LOVE God and Love People
At Mill Grove, we believe the two greatest things anyone could strive to do are to love God and love people. Our multi-generational congregation is committed to community outreach, personal growth and connections through small groups, and to our children/youth programs.
Mill Grove’s traditional and contemporary services offer something for everyone. We would love for you to join us in worship!
Kevin Kurtz
Pastor
OUR BELIEFS
The Methodist Church is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination that shares in common with other denominations the core beliefs of Christianity.
In addition, we emphasize the following:
PRIMACY OF GRACE
Grace is God’s loving action through the Holy Spirit, unearned and undeserved. No matter where we are in our spiritual lives, we got there by grace, and we can only move forward by grace. Because we believe this so firmly, we try not to be judgmental of others.
FREE WILL
We believe that, by God’s grace, humans have the ability to say yes or no to God’s love.
SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS
While we do not teach a works-based salvation, we do believe that faith should express itself in good works. Methodists have always felt that concern for the poor, needy, and hurting of society is part and parcel of being a Christian.
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TWO SACRAMENTS:
BAPTISM
This is a once-in-a-lifetime sacrament of initiation into the church. When we baptize infants, we are recognizing that, as children of believing parents, they have a place in the covenant community of God’s people. We do not believe that infant baptism alone is sufficient for salvation; the child must one day accept the gift of salvation for himself or herself and then be confirmed as a professing member of the church.
HOLY COMMUNION
Communion in the Methodist Church is an open table: one does not have to be a member of this church to participate. The bread of Holy Communion represents the broken body of Jesus Christ, given for us. The cup represents the blood poured out to give us new life. We believe that Christ is present in a special way when we celebrate the sacrament of Holy Communion.