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FOREST HOME CHAPEL is a small, warm Christian Community with a broad outlook. We offer Study Groups, Social Fellowship and Community Service, and we welcome all visitors.
THE CHAPEL actively supports the multi-faith Area Congregations Together, Crop Walk and the Ithaca Kitchen Cupboard food distribution program. Through the United Methodist program of Apportioned Giving, Church World Service and the Mennonite Missions, members support local, national and international development and relief work.
OUR SOCIAL CREED
We believe
in God, Creator of the world;
and in Jesus Christ, Redeemer of creation. We believe in the Holy spirit,
through whom we acknowledge God’s gifts, and we repent of our sin in misusing
these gifts to idolatrous ends.
We affirm the natural world as God’s handiwork and dedicate
ourselves to its preservation, enhancement, and faithful use by humankind.
We joyfully receive
for ourselves and others the blessings of community, sexuality, marriage and the
family.
We commit ourselves
to the rights of men, women, children, youth, young adults, the aging, and
people with disabilities; the improvement of the quality of life;
and the rights and dignity of racial, ethnic and religious minorities.
We believe in the
right and duty of persons to work for the glory of God and the good of
themselves and others, and in the protection of their welfare in so doing;
the rights to property as a trust from God; collective bargaining and
responsible consumption; and the elimination of economic and social
distress.
We dedicate
ourselves to peace throughout the world, to the rule of justice and law among
nations, and to the individual freedom for all people of the world.
We believe in the
present and final triumph of God’s Word in human affairs and gladly accept our
commission to manifest the life of the gospel in this world.
Amen
The Book of Discipline, 2000, of the United Methodist Church