Trinity United Church of Christ

which is to help out the poor. We did this by donating all the money we raised to Melissa’s Hope, an orphanage in Haiti. We are all getting closer to becoming a full member of the Church by our actions in this year’s Mission Carnival. This project has helped me understand what God wants us to do as members of the Church and has given me an idea of what I want to do when I am older. 4. How would you rate yourself and your class as a whole on taking initiative for this big event and…

works towards following in the ways of Jesus. History of Common Ground Common Ground was founded in 2004. Some of their volunteers have been investing within the Cedar Grove neighborhood before the nonprofit was established. Grace Community United Methodist Church was the facility in which Common Ground started out of…

England. They with the help of a friend George Whitefield, organized a group to practice a system of faith and discipline within the Anglican Church, which was the main Church of England at the time. The group approached a more logical way with their spiritual exercises and charitable works, they were labeled Methodists. This created a rift with the Anglican Church. Wesley did not realize they would become separate until later in his life. In 1735 the Wesley brothers and Whitefield sailed to…

which is said to be closer to the Black Church may be called the “dialectic model” of the Black Church. Black Churches are institutions that are involved in a consent series of dialectic tensions. The dialectic holds opposites in tension, constantly shifting between the polarities in historical time. There is no Hegelian synthesis or ultimate resolution of the dialectic. The task of the social analyst is to examine the social conditions of any black church, including the situation of its…

the 1785 sermon on Philippians 2:12-13, “On Working Out Our Own Salvation” (Maddox 147). The reason for our requisite participation in the process of salvation is not a deficiency in God’s grace, but a quality of God’s character: the God we know in Christ is a God of love who respects our integrity and will not force salvation upon us (Maddox 148). One of the major implications of the co-operant nature of grace is Wesley’s concession of the possibility of Christians becoming apostate, which is…

in itself; however, the cost of attendance is a struggle of itself. Receiving this scholarship would help enable myself to educate my mind at one of the nation’s and state’s best universities. I have lived in Lindale all my life, went to the same church and school, and even lived in the same house, but attending this university would forever shape my life and increase the opportunities and resources available to me. I want the love I have for Lindale Independent School District to transfer to…

Repentance, justification, and regeneration are the beginning of God’s salvific work that continues as our faithful response to God’s sanctifying grace moves us ever closer to the image of Christ. Randy Maddox calls this the “gradual spiritual recovery of the likeness of God” (Maddox 177). As we remain obedient to Christ and practice the means of grace, we continue to grow in grace with the goal of “entire” sanctification or “Christian perfection.” Whereas justification releases us from the…

rather than being born into it. I am so glad that I selected the United Methodist Church because in large part I strongly support the church’s doctrinal and theological positions on many important issues. I have learned much about my church and my faith during my spiritual journey. Attending various seminaries and through theological studies has been a great blessing for me, it will help me to be a blessing to other United Methodists church members of all ages. I believe I am called to utilize…

the church and the local community were ministered to by my mother, and I was a firsthand witness to many of those. I remember carrying sacks of groceries and clothes to homes all over the city and watching my mom pray and lead these needy people to the Lord. It was in my mother that I saw the hard and often unrecognized work of ministry, but again, it was in the confines of a large church that was committed in stocking the shelves and clothing racks. My mother never had to beg the church for…

salvation that you ask me about last Sunday. So often people have questions about what salvation means, particularly within The United Methodist Church, and just don’t ask. I am very happy to have this conversation with you. As you know, different denominations believe salvation to be different than other denominations. Since you are attending The United Methodist Church, I want to talk to you about how John Wesley understood salvation. As you may know, John Wesley was the founder of The…