Let me borrow your mind for three minutes and ask you to imagine a church:

Imagine a church without a steeple, where the people are really the church

Imagine a church that isn’t defined by its building

Imagine a church that doesn’t see the unchurched and de-churched as the enemy but as the victim of the enemy

Imagine a church that preaches simple truths without dumbing them down

Imagine a church that has made over 20 thousand meals that were distributed to hungry around the world in the name of Christ

Imagine a church that is just as passionate about feeding those in the local community as well

Imagine a church that is sponsoring a formerly homeless family by providing, shelter, food, and education

Imagine a church that sent 15 of its own a mission trip to Jamaica to build a roof and lead Vacation Bible School

Imagine a church with a vibrant children’s church where the kids are falling head over heels in love with Jesus

Imagine a church where you never hear the phrase, “It’s never been done that way before”

Imagine a church where both the affluent and poor are rich in the Spirit

Imagine a church offering the unconditional love of Christ without judgment, guilt, or shame (what we refer to as mad, crazy love)

Imagine a church in which the Gospel is never watered down

Imagine a church that is helping abused women escape life-threatening situations, former inmates getting adjusted to life outside of prison, and enabling and empowering the poor in the community to reach a place of being self-sustained

Imagine a church where the most important thing heard on Sunday morning doesn’t come from the pastor or the music but from what God says through it all

Imagine a church that clothes the naked, visits the sick, feeds the hungry, and goes to the prisons

Imagine a church where “church” isn’t a place you go but something you are and do

Imagine a church that is unapologetic about preaching salvation through faith in Christ alone

Imagine a church that stands with those on margins of society

Imagine a church where Jesus is more than a “get-out-of-hell card”

Imagine a church that isn’t concerned about where you have been but where you are going

Imagine a church where worship isn’t described as traditional and contemporary but as relevant and passionate

When you imagine those things, you are getting a small glimpse of what Greater Heights United Methodist Church looks like.