A vision statement serves as a roadmap.   It guides us so that we may reach our appointed destination.     Oak Ridge UMC's Vision Statement includes five (5) specific components.   Five specific areas in which we believe God has called us and gifted/resourced us in the making followers of Jesus Christ.    The very first of these five vision components is: INSPIRING WORSHIP. 

One of the conferences we United Methodists observe each and every year is called Annual Conference.    In the Western North Carolina Conference we are probably a bit spoiled since our Annual Conference is held at beautiful and scenic Lake Junaluska Assembly, near Waynesville, NC.

This Sunday, June 7th, is Trinity Sunday on the Christian calendar.    Holy Trinity; Triune God; Three-in-One.......Sounds pretty mysterious and difficult, doesn't it?     One of the best ways to get a handle on this mystery, I believe, comes from a children's Sunday school class.   One elementary way to conceptualize the Holy Trinity is to think of water.   H2O.  Anyway you see it, no matter the form, water still consists of H2O.   It may be in the form of a solid (ice); or, gas (vapor); or, liquid (the water we drink).   Three different forms, yet the same components.    Various expressions, but same in content.