We live in a time when words like “tradition” seem dated.  Yet for us, our tradition animates our present and informs our future.  Ours is a tradition of love, of service, of worship, and of hope.  These are, to us, timeless values that we long to offer in a world of rapid change and ambiguous convictions.

Methodism began as a movement within the Church of England in the 18^th century. Its founders believed that God’s love is for everyone, not just the rich, and brought preaching outside of the church walls to laborers in England and later to other countries and to the colonies here on this continent. The Methodist Church was born from this passionate movement to share God with all people, not just those who attended church, and it flourished through small group prayer, study and encouragement in faith. Methodists believed from the outset that lives can be profoundly changed through a relationship with God in Jesus Christ.