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Faith and Life Statement

"LESS IS MORE"

Our mission is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the World. In many ways, our mission is every church’s mission. All churches exist to bring people into relationship with Jesus Christ. What differs between churches is how they live that out. How we live out our faith is what our Faith and Life Statement is about.

At Santa Margarita United Methodist Church we see how often “less is more.” We live in a culture of wanting more, having more, and doing more. Individualism, busyness, consumerism and materialism keep us distracted from the abundant life in Christ.

The life of faith is, more often than not, a process of stripping down to the essentials, of discovering what’s really important in life and focusing on that. It is a life of turning from the more of the world to the more found in Christ.

That’s why we’ve framed our shared life around the concept of L.E.S.S. I.S. M.O.R.E. These are the ways we make our faith real and live out our calling in Christ.

In the Fall of 2009 we published our Faith and Life Statement. This spells out our unique approach to ministry at Santa Margarita UMC. View the presentation (.pdf) here.

 

 

Sunday Info

• Worship 9:30 AM: Relaxed Traditional – Traditional and new hymns with our Chancel Choir.
• Worship 11 AM: Contemporary / Modern Worship – Band, Candles, Families.
• Sunday school for children at each hour. Loving nursery care, too.
• Address: We are located at 30605 Avenida de Las Flores, Rancho Santa Margarita.

This Week at SMUMC

We begin a new series on what it means to have a deep joy and to celebrate within the faith, "Live It Up!" This kind of joy recognizes the tough parts of life and is a deeply rooted joy. This week we will hear the story of David and his undignified dance, 2 Samuel 6: 12-15. Join us in worship!

Featured

Cooperative Parish with Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist Church - Learn more about our Covenant for Cooperative Ministry here...

Dave Roberts, lead musician in our worship band, released his first CD several months ago. Recently, his music was picked up by UMCOR, the United Methodist Committee on Relief, and used in a video they created and posted on their website! View the video here....

Multi-Media

• Campus Scenes: View a short video of scenes and activities from our campus.
• View Current Sermons: If you missed or want to re-experience a recent sermon, we have audio and video for you.
• Newsletters: An archive of recent newsletters. See what’s been going on.
• Sermon Series: Read about what’s upcoming and what’s past.