Open Hearts   Open Minds   Open Doors

The greater United Methodist Church has adopted the phrase "Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors." We at Trinity United Methodist Church take that phrase seriously being intentionally inclusive and welcoming.

The Great Commandment:

"Master, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" He answered, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind." That is the greatest commandment. It comes first. The second is like it: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Everything in the Law and the prophets hangs on these two commandments. Matthew 22: 36-40

Our Commitment

Trinity is committed to providing a house of prayer for all people by praying for them and with them through joys and difficulties and to provide a place for all to grow in the Spirit through fellowship, education and service.

We affirm Christ's call to love God with all that we are and to love our neighbor as ourselves. Therefore, we pledge ourselves to invite, receive, and value all people regardless of gender, race, age, culture, religious or ethnic background, sexual orientation, economic circumstance, family configuration, and difference in ability. All who are seeking life enriched by God's Spirit are invited into this community to share fully in its life and ministry. In response to the grace that Christ has given to us, we glorify God, we commit ourselves to grow in the Spirit, and we rejoice in the worth, gifts and dignity of every person as a child of God.

It is God’s House and God’s Table

This is not my house. This is God's house. I cannot tell God Who is welcome And who is not.

This is not my table. I do not sit at the head as host. It is the table of Christ. He is host. I cannot tell the host who can sit here and who cannot.

The doors of God's House are open to all who need shelter, who crave the fellowship and friendship of God, and even to those who hate God or cannot bring themselves to trust that God exists or could care for them. Anyone, everyone is welcome as honored guests in God's house.

This table of Christ is long and it has many chairs. There is always room for one more, for those craving the fellowship of the sacred table, a place to belong, to be somebody to somebody. Anyone, everyone has a place at the table of Christ.

This food, simple yet divine, is bountiful, abundant, ample for all, especially those who are hungry and thirsty for what mere bread and drink cannot supply. Anyone, everyone has a plate and a portion served by the very hand of the Christ. No one is sent away hungry or thirsty here.

• Lord, who am I that you swing open your door and embrace me?
• Who am I that you escort me to your table and pull out a chair for me?
• Who am I that you would provide such wondrous and costly food?
• And how can I but humbly bow my head at such grace and, like you, embrace all your guests, all who, like me, are unworthy of your house, unfit for your table and food?

Yet I am your child dear God.