Water’s Edge UMC is a Faith Community Extension is a new church in the Mason area.

Our goal at Water’s Edge is to create an atmosphere where all are relaxed and comfortable. We are casual in our dress, practical in our teachings, and relevant in our worship.

The mission at Water’s Edge UMC is to make disciples of Jesus Christ. We believe this happens when individuals are connected and engaged in worship and small group gatherings.

Regardless of how much or how little you have studied the Bible or attended a church, we believe you will walk away from worship encouraged and challenged to dive deeper; discovering how Jesus Christ longs to be a part of all our lives.

How can I connect?
WE invite you to join others who meet throughout the week in homes, coffeehouses and other locations for study, conversation, and growth.

Each group differs and discusses topics relevant to today. There are a variety of groups for families, men, women, and children from which to choose.
**Visit the Welcome Center in order to take the next step to connect.

Worship:
Our services are designed to be powerful and inspiring, but most of all relevant. WE use video, drama, multimedia, contemporary music and a Biblical message that talks about the issues you face every day and how to connect God’s wisdom to your life.

WE hope each week you will be challenged and encouraged, ready to grow in your relationship with Jesus Christ.

Small Groups:
WE are convinced lives are changed when we connect with others. The lifeline at Water’s Edge is being involved in a small group. This is where you will have opportunities to study, read, and ask questions about the Bible, your journey with Christ, and how to live a healthy Christian life.

All small groups will look different. Many groups will be short term (6 – 8 weeks). Other groups might be a longer commitment; it will depend on the topics, books or studies being used.

WE also offer groups of a more social nature. This might be your way of simple connecting with others in a NON-THREATENING WAY! These groups might go out to a movie, have dinner together, work on a project or go out for a round of golf.

It doesn’t matter the style of group, what matters is YOU are connected. WE encourage everyone to be connected somewhere.

Children’s Ministry:
Nursery – (birth – 2 years) provides a safe, caring, clean environment for infants. Every Sunday you can expect paid certified caregivers.
Preschoolers – (2 ½ - 4 years) a friendly environment that stresses basic Biblical concepts; God made me and Jesus loves me!
     S.O.S. 4 years old – 6th grade
     Scripture and Story
     Our small groups
     Share

On Sunday mornings, your child will enjoy music, activities and small group discussion time; all focused on a specific Bible teaching. Our hope is your child will walk away with a better understanding of the Bible and what it means to be a child of God.

The purpose of S.O.S. is to help children know who they are in Christ in order to commit their lives to Jesus and grow as one of Christ’ disciples.

For the parents:
The greatest influences on faith development are the conversations that take place in the home. Each week, WE encourage the parents to be a part of your child’s spiritual development by using a tool WE call “Table Talk”.

Table Talk is a guide for Parents that holds discussion questions and references to what the children learned that day. WE encourage you to take a moment with your child exploring God’s Word together.

In Matthew (22:34-39) the Pharisees ask Jesus which is the greatest commandment of the law. Jesus replied to them, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’.”

Jesus teaches that we are to focus our lives on loving Him and each other. Likewise, later in Matthew (28:19-20) Jesus meets with the disciples and gives them the Great Commission. He tells them, “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Jesus was instructing the disciples then and now to unite believers with Him and teach them to live a life for Him. Author Rick Warren in his book “The Purpose Driven Church” sums this up very nicely when he states that ‘a great commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will grow a great church.”

In the summer of 1966, the need for a Methodist Church in Southwestern Ohio was recognized by the Dayton District of the Ohio United Methodist Conference. Funds from  the sale of property from a disbanded Methodist church along with money from the Church Extension Program of the Conference was used to purchase a parsonage and 6.235 acres of land for a future building site. The name for the church – Faith Community United Methodist Church - was selected “to reflect the community spirit and faith that will cause spiritual and physical growth of the church.” In September of 1966, 35 people were brought into official church membership and the community of believers known as Faith Community United Methodist Church was successfully planted. Today, after several building expansion projects and significant spiritual and physical growth, the original 6.235 acres at 8230 Cox Rd. has been built to capacity. Indeed, Faith Community has had a great commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission and has grown a great church!

There are still many more people who need to come into a transforming relationship with Jesus Christ but with limited space to grow further, Faith Community will live out the Great Commandment and the Great Commission by establishing Water’s Edge as an “extension campus” in the nearby community of Mason.

Scripture...
Jesus saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by fishermen, who were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. When he had finished speaking he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”

Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”

When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.

Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will catch men.” So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.  Luke 5:2-6, 10-11 (NIV)