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The
Education Mission of UUMC
The Church is the community of God’s
people--a people called to serve God and called to live together in true
Christian community as a witness to the character and values of God’s Kingdom.
The Church is the agent of God’s mission on earth.
As the people of God, we have five
primary relationships. These relationships are the global sandbox within which
we are to work out our faith and strive for maturity as individuals, families,
and community.
We have a relationship to God who
cares, to God who commands us to not only love God, but to love ourselves
and others. Jesus’ teachings and example models what God intends for all
human beings.
We have a relationship to
ourselves as persons with passionate expectations, with a desire to act upon
our world, and with a willingness to build upon this interaction in order to
learn what we can become in terms of ultimates;
We have a relationship to others
with similar and dissimilar passions and expectations, persons who have a
right to share in the world’s resources, persons who need to have the
opportunity to thrive. In these relationships we are called to honor,
respect, and to be generous;
We have a relationship to the
physical environment and to its several ecosystems that provide for the
global material and economic foundation of all peoples; and
We have a relationship to the
whole of human culture that shapes the mindsets, attitudes, values, and
structures that enable the whole of humanity to thrive physically, socially,
emotionally, intellectually, morally, and spiritually.
These five relationships define and
circumscribe our mission in the world. We pray, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be
done..” Others hope for it. The people of God work for it. We have in our
possession a vision of what we can become and a set of values to guide us. We
also have in our possession many resources. Guided by our vision of what we can
become and our values that guide us in relationship, we endeavor to bring our
resources to bear upon human need.
Jesus, our Master Teacher, took these
several thoughts and reduced them to two powerful statements. He said: FEED
MY SHEEP and LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU.
The entire educational program of
UUMC, with its emphasis on both insight and action, aims to do just that!
Mission Statement
The Adult Council initiates,
encourages, and administers opportunities for adult education for UUMC members
and friends.
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