First United Methodist 325 W. Washington Street, Bluffton, Indiana 46714 Phone: 219-824-2654 Sunday Morning Worship: 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM Sunday School: 9:30 AM Nursery Provided Senior Pastor: Bill Shannon Associate Pastor: Cindy Osgood Our Confession of Faith We Confess Jesus Christ T  h  e      S  o  n    "He [Jesus] said to them, 'But who do you say that I am?'  Simon Peter answered, 'You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.'  And Jesus answered him, 'Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah!  For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven.'"    Matthew 16:15-17 NRSV T  h  e      S  a  v  i  o  r    "There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name in heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved."    Acts 4:12 NRSV T  h  e      L  o  r  d    "As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.  See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to christ.  For in Him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have come to fullness in Him, who is the head of every ruler and authority."    Colossians 2:6-10 NRSV