Welcome to Christ UMC! Our mission is to create and promote a faith that is thoughtful, compassionate, and inclusive. We welcome all people into the life of the church and follow the path and teachings of Jesus as a way to experience the sacredness of life. We strive to commit ourselves to a path of life-long learning, compassion, and selfless love and service.
An open table for all
At Christ UMC we believe that Jesus spread his table wide for all who wanted to sit with him. As followers of Christ, we try to live out Jesus' example by spreading our table wide and attempting to be as welcoming as possible to all God's children. Although we are aware that this is an ongoing process in our journey of faith as a congregation, we hope that all people will find us a welcoming church, regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs.
Outreach
CUMC helped to establish and continues to support the Crossroads Urban Center, a ministry to low income, disabled, and minority Utah residents living in downtown Salt Lake. Christ UMC also works closely with Family Promise (formerly the Interfaith Hospitality Network) in Salt Lake and has a section of its building designed to host Family Promise guests on a regular basis.
We are generous with our resources, interested in helping make our community stronger, and dedicated to providing quality programming and ministry to people both inside and outside our doors.
We are generous with our resources, interested in helping make our community stronger, and dedicated to providing quality programming and ministry to people both inside and outside our doors.
Youth ministry
Youth Ministry is extremely important to CUMC. The Junior High and Senior High youth group meets weekly and for the past several years takes annual Work Trips to different areas of the country. In 2018 the group travelled to Puerto Rico to do recovery work after Hurricane Maria. In 2021 the Youth Group is planning a Work Trip to Costa Rica.
An outstanding ministry and tradition of the church for almost six decades is the Wesley Bell Ringers, a renowned high school hand bell choir. Through the years, The Wesley Bell Ringers have traveled to every state in the nation during their 15 day Summer Bell Tour. The 2020 Bell Tour will visit the Pacific Northwest.
Faith on Fire and the MAD (Make a Difference) Band are two different Contemporary Christian Bands that play regularly at church. They consist of High School and College Students from our church and area schools.
The church hosts one of the largest Boy Scout troops in the state and has become known for sponsoring the scouts annual Barbecue at the end of April. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts all are active and have growing groups meeting at the church.
An outstanding ministry and tradition of the church for almost six decades is the Wesley Bell Ringers, a renowned high school hand bell choir. Through the years, The Wesley Bell Ringers have traveled to every state in the nation during their 15 day Summer Bell Tour. The 2020 Bell Tour will visit the Pacific Northwest.
Faith on Fire and the MAD (Make a Difference) Band are two different Contemporary Christian Bands that play regularly at church. They consist of High School and College Students from our church and area schools.
The church hosts one of the largest Boy Scout troops in the state and has become known for sponsoring the scouts annual Barbecue at the end of April. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts all are active and have growing groups meeting at the church.