Denomination: United Methodist Church
Here at Olive Crest UMC we strive to be a mission-based church.
Why are we in mission as a church? Why do we reach out and meet needs around us? Quite frankly, that's who we're called to be. Throughout the Scriptures, particularly throughout the Gospels, we see Jesus teaching us that to love God is to love neighbor. And it doesn't matter who that neighbor is. Jesus was very explicit when he said, 'Here's what love of neighbor looks like: You saw me hungry and you fed me. You saw me thirsty and you gave me drink. You saw me sick and you took care of me.' That's what love of neighbor looks like. And those neighbors, they start right next to you, right in your own hometown, but it doesn't stop there. It goes all the way to the ends of the earth. Wherever you see a need, as the church, we reach out to meet that need. It's who we are. And it all goes back to a covenant made with Abraham centuries ago when God said, I'm gonna bless you so that through you I can bless all the families of the earth. We're heirs of that promise. We're heirs of that covenant. We are blessed and we are to be a blessing.
That's why we're in mission, to bless those around us, to love God by loving our neighbors.
Why are we in mission as a church? Why do we reach out and meet needs around us? Quite frankly, that's who we're called to be. Throughout the Scriptures, particularly throughout the Gospels, we see Jesus teaching us that to love God is to love neighbor. And it doesn't matter who that neighbor is. Jesus was very explicit when he said, 'Here's what love of neighbor looks like: You saw me hungry and you fed me. You saw me thirsty and you gave me drink. You saw me sick and you took care of me.' That's what love of neighbor looks like. And those neighbors, they start right next to you, right in your own hometown, but it doesn't stop there. It goes all the way to the ends of the earth. Wherever you see a need, as the church, we reach out to meet that need. It's who we are. And it all goes back to a covenant made with Abraham centuries ago when God said, I'm gonna bless you so that through you I can bless all the families of the earth. We're heirs of that promise. We're heirs of that covenant. We are blessed and we are to be a blessing.
That's why we're in mission, to bless those around us, to love God by loving our neighbors.
