BridgeView United Methodist Church- Norman, Oklahoma
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Building Bridges for Christ in All We Do

 Building Bridges for Christ in All We Do
  Seek Others       Welcome All       Grow in Faith  
  Serving the Church, Community  and the World   


Welcome to BridgeView UMC's Website

 
BridgeView is a church that believes in building bridges.  We want to connect people to God and to one another.  In a time when there is so much negativity in some of our churches and culture wars divide us we think the church ought to be about trying to find common ground in Jesus Christ so we can better serve and honor Him.  While issues of theology and values are important and worthy of some discussion we think our priority as a church is to love others as professed in I John 4:11: “Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another.” (NRSV).   We put that love into practice by building bridges that help lead people to Christ and when we recognize all are children of God and welcome here.     
 
BridgeView is also a church of people who actively seek truth and realize the world and all its problems are not black and white.  There is plenty of gray in the world.  We are thinking Christians who don’t believe science and faith have to be exclusive.  As far as secular labels go we are a conservative church if that means holding on to some of the traditions of orthodox Christianity but we are a liberal church if that means not being afraid to adapt or try something different if it helps us reach new people for Christ.  We are also liberal if that means being generous in spirit.  More than anything we try to be a mainstream Methodist church.  That means we care about reaching lost people for Christ as well as the social issues that Christ cared about as best illustrated in stories from the Bible such as the prodigal son (Luke 15:11), the good Samaritan (Luke 10:25) and in Matthew 25:40 when Jesus tells his followers that when you care for the least in society you are caring for me. At the end of the day we would hope people describe BridgeView as not conservative or liberal but say they strive to be Christ-like. 
    
We are a young, actively growing church (founded in 2000) and invite you to join us in this journey to build bridges and to connect people to God and one another.  Please call or e-mail me at the address below if you would like to know more about our church and our vision.
  
Grace and peace,
 
 
Rev. David Poteet
 
  

 

            
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Upcoming Events
& Meetings at BridgeView UMC
Please see our CALENDAR for all the week's regular activities and details for these upcoming events!
 
 
Monday, August 11th-
Crossings Band Rehearsal
at 7:00pm
  
Tuesday, August 12th-
Women's Friendship Group
at 12:30pm
 
Wednesday, August 13th-
Adult Choir Practice
at 7:00pm
 
Thursday, August 14th-
Management Council Meeting
at 6:30pm