Forward in Faith
“Faith in the Future” is about equipping our church to understand and thrive in the 21st-century religious landscape by providing context, publishing ideas, and hosting conversations with leading experts.
Faith in the Future with Lindsay Bates: Innovative Ministries
Lindsay Bates, has been spent the past two years researching what Faith communities that look different than the well-loved model of worship on Sunday morning and bible study on Wednesday evening. She has found that most Churches that innovate well do so from a place of loving their communities, finding ways of being the Church that might look different in order to meet their community’s needs. Join us to hear about these congregations and dream about how UDLC might share our love and sense of humor with Ambler in a new way.
What is Faith Formation?
Faith Formation at UDLC is “life long, life wide, and life deep.” It activates our baptismal faith and identity throughout our lives, so that we grow in love for God and neighbor, deepen our understanding and appreciation of our traditions, both theological and Biblical, and feel empowered to live out our faith in the world.
Christianity is a Communication Event
Communications has been a vital part of the faith communities from the very beginning—from the 10 Commandments on stone tablets to Paul’s letters written on scrolls, from Martin Luther and the printing press, to newspapers, TV, radio, and now the internet, churches have adopted new technologies to communicate the grace and love of God. Our experience during the COVID pandemic has demonstrated just how important it is to have a good digital platform, from our live-streamed worship to website, email, social media, and more. Some churches, including UDLC, were already trending in this direction. The pandemic has just sped up the process for all of us.
Pastoral Message from Pastor Keith on the Murder of George Floyd
In recent days, since the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, we have heard the pain and suffering of our Black neighbors, who daily suffer from oppressive and dehumanizing racist systems, the rhetoric of white supremacy, and the silence of their white friends and neighbors. They are calling out for our help and, out of Christian love, we must respond.