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Welcome to Lexington United Methodist Church! We welcome visitors! See our Worship FAQs to get a feel about our Worship service. We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, gay, filthy rich, dirt poor, yo no habla Ingles. We extend a special welcome to those who are crying new-borns, skinny as a rail or could afford to lose a few pounds. We welcome you if you can sing like Andrea Bocelli or like our pastor who can’t carry a note in a bucket. You’re welcome here if you’re “just browsing,” just woke up or just got out of jail. We don’t care if you’re more faithful than the bishop or haven’t been to church since little Joey’s baptism. We extend a special welcome to those who are over 60 but not grown up yet, and to teenagers who are growing up too fast. We welcome soccer moms, NASCAR dads, starving artists, tree-huggers, latte-sippers, vegetarians, junk-food eaters. We welcome those who are in recovery or still addicted. We welcome you if you’re having problems or you’re down in the dumps or if you don’t like “organized religion,” we’ve been there, too. If you blew all your offering money at the casino, you’re welcome here. We offer a special welcome to those who think the earth is flat, work too hard, don’t work, can’t spell, or came because grandma is in town and wanted to go to church. We welcome those who are inked, pierced or both. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, had religion shoved down your throat as a kid or got lost in traffic and wound up here by mistake. We welcome tourists, seekers and doubters, and bleeding hearts. All of us at Lexington United Methodist Church welcome...
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Everyone is welcome at LUMC! We are an open, affirming, reconciling and inclusive community of faith. This mean we love and welcome EVERYBODY! Unconditionally. We won’t try to change you or your way of life. We won’t judge you. We are simply here to welcome you and care for you. Unconditionally.
Lexington United Methodist Church enjoys a heritage of providing space to the community. It was this welcoming spirit that made our church building a site for many activities in town, and most specifically, made us a home to Saint John’s Korean United Methodist Church. In May of 1981, Lexington UMC began sharing its building with St. John’s Korean UMC. Our association with St. John’s began as a tenant/landlord relationship, but in 1984 both churches began to take steps to create a more equitable and permanent arrangement. A building committee explored ways to expand and renovate the building to accommodate our two congregations. After extensive renovations, including making the facility handicap accessible, a United Methodist Corporation was formed in 1988 to share ownership of the building between Lexington UMC and St. John’s Korean UMC. The two churches share equally in the ownership and in the decision-making process for all building and property matters. In 1988, the Rev. David C. Myers remarked, “We have endured and finally completed the Building and renovation Program – a witness that two peoples of different cultures can be more by the faith that unites them than by the society that isolates them. What have we learned? We have learned that ownership of a church building isn’t necessarily a requirement to faithfulness. Indeed, the purpose of a church, according to our faith, is only for the worship and praise of God and to enable the mission and ministry of God’s people. As we fulfill these purposes, we are being a faithful people.” The Methodist Weekday School is a private, non-profit, non-sectarian preschool founded in 1961 by Lexington United Methodist Church. It offers an excellent staff, facility and program to all cultures, faiths, and walks of life. The preschool is located in the church’s education wing which was built specifically to preschool specifications. (Portions adapted from Lexington United Methodist Church: Our History, p....
"By faith we are called. By our works we are known. Seeking Peace with Justice."
- 50th Anniversary motto
Lexington United Methodist Church
