About New Beginnings UMC

New Beginnings United Methodist Church in Ridgely, Maryland offers people from all walks of life the chance to start a new beginning and realize the path to salvation.

Our Mission
The New Beginnings United Methodist Church believes in meeting people where they are in their life. Our church aims to help everyone understand that God has the transforming and restorative power to heal us physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Our Vision
The New Beginnings United Methodist Church envisions a future where we usher the world around us into the redeeming presence of the almighty God. Through worship, faithful ministries, and the total praise of Jesus Christ our Lord, we can achieve this.

The flame in our church logo represents the work of the Holy Spirit in the world, which is seen in believers through
spiritual gifts.

The basic beliefs of New Beginings United Methodist Church include:

• Triune God.
  God is one God in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost).
• Scripture.
  he writings in the Old Testament and New Testament are the inspired word of God.
• Sin.
  While human beings were intended to bear the image of God, all humans are sinners for whom that image is distorted. Sin estranges us from God and corrupts human nature such that we cannot heal or save ourselves.
• Salvation through Jesus Christ.
  God's redeeming love is active to save sinners through Jesus' incarnate life and teachings, through his atoning death, his resurrection, his sovereign presence through history, and his promised return.
• Sacraments.
  New Beginings UMC recognizes two sacraments: Holy Baptism and Holy Communion. In Holy Baptism, we believe that "Baptism is not only a sign of profession and mark of difference whereby Christians are distinguished from others that are not baptized; but it is also a sign of regeneration or new birth. We believe that Baptism is a sacrament in which God initiates a covenant with individuals, people become a part of our Church. New Beginings United Methodist Church generally practices Baptism by sprinkling, pouring, or immersion. New Beginings UMC affirms the real presence of Christ in Holy Communion, (the bread is an effectual sign of His body crucified on the cross and the cup is an effectual sign of His blood shed for humanity). We believe that this celebration is an anamnesis of Jesus' death, and we believe the sacrament to be a means of grace, therefore practice open communion.
• Free will.
  New Beginings UMC believes that people, while corrupted by sin, are free to make their own choices because of God's divine grace.
• Grace.
  New Beginings UMC believes that God gives unmerited favor freely to all people, though it may be resisted.