Statement of Affirmation and Inclusion
First Church is a member of the Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN), a group that "equips and mobilizes United Methodists of all sexual orientations and gender identities to resist evil, injustice, and oppression in whatever forms they present themselves." To learn more about RMN, please visit this link.
As a Reconciling Church, First Church has adopted the following Statement of Affirmation and Inclusion:
Through prayer and service, First Church seeks to reach out to all people. With willing hands, compassionate hearts, and open minds, we strive to be examples of the Living Christ.
We celebrate God’s gift of diversity and value the wholeness made possible in community equally shared and shepherded by all. We welcome and affirm people of every gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, who are also of every age, race, ethnicity, physical and mental ability, level of education, and family structure, and of every economic, immigration, marital, and social status, and so much more. We acknowledge that we live in a world of profound social, economic, and political inequities. As followers of Jesus, we commit ourselves to the pursuit of justice and pledge to stand in solidarity with all who are marginalized and oppressed.
Through prayer and service, First Church seeks to reach out to all people. With willing hands, compassionate hearts, and open minds, we strive to be examples of the Living Christ.
We celebrate God’s gift of diversity and value the wholeness made possible in community equally shared and shepherded by all. We welcome and affirm people of every gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, who are also of every age, race, ethnicity, physical and mental ability, level of education, and family structure, and of every economic, immigration, marital, and social status, and so much more. We acknowledge that we live in a world of profound social, economic, and political inequities. As followers of Jesus, we commit ourselves to the pursuit of justice and pledge to stand in solidarity with all who are marginalized and oppressed.
