of faith, we will celebrate
our Christian beliefs through worship, fellowship and
service in a safe,
welcoming and supportive environment; create vital,
relevant ministries for
diverse generations, families and individuals; promote
theological study and
spiritual formation; enrich spiritual life through the
arts; and encourage
witness and action for a more just, loving and peaceful
world.
We Value: Learning
to become more authentic followers of Jesus by sharing
and exploring beliefs from our own traditions and the
traditions of others
whose insight into the divine is seen through different
lenses.
Celebration of the
deepest meanings, values, and hopes in our lives through
fellowship, worship, and ritual as part of our spiritual
journey. Action based
upon our belief in the importance of social action to
help bring justice,
harmony and equality to the world locally and globally.
We are part of the
Reconciling Congregations movement within our larger
connection of United Methodist Churches reflecting our
acceptance of all
persons without regard to sexual orientation or other
characteristics that may
define cultural status.
We value education
and activities that support health, healing and
stewardship
of our world, and we want to partner with organizations
that participate in
building and sustaining healthy persons and healthy
communities.
We recognize other
faiths as valid and honor the efforts of all caring
people to
bring about a more just and compassionate world.
Our Beliefs
• We believe that God is love and that God loves all
people unconditionally.
• We believe, as Christians, that Jesus is the
decisive revelation of God
embodied in a human life.
• We believe that God intends for people to be whole
and fully alive, and that
Christianity offers a way to fulfill this intention.
• We believe that humanity is inherently diverse and
that differences are to
be honored.
• We believe that Christianity is one faith among
many, that there are multiple
paths to God and that Christians are called to respect
all persons and other
faiths and spiritualities.
• We believe that Holy Communion is a gift offered
to all, without restrictions
or requirements.
• We believe that our faith calls us to serve
others, to work for social justice
and to care for the environment.
• We believe, as United Methodists, that faith is
grounded in Scripture,
tradition, reason and experience, and that Scripture is a
chorus of voices which
sometimes disagree.
• We believe that the United Methodist motto of
‘Open Hearts, Open Minds,
Open Doors’ is true to God’s vision and to the
life and teachings of Jesus and
includes all people regardless of race, class, ability,
family composition or
sexual orientation, or any other barrier to a sense of
belonging. This belief
supports our membership in the Reconciling Ministries
Network of the United
Methodist Church.
Reconciling
Congregation
We are part of the Reconciling Congregations movement
within our larger
connection of United Methodist Churches reflecting our
acceptance of all
persons without regard to sexual orientation or other
characteristics that may
define cultural status.
What is a
Reconciling Congregation?
A reconciling congregation is a United Methodist local
church that makes a
public statement welcoming all persons, regardless of
sexual orientation, to
participate fully in its congregational life. We are part
of the Reconciling
Ministries Network, organized in 1984, a growing movement
of United
Methodist individuals, congregations, campus ministries,
and other groups
working for the full participation of all people in the
United Methodist
Church. FUMC Boulder officially became a reconciling
congregation in 1997.
One of our most
important core values is the belief that God loves all
persons regardless of how they may be different from
mainstream society.
We Follow Jesus’ teachings to include the
marginalized as respected
Children of God. As a sign of that belief, we became the
only United
Methodist church in Boulder County to publicly welcome
gays, lesbians,
bisexuals, and transgender persons into full
participation in our church family.
Visit us at www.fumcboulder.org
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