Statement of Inclusivity
You are welcome here
You are welcome here. Anyone and everyone is welcome here. We see you and invite you to simply be who you are. Wherever you are in your journey, we are prepared to walk beside you. Following Jesus’s example, we offer a safe, healing and transforming place for you, as a child of God, to receive unconditional love and grace.
Our minds are open. Our hearts are open. Our doors are open.
You are welcome here as we seek to connect to God, each other and the world.
We are United Methodist
Ardmore is part of the United Methodist denomination.
The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a world-wide church that opens hearts, opens minds, and opens doors through active engagement with our world.
The mission of the United Methodist Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.
The United Methodist Church is connectional.
Ardmore UMC is a local church:
in the Yadkin Valley District
of the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Our Mission
In line with the United Methodist Church's mission "to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world," the mission of Ardmore UMC is to:
Connect to God, one another, and the world.
Lay Servant-Leaders and the Church Council
The laity (members of the church who are not pastors) are vital to the function of the church's ministries.
The Church Council is the body made up of all lay servant-leaders that meets to
"provide for planning and implementing a program of nurture, outreach, witness, and resources in the local church. It also provides for the administration of its organization and temporal life. It envisions, plans, implements, and annually evaluates the mission and ministry of the church."
Book of Discipline: ¶252. The Church Council
All Church Council meetings are open, meaning anyone can attend to observe, though only members of the council have voice and vote (Book of Discipline: ¶722).
See our Church Calendar for when the Church Council will meet next.
