North Decatur United Methodist Church held a panel discussion engaging with the legislative process.
The church made the announcement in a Facebook post.
According to the church’s post, the panel discussion was held on Sunday, Sept. 11 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
North Decatur United Methodist Church raised questions including how can citizens support the call for pushing state reform and how they can participate in the legislative process more actively.
Interested participants may join the event together with state senator Elena Parent, representative Renitta Shannon, and United states representative Carolyn Bourdeaux for a panel discussion.
They may also ask a neighbor to come over, according to the church.
Interested readers may visit North Decatur United Methodist Church’s Facebook post for additional details.
Governing Congregation
The principal governing body of the congregation in the United Methodist Church is the church council, according to the church's website. The church said the administration, programming, and church visioning are all handled by its leaders.
Members may learn more about the alternative church council structure used in North Decatur through its website, the church said.
Visitors were also invited to the church council meetings, which typically take place on the last Tuesday of the month at 7:30 a.m., it added.
The church said to join Zoom, they may contact the church office or any church council member available for inquiries or suggestions at any time.
Celebrating God’s Grace
The United Methodist tradition of honoring God's grace as essential to religion is followed by North Decatur Church, according to the church.
North Decatur United Methodist Church said its definition of grace is far broader than it seems.
The church, citing Catholic author Thomas Merton, said grace is God's life shared with everyone. Really, that is a really nice definition. God loves people even when they feel too damaged for anyone to even try to like the people, which is what grace implies, the church said.
The church said nothing, neither what they can do nor what can be done to the people can separate them from God's grace and love because they are so strong.
It added that because of how potent that grace is, they want to spread it to others.
North Decatur United Methodist Church said it thinks their theology is fairly good, and they have the nicest potlucks. Around here, people talk a lot about grace and believe that helping others is fundamental to their faith, it added.
In addition, members partake in Holy Communion each week, according to the church.
The church said it celebrates an open table because the notion that everyone is a child of God plays a significant role in theology.It means that if they are here, God loves everyone regardless of who they are or what they have done, according to the church.
The church said everyone is welcome to partake in Communion and have a seat at God's table.
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