Our Beliefs
God
God, who is one, is revealed in three distinct persons. Genesis 1:27 asserts that we've been made in the image of the Creator. Like God we have the capacity to love and care, to communicate, and to create. The kingdom or reign of God is both a present reality and future hope.
Jesus
We believe in the mystery of salvation through Jesus Christ. Jesus became human. His life, death, resurrection, and second coming demonstrate the redeeming love of our weird, mysterious, and amazing Triune God.
Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is God's present activity in our midst. When we sense God's leading, God's challenge, or God's support or comfort, it's the Holy Spirit at work.
Bible
We believe that the Bible is God’s Word and is the primary authority for our faith and practice. We use tradition, experience and reason to interpret and expand our understanding of God’s plan for us as expressed through the Bible.
Our Services
Church
The church is the body of Christ, an extension of Christ’s life and ministry in the world today. One cannot be a solitary Christian. As we grow in faith through our participation in the church community, we are also nourished and equipped for mission and service to the world.
Communion
For United Methodists, communion is a way that we actively seek God's grace, turning toward God. We do not turn away anyone who is responding to God by seeking communion-- not LGBTQ people, not non-methodists, not first time visitors, children or those with intellectual disabilities. All are invited to receive grace from God; therefore, all are welcome to receive communion at Bridges United Methodist Church!
Methodism
United Methodists insist that faith and good works belong together. What we believe must be confirmed by what we do. God's grace in our lives is so powerful that it must pour out into love for all humanity and all creation. The integration of personal spiritual disciplines and social holiness has been a hallmark of our tradition. We affirm the biblical precept that "faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead,” James 2:17. One methodism's founders, John Wesley, referred to doing good as evidence of God's grace at work in us.
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Grace
Grace is central to our understanding of Christian faith and life. Grace can be defined as the active work of God in our lives, given to us as a gift whether or not we think we've "earned" it. God's grace works on us before we turn toward God, as we turn back away and every moment in between. We read in the Letter to the Ephesians: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God — not the result of works, so that no one may boast,”
Ephesians 2:8-9.