In November 2004, following months of diligent work by the NCD Team, Church Council approved the purpose and mission for Harrisville United Methodist Church.

The Purpose of

Harrisville United Methodist Church

Our motto: “Fostering God’s Love for All” 

   HUMC is viewed as existing for five basic purposes as follows:

Worship The foremost purpose of the Harrisville United Methodist Church is to express our love of the Lord through worship. Worship celebrates God’s presence by magnifying and glorifying Him and exalting His name. It involves prayer, music, sermons, devotions, and celebration of the Sacraments. 

Ministry Ministry is demonstrating God’s love to others through meeting their needs and healing their hurts in the name of Jesus. Our church is intended to minister to all kinds of needs: spiritual, emotional, relational, and physical.

Evangelism We have been commanded to share our belief in Christ’s coming, His death on the cross, His resurrection, His promise to return, and our salvation through faith in Him. We are expected to bring unbelievers into God’s eternal family and to make them disciples.

Fellowship  As Christians we are called to belong, not just to believe. We are meant to belong to Christ’s family and to be members of his body. Baptism symbolizes our new life in Christ and incorporates us into the body of Christ. Fellowship provides mutual support, care, and love among church members. Fellowship is noted in all facets of our church

Discipleship  Discipleship is the process of how members become more knowledgable, spiritually mature, and effective as practicing Christians. It is intended to help members become more like Jesus in thoughts, feelings, and actions.

 After drafting a statement of the Purposes of The Harrisville United Methodist Church to our satisfaction, we took the five purposes and used them as the basis for our new Church Mission Statement. Then, we finally created the Church Motto. 

 Culminating the work of the NCD, on November 9, 2004 the three documents: a) church motto, b) church mission statement, and c) the Purposes of the United Methodist Church Narrative were presented to the Church Council and approved. The new documents will now be used to better describe our HUMC for members and the community, and will also help guide the NCD in its ongoing work.