Welcome to Walnut Grove United Methodist Church. It has pretty much what you would expect to find on a website – maybe more than we need, but we just want folks to understand who we are and get a sense of us. The best way to find out about us is to visit. I hope you will. I think you will find us inviting and welcoming – but then again, as the Pastor, I’m probably biased!
If you come, we promise not to single you out, and we promise you a comfortable place alongside folk just like you as we seek to follow God and where God leads in our personal lives and in our life together as a church.
We believe that every congregation that lifts up Jesus as Lord and Savior needs to help people CONNECT with God, each other and the community; open opportunities for folks to SERVE Jesus as we share his love with our community; create opportunities to learn and GROW in our faith; but the most important is to provide a place for us to WORSHIP in a way that effectively reaches our hearts and our minds. This isn’t rocket science. It’s just the basic stuff we all need as we seek to follow where God leads.
Check us and this website out, and then come visit us for for a worship service. If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to call or email me.
Doug Flinn, Pastor
How do we balance our joyful celebration of Christ’s resurrection with the enduring reality of our fallen world? That’s the question we will focus on in these services for Eastertide, the seven weeks from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday. The answer lies in the gospel we proclaim—a gospel of transformation. God takes what is and changes it to conform to his will. While this leads us to repent of former ways in the hope of future ones, it does not allow us to deny the former ways. Transformation takes place when we integrate the promise of God’s coming kingdom with the realities of our present fallen world.
April 4: Eternally New
April 11: Authentically New
April 18: New Undercover
April 25: Maintaining Our New Perspective
May 2: Living the New Life
May 9: Listening Anew