All Are Welcome!
Join us for worship Sundays at 10:00am. Gather In Person or online via Zoom. Welcoming All Who Seek to Find Community
We are a community of faith that seeks to grow in our love of God, serve our neighbors, be a community of inclusion, transforming the world through Jesus’ love.
Anticpating Advent and Christmas
December 15, 10:00am – Third Sunday in Advent – JOY
Tuesday, Dec. 17, 12:00pm – Top of the Hill Community Lunch
Wednesday, Dec. 18, 5:30pm – Prairie Ridge Dinner
Saturday, Dec. 21, 7:00pm – Longest Night Service of Contemplation. Listen to music from musicians Melissa Miles and Carol Reed. Walk the Prayer Labyrinth.
Sunday, Dec. 22, 10am – Fourth Sunday in Advent – LOVE
Tuesday, December 24, 7pm Candlelight Christmas Eve Service
Sunday, Dec. 29, 10:00am – Epiphany | Joy!
About Sumner UMC
Worship
Our faith community worships together each Sunday at 10:00am. Our service is centered on the pattern of Word and Table. Worship includes music, prayer, scripture readings, preaching and community time (coffee & snacks), sometimes followed by a service project together.
Our Beliefs
Sumner UMC is a welcoming Christian community that seeks to love God and neighbors, by offering hospitality, congregational care and community to all. We embrace individuals and families of all gender identities, sexual orientations, ethnicities, races, and economic backgrounds.
We seek to provide a spiritual home for our congregation and engage in service and ministry to Sumner, Bonney Lake and surrounding communities.
Our congregation affirms the following core values and strategic directions, as expressed in our 2024 strategic planning.
Values
- Growing in Love of God
- Serving Our Neighbors (Meeting Needs)
- Inclusive and Welcoming
- A Place of Belonging, Connection and Community
- Embracing Formation, Growth, and Legacy
Strategic Directions
- Be an Inclusive Church (Affirming all of God’s children)
- Ministries focused on growth in Christ (spiritual formation) and communal life that’s intergenerational.
- Leadership and Decision Making (Integrated Structure)
