Welcome to Crescenta Valley United Methodist Church!
Worship is at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings. Join us for uplifting music and an inspiring word!
We have a big parking lot, nursery care, and Sunday School for children preschool through 6th grade.
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A church family has to be experienced to be known. We want you to experience us, to know us - and we want to know you. By way of introduction, here are some things you might like to know about us:
We are Deeply Rooted in the Community.
In our congregation, we have new residents and three-generation families. We have local businesspeople, local teachers, and families connected to CV schools. We have JPL scientists, professional musicians, sheriff's deputies, a golf-club maker, and some gratefully retired folks. Most of us exercise at the local YMCA at some point during the day. As a congregation we laugh easily and we share deeply.
We are a place of Sanctuary and Rest.
We are a place of renewal and hope and prophetic action. We are a family of people who humbly seek to be closer to God. When you come to worship with us, you will experience no claims of perfection and no gatekeepers of God's grace. Each one of us makes our mistakes and asks God's forgiveness. We seek to know God's love in our lives and to have that love overflow us and spill out into the streets of Montrose, La Crescenta, and beyond, where there is a world of hurt and emptiness waiting to be filled.
We are connected to the worldwide United Methodist Church,
We welcome you with Open Doors, Open Hearts, and Open Minds.
Find out more about the UMC at www.umc.org.
We are Going Green.
All of our light bulbs were replaced 2 years ago with energy efficient bulbs that won us a serious rebate from the City of Glendale. We recycle. J's Maintenance uses green cleaning products on our property. We're reducing our use of paper products, and we have even replaced many of our toilets with water-efficient models.
We are a Sanctuary of Safety.
We have policies and procedures in place to make church a safe and secure place for your children.
Our Beliefs
About Jesus......
We are Christ-centered, understanding the Son of God to have been a gentle healer, an incisive teacher, a loving friend, and a radical prophet. Jesus is intent on showing us that God desires us to care for one another in a world in which everyone has enough to eat, a safe place to live, and opportunities to grow our unique, God-given gifts. We seek the holy boldness of Jesus Christ who went to his death on the cross and rose again so that we are sustained by a deep assurance that Good will ultimately triumph over Evil in all of its forms.
About the Bible.....
We believe that the Bible reveals God, and it is our starting point for every sermon and every action. We delight in many ways in which the Holy Word is revealed, for the Bible contains not only books of law, but many, many stories of grace and second chances. It expresses truth through poetry and songs, prayers and wise sayings, the stories of kings who succeeded and kings who failed. The prophets call out through the centuries warning us to pay attention to what happens in our world, particularly to the least and the last. There are stories of men and women a lot like you and me, who sometimes stumble and sometimes leap in the search for God.
About God...
The Bible reveals God, but not all of God, for how can the awesomeness of God be contained in a single book? God continues to reveal Godself, and we rejoice in every opportunity to know God better through our lived experiences of grace and love.
About the Holy Spirit...
We are convinced and convicted by the ever-hovering Holy Spirit who whizzes unexpectedly through our lives, lighting us up for work that we would have thought beyond us had we not been called by God to do it.
About the church in the world...
Because we understand Christ's bold message to be one of radical inclusion and earth-transforming love, we believe that the faith community must engage the world in which we live. In concert with many other faith-based organizations locally and around the world, we act for positive solutions to conflict; generous, constructive solutions to poverty; and thoughtful measures to save the water, land, and air that God created.
Click here to learn about our Missions and Outreach.
You are invited to join us on our journey!
For more information about the United Methodist Church in Southern California, go to www.cal-pac.org
