Financially, the congregation has grown in its stewardship of God s gifts. This has been a challenge to every family as the congregation seeks to be faithful to what God is calling it to be and do. Allen brought his own style to this event. The people brought a willingness to be involved and work together. To gather more than 70 persons for such an event is a sure sign of the willingness of people to become part of the successful present and future of this congregation.
Visitors often comment upon the music, singing, and preaching.
The openness of the congregation to new persons has been a primary ingredient to the growth of the church. People experience the friendliness of the people and the way they have been included so quickly in fellowship groups in the church. The story of Community United Methodist Church is being shared throughout the Annual Conference. There was a front page story in Hoosier United Methodist , the publication for the United Methodist Church in Indiana. People from the congregation went to Terre Haute to share the story with other churches who were considering a merger.