Welcome to the Feast!
First Christian Church of Berryville is a faith community where you can always get a well-balanced spiritual meal. We set the table with truth and compassion, compassion and truth, never one without the other. Whether in worship services or in study sessions, you can feast to your heart's fulfillment and your mind's satisfaction.
The menu for our meals comes straight from the Bible and the Holy Spirit. We are always studying and applying the inspired scriptures, always praying for the leading and empowering of the Holy Spirit, always seeking to learn how to do things more and more in The Jesus Way. The meals are intended not to fatten us up, but to strengthen us for service and to fill us with joy.
First Christian Church of Berryville is not a place, but an actively and intentionally growing mission fellowship. We may meet in a historic white frame building near the town square, but our vision is fresh and exciting. Our goal is to join what God is doing in and around Berryville (and sometimes farther away) and to celebrate what we see of God in our midst.
Not long ago, the First Christian Church congregation cleared up an important matter, that it exists to do actual ministry and not just to hire a professional minister. When the congregation called us to be their ministry leaders, they understood that they were committing themselves to do the work of the church. Our job as ministry leaders is to mentor the church members in identifying and pursuing their personal and congregational missions. That may not be the usual pattern for church in our culture, but we think that it is the way God intends church to be.
Part of First Christian Church's mission is to offer a warm welcome for you. We don't intend to smother you or to pressure you, but we want you to know that we are glad to see you and that we will be glad to help you grow in knowing and serving Jesus Christ.
And, oh yes, we mean to have a lot of fun along the way!
Come to the feast!
John and Judy Turner
Ministry Leaders
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Berryville, Arkansas
