| First United Methodist Church of Delran, NJ |
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| Scroll down and try answering the 22 questions members of John Wesley's Holy Club asked themselves every day over 200 years ago. |
| We are a member of the United Methodist Church. With Christians of other communions we confess belief in the triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This confession embraces the biblical witness to God’s activity in creation, encompasses God’s gracious self-involvement in the dramas of history, and anticipates the consummation of God’s reign. The created order is designed for the well-being of all creatures and as the place of human dwelling in intimate relationship with God. As sinful creatures, however, we have separated ourselves from God and have fallen out of relationship with God. It is our belief that God sent his Son, Jesus, to make a return to God possible and to show us the way back to a full and rewarding relationship with God who loves us. |
| For more information, please visit the UMC's official website: http://www.umc.org |
| "I find that United Methodism has five great gifts to offer our troubled, but still blessed and beloved-by-God world: (1) Stress on the need for a personal, engaging, experienced relationship with Christ. (We can know Christ, not just know about Christ.) (2) The need for structure, discipline, and form in meeting the challenges of living a Christian life today. (Some things are too important to be left to chance.) (3) The importance of lifelong journey and self-examination, assisted by others, in developing our lives in Christ. (We can actually grow and be better people than we are right now.) (4) The refusal to separate spiritual needs from human, material needs. (God loves whole persons, not just detached "souls".) (5) The stress upon the church, its proclamation, sacraments, and other "ordinary means of grace" against our rampant individualism and subjectivism. (Religion - the Christian one, that is - is not a private affair.) The Twenty-two Questions Members of John Wesley's Holy Club Asked Themselves Every Day In Their Private Devotions More Than 200 Years Ago. 1. Am I consciously or unconsciously creating the impression than I am better than I really am? In other words, am I a hypocrite? 2. Am I honest in all my acts and words, or do I exaggerate? 3. Do I confidentially pass on to another what was told to me in confidence? 4. Can I be trusted? 5. Am I a slave to dress, friends, work or habits? 6. Am I self-conscious, self-pitying, or self-justifying? 7. Did the Bible live in me today? 8. Do I give it time to speak to me every day? 9. Am I enjoying prayer? 10. When did I last speak to someone else of my faith? 11. Do I pray about the money I spend? 12. Do I get to bed on time and get up on time? 13. Do I disobey God in anything? 14. Do I insist upon doing something about which my conscience is uneasy.? 15. Am I defeated in any part of my life? 16. Am I jealous, impure, critical, irritable, touchy or distrusting? 17. How do I spend my spare time? 18. Am I proud? 19. Do I thank God that I am not as other people, especially as the Pharisees who despised the publican? 20. Is there anyone I fear, dislike, disown, criticize, hold a resentment toward or disregard? If so, what am I doing about it? 21. Do I grumble or complain constantly? 22. Is Christ real to me? |
| What We Believe |
| Where We: Glorify God through public and private worship. Make new disciples for Jesus Christ by witnessing to others about God’s amazing grace through word and action. Grow in spiritual maturity through training and equipping opportunities. Reach out to others in need; beginning with our community and moving out across the entire world. Make a difference in the lives of all for whom Jesus died. |