A brief history of Monroe Community Church.
In October 2001, Trinity United Methodist Church began an ad hoc committee to evaluate and address our limited space and growing congregation. After about 10 months of studying the situation and our commitment to reach out with the love of Jesus Christ, Trinity decided to focus on providing the residence of Monroe Township the support needed to start a church called Monroe Community Church. In October 2002 Fleet Bank offered their Training facility to us so that we could begin worshiping on Sunday mornings in Monroe.
We began worshiping in January 2003 and officially launched in September 2003. Two months later, Fleet was bought by Bank of America and Monroe Community Church was no longer able to worship there. We began meeting in small groups in host homes and then resumed worship in September 2004 on Saturday nights at Trinity. In addition to Saturday nights, we were meeting in Monroe Township High School’s Performing Arts Center once a month.
After a long process with the Monroe Township Board of Education, we have secured a year to year contract for weekly use of Barclay Brook Elementary School, 358 Buckelew Avenue, Monroe Township. Since our re-launch on Easter of 2006 we have been blessed to share in exciting, family-friendly worship on a weekly basis.
Monroe Community Church's vision statement is to be "a welcoming community following God together," and our three focal points are:
We have several small groups engaged in different projects and study. We have people engaged in mission, leadership development, and Bible study. We are hoping to launch 5 new small groups after Christmas focused on developing deeper relationships through Bible study and fellowship.
2. To be a resource church for other churches.
So far our talented team of musicians and arts people have written original skits and music for worship. Our Sunday School is actively engaging with the idea of eventually developing a curriculum for use in the church.
3. To be intentionally multi-ethnic.
God is moving powerfully in Monroe and we are seeing an incredibly diverse community .