Who are we?
We are you. You, in the definition of collective differences we accept. We are a people searching for a higher meaning or calling: People hurting, busy, isolated, lost or alone; People from different places, with varied opinions about life. Some of us are outgoing, some introverts, some with intellectual prowess, some not so much, some skeptics, and even a few optimists.
One thing we do have in common is our desire for spirituality. We come from very different backgrounds: some of grew up in the church, others of us had no church background at all. Many of us were alienated and offended by what we experienced and as a result completely given up on church. However, our innate sense that there must be something more has survived along with a deep spiritual longing.
As we engage with our community one thing we hear over and over is that church (and God gets lumped in with church) is boring and irrelevant. This is extremely unfortunate because we’ve found God to the complete opposite. So we are trying to do something about that. We are striving to create an environment that fosters spirituality by mixing the old and the new to communicate a message of hope for everyone. By saying this, we acknowledge that God has done incredible things throughout the ages through all different types of churches and it is our hope is to affirm what is beautiful from our past and allow God to lead us to new things as we humbly stumble towards Him and each other.

The Real thing…
We long for a church where a genuine biblical community is lived out – not just talked about… and that takes a ton of work – where believers experience the kind of strongly interwoven relationships that we are called to in Scripture. We long to experience deep committed friendship where it’s safe to be open about the current reality of our lives. In short, we desire to reclaim loving community – something that is so often missing from church life. Our goal is to leave the casual, inch deep relationships and isolation behind… we want to be authentic and REAL…and this isn’t easy either…that’s why we need each other so desperately to live this out.
While we are connected to larger movement called united Methodism, our unique backgrounds and philosophy do not dictate too much how to do church. We don’t think there’s any one “right way” to do church, we just want to be faithful to Scripture, reason our position, experience Christ  and recapture traditions which foster deep soul satisfying spirituality. In fact, we get suspicious when others say “this is the way to do it” whether it be cell church, mega church, liturgical church, denominational church, whatever. Our heart is to humbly learn from all these expressions of the Body and become who God desires us to be.
We’re convinced God cares about our hearts, not our appearances. So you don’t have to dress up and play the game. We like to talk about issues that sadly the church is afraid to discuss publically. So you can expect to hear real, relevant messages that relate to the real life and faith  - the issues we all have struggled with – relationships, meaninglessness, depression, anxiety – you name it, we’re not afraid to talk about it. We’ve found that the Bible really does speak to these modern day issues. And we’ve found that it gives us a whole new way to live that makes some of our issues non-issues. In fact, when it’s really broken down we think you’ll be surprised at how revolutionary and liberating God’s word is.

Soul Food….
Music is incredibly important to all generations including this one. At FEUMC, you’ll hear musicians, vocalists and choirs (adult and children) using their creativity and gifting to illuminate who God is. Many of us feel that music is incredibly powerful and we feel that God does something profound with it. He did in Scripture and He continues to do it today… and our lives our transformed by it. During one of our typical Sunday gatherings you might hear a unique rendition of contemporary song, hear a classical hymn sung by a 20-something, a country song by a 50 something or a Swahili anthem sung by our choir. It all depends on what God is up to…

In Generations and Cultures….
We are a multi-generational and Multi-ethnic community of Christ followers. We prefer a number of different modes for learning and processing information and experiences. That’s why we communicate Christ’s message through a variety of means that incorporate all our senses – multimedia, video, drama and music. The experimental and participatory nature of our gatherings helps solidify the spiritual truths that we discuss. Our goal is for this church to have a highly relational and interactive feel to it. Basically, we’re willing to take risks so that God can speak to us and change us.
In the end, our simplified mission is to create connections through extending Christ’s love in the community, on the street and throughout the world! Come join us.