. . . The weekly virtual “gratitude jar.”
This week, I’m expressing thanks for the Oasis United Church of Christ.
. . . Because it’s Easter Sunday, and I have a church home that feels comfortable to me, and which is happy to fully include people like me.
Also, the sermons are insightful and intelligent. We are not asked to check our brains at the door. If you think logically and scientifically, even if you’re a skeptic, you are perfectly welcome. We don’t want you to blindly believe literal nonsense. We simply strive to follow Jesus.
Our mission statement reads:
The Oasis UCC is a diverse community of action-oriented followers of Jesus, who humbly strive through worship, faith formation and the practice of Jesus’ teachings to love God and our neighbors as God loves us.
God calls us to care for and meet people where they are; share a life of prayer and joyful service with all; and together–worship, rest in, and serve God. We are seekers of justice and lovers of all of God’s creation. Through the community formed by the Holy Spirit, we are consoled, forgiven, refreshed and inspired.
We extravagantly welcome all people; believers, non-believers, doubters, questioners, no matter who they love, their gender identity or expression, their marital standing or family structure, their race, culture, ability or their economic or social circumstance. All are a blessing to our journey of faith and we seek to share God’s love and grace with all.
We are a church that is committed to radical hospitality, living with total authenticity, real diversity, and agenda-free relationships. The Oasis UCC is a place for the thinking heart, a place where people don’t need to leave their mind or their heart at the door.
Find out more about Jefferson City’s only United Church of Christ congregation on our website and on Facebook.
You can watch services (live and archived) online on the website, Facebook, or YouTube.
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