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First United Methodist Church

629 Kansas St, Rapid City, SD, 57701

SUNDAY SERVICES

Whether you are trying church for the first time, coming back to church after a long time, or trying to find a new church, we invite you to join our church family this Sunday!

CONTEMPORARY

Join us 9am for our Contemporary Service as we come together for worship with our praise band, read scripture from The Message, enjoy our young and young at heart as they are invited upfront for the children's message and then dismissed for children's church as we go into our sermon for the day!

This Service Has Nursery & Child Care

TRADITIONAL

Join our 11am Traditional Service as we enjoy the music from our pipe organs as we begin worship with our prelude and lead through hymns. Enjoy as we listen to the words of scripture from ESV (English Standard Version) and an anthem from Chancel Choir, as we go into our message for the day!

This Service Has No Nursery & Child Care

SUNDAY NIGHT COMING SOON

COMING THIS SUMMER

Come enjoy a new setting that will focus on connections with ourselves, with people and with our faith. This setting will consist of worship, open discussion, and interactive time of prayer.

What Do We Believe?

THE BIBLE

We believe the Old and New Testaments are the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God. In the Bible we find the revelation of God’s will for the salvation of humanity, and the divine, sole and final authority for the Christian life.
(1 Thess. 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21)

THE FATHER & TRINITY

We believe in God the Father, Almighty, the Creator, Ruler and Sustainer of all things. God is infinitely perfect and eternally existent in three persons–Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These three are co-equal and are one God.
(Deut. 6:4; Isaiah 43:10-11; Matt. 28:19; Luke 3:22)

THE SON

We believe Jesus Christ is true God and true man. He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life and died on the cross as a sacrifice for the sins of all humanity. He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven and is now at the right hand of the Father as our High Priest and advocate.
(Matt. 1:21-23; Matt. 28:6; Rom. 8:34; 1 Cor. 15:3-4; Philippians 2:9-11; Heb. 2:17; Heb. 7:26)

THE HOLY SPIRIT

We believe the Holy Spirit is actively convicting people of sin, drawing them toward Christ, birthing them into God’s family, cleansing them of sin, overflowing them with love and joy, empowering them for service, giving them the spiritual gifts and evidencing His presence in their life through decisions and actions that align with the Bible and glorify the Lord Jesus.
(John 14:16-17; John 16:7-13; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:4; 1 Cor. 12; 2 Cor. 3:17; Eph. 1:13-14; Gal. 5:22-25)

SALVATION

We believe Salvation is God’s free gift to us, but we must accept it. We can do nothing on our own to pay for our sin or earn our Salvation. Trusting in Jesus Christ is God’s way of forgiveness from sin’s penalty. When we turn from our self-ruled life and turn to Jesus in faith, we are saved.
(John 1:12-13; John 14:6; Rom. 5:1-2; Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8-9; Gal. 3:26; Titus 3:5)

ETERNITY

We believe people were created to exist forever. We will either exist eternally separated from God by sin, or eternally with God through forgiveness and salvation. Hell is an eternal place of separation from God, reserved for those who have continually refused forgiveness from and relationship with Jesus. Heaven is an eternal place of union with God, reserved for those who have accepted God’s free gift of Salvation by grace through faith in Jesus for the forgiveness of one’s sin. Heaven and Hell are real places of eternal existence.
(Matt. 25:31-46; John 3:16; Rom. 6:23; 1 John 2:24-25; 1 John 5:11-13; Rev. 20:15)