Serving Fox Island and the Gig Harbor Community since 1892
Our church's Vision Statement declares:
The Fox Island United Church of Christ seeks to proclaim and share with all persons the unconditional love of God, as witnessed in the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
I would like to share with you what this means to me.
I grew up in a church that loved and nurtured me, modeling God's passionate love for all people. I was taught Paul's valuable lesson that God is no respecter of persons'all God's children are created in the image, after the likeness of God, and all are of infinite worth to our creator.
I also grew to appreciate the radical inclusiveness of the gospel. The good news of God's salvific love is not just for the righteous and the pious, it is for everyone no matter how sinful our lives have been; no matter where we began our search for something more, something greater than ourselves, something divine. God's love reaches to the outcast, to those who have been marginalized and victimized by society, and to those who have been declared to be "other".
Because of my own questioning faith, I have great respect and patience for people whose faith journey has been fraught with questions, detours, and false starts. I seek to create an atmosphere in worship, and within our congregational life, where people are given permission to freely explore Christ?s calling in their lives, and to find God in their own way. God meets us where we are. And at Fox Island UCC, you will never have to check your brain at the door.
Yours on the journey,
Rev. B. J. Beu, Pastor