Boulder City
United Methodist Church

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United
Methodist
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Desert
Southwest
Conference

Our Mission

OUR LORD SAYS WE ARE TO GO IN HIS NAME:  In our lives, our families, and society we will demonstrate our faith through grace, worship, fellowship, discipleship, prayer, diversity, community, and stewardship.

 

We hold in common with all Christians a faith in the mystery of salvation in and through Jesus Christ.

 

We share the Christian belief that God's redemptive love is realized in human life by the activity of the Holy Spirit, both in personal experience and in the community of believers.

 

We understand ourselves to be part of the Body of Christ when by adoration, proclamation, and service we become conformed to Christ.

 

With other Christians we recognize that the reign of God is both a present and future reality.

 

We share with many Christian communions a recognition of the authority of Scripture in matters of faith, the confession that our justification as sinners is by grace through faith, and the sober realization that the church is in need of continual reformation and renewal.

 

We endeavor through the power of the Holy Spirit to understand the love of God given in Jesus Christ. We seek to spread this love abroad. As we see more clearly who we have been, as we understand more fully the needs of the world, as we draw more effectively upon our theological heritage, we will become better equipped to fulfill our call as the people of God.

 How We Began 

In late 1999 a group of people in Boulder City came together to worship in the United Methodist tradition. Led by Lay Speaker John Mondt, we first met in the (very clean and warm) garage of a member of our fellowship. Soon after, St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church offered their church as a place for us to hold our worship services. We will always be grateful for St. Christopher’s compassion and generosity in giving us our first home.

With the sanction of the Desert Southwest Conference of the United Methodist Church and the support of (then) North District Superintendent Tom Mattick, our first pastor was appointed. For one year, through his spiritual and practical direction, Rev. Jerry Blankinship guided our fledgling congregation towards a fully active United Methodist Fellowship.

In 2001 Rev. Arthur Robinson was appointed as pastor, and the congregation moved their place of worship to the Lighthouse Inn Conference Center on Ville Drive. We continued to hold our services there until December 2006.

The current North District Superintendent, Rev. David Devereaux, actively supports us in our goal of becoming a fully chartered church and a strong Christian presence, not only in Boulder City but throughout the District. It was with the support of Rev. Devereaux that on the first Sunday of July 2004, John Ritenour joined our congregation as our new pastor. Pastor John and his wife Kitty provide our church community with a spiritual and practical leadership that has enabled us to grow into a viable mainstream Christian church in Boulder City, giving back to the community that has so generously supported us.  

Where We Are Going

By the middle of 2006, we were fast outgrowing the Lighthouse location. A search of available settings brought us to the Senior Center of Boulder City, and on January 7, 2007 we held our first service there. The more central location and larger facility has been a blessing for our church community, letting us expand our Christian Education program and increase our worship and fellowship areas as we continue to grow. We hope to call the Senior Center home until we can open the doors to our own church building.

The vision Pastor John holds for our church is dynamic—and contagious. So much so that in April 2006 we were able to purchase three acres of land at the corner of Adams Blvd. and Utah Street. Plans have been drawn for our church building, and one-fourth of the money needed to start construction has been raised. It is the goal of Boulder City United Methodist Church to hold Christmas Eve services in our own sanctuary in December 2009, exactly ten years after that first meeting, when twenty-four people chose to become a church.