Resurrection UMC Hastings

Living The Change

As the body of Christ, we are committed to living authentically in the absolute truth of God’s love and grace even as we are likewise committed to living the change and, when necessary, changing our methods in order to continue being relevant in ministry and mission to God, each other and to the world in which we live.

Becoming Loving

In worship, this “thin place” is where we are most especially aware of God’s love, that we are most likely to commit to loving with abandon God and all that God has brought into being. In this hour that changes everything, we come face-to-faith with the reality that God’s love, this heart-opening, life-transforming love is a gift – a gift accepted and responded to in our praise and prayers, our laughter and our tears, our passing of the Peace of Christ and in…

Becoming Purposeful

If our purpose, our life priority, is to let the love of God flow through us and the light of Jesus shine through us – it is in worship that we are unavoidably called to participate in this purpose.

Keeping the Light On

Becoming Beautiful

In this hour that changes everything, we will be invited to encounter beauty – divine beauty – and its potential to change lives. It is in worship that we seem most willing to celebrate the beauty of God’s love and grace experienced in the person of Jesus. It is in worship that we are most comfortable to celebrate Christ’s beauty reflected in the lives of our fellow worshipers.

Becoming True

To worship is to feed the mind with the truth of God. When our thoughts begin to resonate and find harmony with the mind of God, we are changed and we will change the world. When our minds begin to consistently connect with the truth and wisdom of God, we begin to celebrate that God is wise and true in all circumstances…and that we can be good and true in all things as well.

Becoming Holy

In a world that suffers from a crisis of conscience, authentic worship creates space for God’s holiness to confront us. When we are faced with a vision of God, we cannot help but see our own deep brokenness and our own glorious potential to be holy.

Welcome to a New World

Worship is the hour that changes everything – our worldview comes into alignment with Jesus’ worldview as we become the kind of person who loves rightly – who loves God and neighbor and is oriented to the world by the primacy of that love.

An Invitation to Intimacy

When we accept the invitation to worship authentically we listen attentively to God’s story, we accept the vulnerability that comes with sharing our own stories, and we commit to learning and rehearsing and growing deeper in our understanding of and relationship with God and each other.

Keep On Keepin' On

James joins his voice with other biblical writers imploring believers to stay connected in our relationship with God, stay focused on living as a child of God, and stay vigilant in weighing the Word of God against the words of the world.