Our worship service follows the traditional United Methodist order of worship, using both classic and contemporary hymns from our two hymnals. The service usually lasts just under an hour. Fellowship, discussion, and refreshments follow in our fellowship hall downstairs. It is at this time that there is often lively discussion on the sermon topic where everyone is free to disagree. Please feel free to dress in whatever way is comfortable to you. This is a worship service, not a fashion show. Worship time is 11:15 every Sunday.
As a United Methodist congregation, we practice open communion, which we celebrate on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of very month. All are welcome to partake of the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, including children and non-Methodists. We also have a healing service every 5th Sunday, during which you may share your personal concerns and the Pastor will anoint you with oil and pray with you. Presently, we do not have a nursery available during the service, but children are more than welcome and there is a children’s sermon during the service.
Theologically, we are orthodox, but not dogmatic or judgemental. Questions, even hard ones, are welcome. In our politically polarized age, there is all too often an unholy union between religion and secular, political ideology. Dietz strives to be welcoming to persons of all political and ideological persuasions, believing that we can all learn from different perspectives. This means, however, that as sisters and brothers in Christ we sometimes have to agree to disagree. As a family of God, we are not required to always agree with each other or even like each other. What we are required to do is to do as Christ commanded his disciples: to love one another. This is our hope and expectation at Dietz.
As a United Methodist congregation, we practice open communion, which we celebrate on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of very month. All are welcome to partake of the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, including children and non-Methodists. We also have a healing service every 5th Sunday, during which you may share your personal concerns and the Pastor will anoint you with oil and pray with you. Presently, we do not have a nursery available during the service, but children are more than welcome and there is a children’s sermon during the service.
Theologically, we are orthodox, but not dogmatic or judgemental. Questions, even hard ones, are welcome. In our politically polarized age, there is all too often an unholy union between religion and secular, political ideology. Dietz strives to be welcoming to persons of all political and ideological persuasions, believing that we can all learn from different perspectives. This means, however, that as sisters and brothers in Christ we sometimes have to agree to disagree. As a family of God, we are not required to always agree with each other or even like each other. What we are required to do is to do as Christ commanded his disciples: to love one another. This is our hope and expectation at Dietz.
