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Welcome to Mt. Carmel Methodist Church. We are glad you visited us today. We are a friendly congregation who is deeply in love with God and God's people. We lift up the Bible as the primary authority and source for our joy and mission. Our Vision is to be "a place of NEW beginnings, unified in the character and love for Christ."



Here is what we believe to be true about God from His Word:


We believe in God the Father...

We believe in God the Son...

We believe in God the Holy Spirit....

We believe in the Bible...

We believe in Heaven...

We believe in Christ's return....



If you are looking for a place of new beginnings in your faith you are in the right place. Come and grow with us as we fulfill Christ's Great Commission to "go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” ((Matthew 28:19-20).


Mt. Carmel is a Methodist Church rooted in the principles and teachings that define the Christian faith. Our historical perspective is born from Wesleyan Theology which holds fast to the primary source for our faith is in the Holy Scriptures. We also hold fast to the 2000 years of Christian doctrine which are summarized in the Apostle’s and Nicene Creeds. We practice two sacraments – Baptism and Holy Communion – but we believe that all of life is sacred. We are called to be a holy and living sacrifice for Christ in the world.

 

WHAT WE BELIEVE

 

We Believe in the Triune God. We believe in One God who existed before time and created the heavens and the earth and all there is, and will exist for all eternity. The nature of God is One God existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each member of the Trinity serves different functions, yet they each possess equal power and authority. (Matthew 28:19)


We Believe in God’s Word as contained in the Old and New Testament having all truth necessary for salvation. It is divinely inspired by God and written by human authors under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The Bible is living and active truth without any mixture of error and is completely relevant to our daily lives. (2 Timothy 3:16).


We Believe in Salvation through Christ alone. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but through Him. (John 14: 6). We come to salvation not by our own works but by grace in what Jesus Christ freely did on the cross to pay the debt of our sin."  By confessing with our mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord and believing in our hearts that He rose from the dead we will be saved.  (Romans 10:9)


We Believe in God’s Grace as One Grace but experienced in three ways and at different times in our lives. John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement, taught that our entire spiritual lives are an act of God’s grace. Prevenient Grace is the grace of the Father that comes before we even knew Him and softens our hearts to receive God’s grace. Justifying Grace is the grace of the Son who forgives and pardons our sin in order to make things right between us and God. Sanctifying Grace is the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer continuing the process of being made perfect and holy in love and removing the desire to sin. (Philippians 3:7-11)


We Believe in Living in the Covenant Community. God first made a covenant with the Hebrew people, and it was completed through the coming Messiah Jesus Christ. The Covenant was established by God to be their God and those who would follow God’s Law would be God’s people. Every believer is a member to one another in Christ’s holy Church. We are called to live faithfully in God’s Covenant Community and actively carry on His work and witness in the world. (Ephesians 4:25)


We Believe in the Kingdom of God which is God’s reign of righteousness upon the earth. We believe there will be a day of judgement at the end of this age. Right now, we live in "the between times" - between Jesus’ death, resurrection and his return on the Last Day. We believe all people will rise to eternal life on this day and face the judgment of God. Those who confess Jesus Christ as Lord will receive eternal life. Those who reject Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior will face eternal death. (1 Thessalonians 4:16)


We Believe in Eternity. We don’t go to heaven by default when we die.  We must choose to go to heaven by confessing Jesus Christ as our Savior.  We will exist all either eternally separated from God by sin or in union with God through forgiveness and salvation in Jesus Christ. To be eternally separated from God is Hell. To be eternally in union with Him is Heaven. Heaven and Hell are real places of eternal existence. (Matthew 25:46)


OUR VISION

   

There are a couple things that define who we are as a church body at Mt. Carmel Methodist Church. We adopted this Vision Statement in 2020: “Mt. Carmel is a place of new beginnings unified in the character and love of Jesus Christ.”

 


We call it our “UPC” code:

We seek to be United as the Body of Christ

We seek to be Place of New Beginnings

We seek to be transformed in the Character and Love of Jesus Christ



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  • From Pastor Mary Miller 


    01 Mar, 2024
    FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK: “Has Easter Changed Us?" 6 “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’” 8 Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.” (Mark 16: 6-8) Well here we are at Easter 2024. Has anything changed? Have we changed? I would say “yes” if you consider where we have come since last year. We made a prayerful decision to leave a beloved denomination in order to hold fast to our Biblical convictions. We paid the price to purchase back our property and make changes to reflect our new name. We have experienced the full spectrum of emotions as we had some dear friends go and have had new friends join us on this unchartered journey of faith. We’ve been here in unchartered territory before. Remember Easter in 2020? On this Easter I want to encourage you that while we may not know or see what God is doing next, do not be alarmed. Have faith that the risen Christ is changing us into something new. We can be confident of this: “that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 1:6). We are reminded in all four Gospels of how Easter changed those first followers of Jesus Christ. When the women came to the tomb in the dark hours of the morning, they were shocked to see the stone had been rolled away. They came mournful to anoint a Jesus’ body, not expecting to find an empty tomb. They tremble with fear when they encounter angels as they proclaim the message: “He is risen! He is not here!” (Mark 16:6). As they are invited to come in closer and see where His body lay, they are instructed to “go and tell His disciples.” In the other three Gospels, the women rejoice and run to tell the Good News. However, in Mark’s Gospel alone, he records them leaving unchanged. They left bewildered, mournful, and even terrified. Mark records that “they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.” (Mark 16:8) I think that is an honest assessment of what happened to these women, and what is happening to us. They have to wrestle with the reality of the situation they can see against believing in the promise of God that they cannot see or understand yet. Eventually these women do come around and become the first ones to tell the disciples the Good News of the empty tomb. But the disciples are not off the hook either. In two of the Gospels they do not believe the women’s report. Believing in the resurrection takes faith. We can either be paralyzed in our fear and doubt, or allow Christ’s resurrection to change us. The empty tomb is our turning point. Paul says that faith is a “gift from God and not a result of works, so no one may boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9). At Easter we are given the invitation to step into the tomb and believe and leave as changed persons. James Macdonald, an evangelist once asked the question, “If your faith hasn’t changed you, has it saved you?” That is a great question when it comes to thinking about Easter. What kind of evidence is there of the risen Christ is living in me? If we have faith in Christ’s resurrection, our mind, heart, will, and life will be reoriented in to serving him wholeheartedly. We will want to get up in the morning and come to worship our risen Savior. We will want to rejoice that our faith has been resurrected! We will want to walk out of the tomb of our old lives and jump for joy in the promise of our new lives in Christ. And we will have courage to want to go, no run and tell others the Good News that “He is Risen! Hopefully this Easter will change us from being fearful, mournful, and doubtful followers to being fully committed friends of the risen Christ. Let’s show up and see how Christ will change us this Easter! In Christ Alone, Pastor Mary
    Rev. Dr. Mary Miller
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