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
SERMON THEMES
April 1 Maundy Thursday
At the Last Supper with his disciples, Jesus breaks bread, saying, "This is my body," and pours wine, saying, "This is my blood." He then asks the disciples to "Do this in remembrance of me. While Jesus prepares for his ultimate sacrifice, he raises the definition of love saying, "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another" (John 13:34)."
April 2 Good Friday - John 18:1–19:42
The Passion Story told thru scripture and song from the betrayal and arrest of Jesus to his ultimate sacrifice by Crucifixion.
April 4 Easter - Resurrection Sunday
Mark 16:1-8 Although the women came to the cemetery early in the morning expecting to find the body of Jesus entombed there, a young man in white proclaims to them, “Jesus is not here! He has gone before you to Galilee.”
April 11 John 20:19-31
On Easter evening the disciples of Jesus gather behind locked doors. Despite their fears, the risen Christ comes to them and stands among them.
April 18 Luke 24:36b-48
The fearful disciples are surprised by the risen Christ coming and standing among them, commissioning them as his witnesses.
April 25 John 10:11-18
Christ calls himself “the good shepherd.” The good shepherd speaks, and the sheep know the voice of the shepherd.
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.