Central Highlands Community United Methodist Church

A spiritual discipline is any activity, practiced regularly, that helps one to become more attentive to the presence of God at Central Highlands Church, we believe that the practice of spiritual disciplines is crucial to the development of vibrant discipleship. We place particular emphasis on the spiritual disciplines of prayer, Bible study, and pe... rsonal involvement in acts of ministry. Statement of Faith As Christian congregation in general, and a United Methodist Congregation in particular, we embrace the core Christian beliefs as outlined in the Apostle's Creed: "I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth;And in Jesus Christ his only son, our Lord: who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary. suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried: the third day he rose from the dead: he ascended into Heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty: from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic (universal) Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting." Along with other Christian traditions, we believe in a perfect, holy, sovereign God, from whom we are separated and alienated as a result of our sin. The Bible, both the Old and New Testaments, is the Spirit-inspired story of God's gracious restoration of the divine-human relationship. In the fullness of time, God came to us in the person of Jesus. Through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, God was powerfully, mysteriously, and beautifully at work to reconcile the world to himself. Jesus Christ, in other words, builds bridges we are unable to build on our own. The most urgent mission of the Church, then, is to make disciples of Jesus Christ, so that all may come to know the salvation that God has made posible in him. Senior Pastor - Rev. William J. Starr (Bill)Bill grew up in Kittanning, Pa. He graduated from Grove City College in 1974 with a B.S. in Biology. ...Read More