WELCOME
Welcome! I am glad you found Laguna Country United Methodist Church. We are all on a journey and wherever you find yourself on that journey you are welcome. Our mission statement, “Welcoming Everyone, Serving in God’s Love,” reflects this.
Though we live in planned communities and nice neighborhoods, we are often lonely and isolated. We believe that we have a responsibility to provide a community where people can grow in their faith, connect with others, and be in service to the world.
Our staff and church leaders are committed to building a community where everyone feels welcome and we can live out our mission to serve others. We believe community is built through worship, fellowship and small group opportunities, studies that help us grow in faith, or over a cup of coffee during fellowship time. We want to be here for you and share with you how God has touched our lives and can touch yours as well.
I hope that you take the risk and allow us to welcome you, wherever you are on your journey. If there is some way in which I or another member of our staff can be helpful, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Blessings,
Doug Williams
Senior Pastor
SEPTEMBER SERMON THEMES
September 1 Luke 14: 1, 4-17
Jesus is an invited guest at a Pharisee’s house. While at the table Jesus gives instruction on whom to invite and how to conduct ourselves as participants in God’s coming kingdom. Jesus’s idea of proper conduct is at odds with conventional wisdom about human behavior.
September 8 Luke 14:25-33
Noting that great crowds are following him, Jesus challenges the crowd with some tough teaching about the cost of discipleship.
September 15 Luke 15:1-10
When criticized for eating and drinking with sinners, Jesus tells the parables of the lost sheep and the lost coin.
September 22 Luke 16:1-13
Jesus delivers a challenging parable about the shrewdness of a dishonest servant and follows it with several sayings about the nature of faithfulness.
September 29 Luke 16:19-13
Jesus, speaking to “money-loving Pharisees” tells the parable of the rich man and Lazarus whose roles are reversed after their deaths.
The mission of the United Methodist Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.
As United Methodists, we have an obligation to bear a faithful Christian witness to Jesus Christ, the living reality at the center of the Church’s life and witness. To fulfill this obligation, we reflect critically on our biblical and theological inheritance, striving to express faithfully the witness we make in our own time.