Mount Seymour United - LGBTQ+ Rainbow
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About Us

What WE BELIEVE

How we live is more important than what we believe. We follow a progressive form of Christianity at Mount Seymour, which means that:

We take the Bible seriously but not literally.

We understand the bible as a human product, written in the context of two ancient communities. It is a record of how those people understood and experienced God and their life of faith. We use the Bible as a central source of wisdom, inspiration, understanding and guidance for our life.

We follow the Way of Jesus.

We look to the story of Jesus and the way he lived his life as a model for our own living. We understand Jesus as both a figure of history and a mysterious presence we refer to as Christ within and among us. Through this understanding we gain a deeper sense of what it means to be created in the image of the divine.

We are not alone. God is with us.

We call “God” by many names and experience the sacred in a variety of ways. We experience God as something larger than ourselves and yet part of us. We understand God in human form primarily through Jesus.

Our Life Together.

We gather in community for support, challenge, accountability and to experience the sacred in a particular way. Journeying with others reminds us of the foundations of the Christian path which include prayer and contemplation; the work of seeking justice for our world and for our earth; and compassionate living. Communal life provides the opportunity to engage the rituals of the Christian tradition, particularly communion and baptism, which help to shape, form and sustain us.
LGBTQ +

  • The first thing you need to know is that you are welcome without reservation. 

  • No one will try to change you or persuade you that you will be more acceptable to God if you change. 

  • In fact, we believe that spiritual wholeness comes from being more fully who we are while living in loving, just and compassionate relationships with others.

  • We believe that Jesus taught radical inclusiveness – we are loved just as we are, and we’re called to love others in the same way.