Our Mission

As a people called into relationship with God through Christ, our purpose is to share God’s love and acceptance with all.

Our Vision

Like our giant oak, Manchaca United Methodist Church spreads God’s love through roots of spiritual strength, diversity and community involvement. We reach out with our branches to provide comfort, strength, and shelter to others, now and for generations to come.

• Alive – Faithful, impassioned by the Holy Spirit – on fire!
• Colorful – Diversity reflecting the surrounding community and providing a variety of worship, small group, and mission experiences.
• Giving/Gifting – Renewing the community with God’s love; one house, one family, one soul at a time.
• Sheltering – Be a joyful, loving, forgiving, caring place where everyone belongs.
• Busy/Active – Be a social hub/community center where good things happen and everyone is involved.

Our Core Values

In response to the love of God in Christ, we value:

1. Openness
   1. Be receptive to God’s love and action in our lives
   2. Invite and welcome all
2. Growth and Change
   1. Accept and embrace the transforming power of God through the Holy Spirit
   2. Allow God to work in and through us
3. Community
   1. Connect and build loving relationships
   2. Share God’s love
4. Commitment
   1. Be faithful to God’s command to love others as Jesus did
   2. Deepen our relationship with God
   3. Live in faith everyday

Our Guiding Principles

“Do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8)

1. We are lifelong Christian learners.
2. Every person has value.
3. The Holy Spirit empowers and equips us to share our faith.
4. God’s love and forgiveness has the power to change each person and the world.
5. Clear, open, honest communication facilitates right relationships.
6. Acknowledge the diversity of our community’s worship needs.
7. We are members of the worldwide United Methodist Church.
8. We are a family in Christ, united by the Holy Spirit and committed to one another.