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Our Beliefs
Our History
Beacon Newsletter
Helpful Information
Leadership Update
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Church Office Hours
Will You Grow? Stewardship Campaign
Pass It On Ministry
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Employment Opportunities
United Methodist Institutions and Agencies
Our Beliefs
We believe in the Holy Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We believe that Jesus Christ died and rose again to save us from our sins.
We believe that the Bible is the Living Word of God, and recognize it as the highest authority for our lives.
We believe that all people matter to God, and therefore they matter to us.
We believe that the church should be culturally relevant without compromising the doctrines of the Christian faith.
We believe that corporate worship is fundamental to the well- being of each believer and the Body of Christ as a whole.
We believe that followers of Christ should strive for continuous personal spiritual growth.
We believe that transformation happens best through relationships formed in Christian small groups.
We believe that it is our duty to obey Christ’s command to make disciples of all people.
We believe that the church is the Body of Christ, and therefore should operate as a unified community.
We believe that only excellence in all things is good enough for God.
We believe that every member is a minister and needs to be equipped to use their spiritual gifts to build up the Body of Christ.
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Our History
On January 7, 1962, Living Word’s first worship service was held in its temporary home –
Ellisville
Elementary School
. Our church had 115 charter members. In September 1962, groundbreaking ceremonies were held at
15977 Clayton Road
in Ellisville. On June 2, 1963, the first worship service in the new building was held. From 1962-2007, the church was known as
Ellisville
United
Methodist
Church
and was renamed
Living
Word
United
Methodist
Church
as part of the transition process which officially took effect for the Church and the
Early
Childhood
Center
in 2008.
Growth has always been a part of our history.There were dramatic increases in worship and Sunday School attendance, and the budget had grown to $33,000 in the mid-1970’s as Living Word broadened its ministries to the community.Groundbreaking for expanded facilities, including a fellowship hall, conference room and offices, was held on August 24, 1975.
Living Word continued to grow and add church ministries and staff. In October 1988 groundbreaking for new construction began, which included a new sanctuary. The very successful Living Word Early Childhood Center (LWECC) began with a Mother’s Day Out program, and in 1993 a preschool was added. This important children’s ministry of Living Word, LWECC, continues to be a wonderful outreach ministry to our community.
Early in 1999, the church’s Administrative Council established a committee to study the needs of our ever-growing church population. In May 2000, the congregation voted to take the first step toward moving the church to a new site for expansion. On January 5, 2001 the church purchased the land for our current home in Wildwood,
Missouri
. Soon after, the Building Committee was formed and the architects began dreaming with ministry leaders and staff to design our new facility. The Shine Jesus Shine (building campaign) began in April 2001. In 2002 the planning continued with the city of
Wildwood
and
St. Louis
County
and the name “
Living
Word
United
Methodist
Church
” was chosen. Construction began on our new Living Word facility in July 2006 and our Grand Opening Celebration took place on April 6, 2008.
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Beacon Newsletter
Beacon Newsletter Archives
June 15, 2009
June 1, 2009
May 18, 2009
May 4, 2009
April 20, 2009
April 6, 2009
March 23, 2009
March 9, 2009
February 23, 2009
February 9, 2009
January 26, 2009
January 12, 2009
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Helpful Information
Beacon Newsletter and Web Page Announcements
The Beacon is our biweekly church newsletter. Articles about upcoming programs should be submitted well in advance of the event date to allow time for publication and to give everyone advance notice of the event date and time. We also include summary articles in our Sunday morning church bulletin. Articles for the bulletin should be submitted by noon on Monday. You may e-mail Beacon or Bulletin articles to the church office at communications@livingwordumc.org
While visiting our website read our church newsletter and look for other up to date Living Word news. Many of our church administrative forms may also be completed online. To post information about an upcoming ministry event, e-mail Katie Lorenz at klorenz@livingwordumc.org
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Leadership Update
Click here to see a list of our current church leaders.
Leadership Development is a priority for Living Word. Currently we provide training for all ministry leaders at the beginning of the year. We also offer Christian Leadership College and Christian Leadership College Advanced. The Leadership Development Ministry team is comprised of talented leaders that are developing leadership modules for the various leadership positions at Living Word (i.e. Finance chair, Disciple teachers, small group leaders, etc.) Our goal is to develop leaders with a passion for Christ that are equipped, enabled and enthused about ministry!
For more information on Leadership Development please contact Kelly Vincent (636-821-2800).
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