WHO WE ARE
Every thriving community must have a center. The Church at Stone River’s center is experiencing and sharing the love of Jesus with all people. Our core stones and vision are found from Jesus' teachings in John 13:34-35: "So I give you a new command: Love each other deeply and fully. Remember the ways that I have loved you. Demonstrate your love for others in those same ways. Everyone will know you as My followers if you demonstrate your love to others."
The Church at Stone River is a United Methodist Church that is an accepting community that offers belonging and welcomes all.
As United Methodists we emphasize Jesus’ love for all people, the intersection of spirituality and justice, and the calling to make a difference in the world.
Stone River celebrates God’s gift of diversity. We 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. We welcome and affirm every age, race, ethnicity, physical and mental ability, every level of education, family structure, every economic status, every immigrant, every 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.
WE ARE A UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
John Wesley, the founder of the United Methodist Church, believed that God raised up the people called Methodist to spread scriptural holiness across the land, for regeneration of the lost, renewal of the church, and to build a solid ground to love God and one another. It is this legacy that continues to motivate and inspire us today.
The three-fold mission of the church is meaningful worship, developing strong disciples, and the redemption of the world. A United Methodist is one who loves God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our mind, and with all our strength and shares that love to the ends of the earth.
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NO JUDGEMENT
Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven - Luke 6:37
You judge by human standards; I judge no one - John 8:15
Jesus’ love for you involves no judgement, hatred, or condemnation
May you demonstrate the same acceptance, belonging, and love to one another as Jesus
LOVE ONE ANOTHER
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. - John 13:34
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:35
This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. - John 15:12
I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another. - John 15:17
For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. -1 John 3:11
And this is God’s commandment, that we should believe in the name of God’s Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as God has commanded us. - 1 John 3:23
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. - 1 John 4:7
Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. - 1 John 4:11
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us, and God’s love is perfected in us. - 1 John 4:12