Beliefs

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=903613" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="00500640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <B>The Sacred Way Fellowship</b></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Sacred Way Fellowship"><U>Home</U></A>   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A>   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Directions"><U>Directions</U></A>   <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact"><U>Contact</U></A>   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our History"><U>History</U></A>   <A HREF="id7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A>   <A HREF="http://sawafeblog.blogspot.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://sawafeblog.blogspot.com/"><U>Pastor's Corner</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meet the Staff"><U>Meet the Staff</U></A>   <A HREF="id9.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Clubs and Groups"><U>Clubs/Groups</U></A>   <A HREF="id10.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Youth Activities"><U>Youth Activities</U></A>   <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Beliefs"><U>Beliefs</U></A>   <A HREF="id12.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=130 BGCOLOR="#0000BF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="00e75af0.jpg" border=0 width="117" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <B>What We Believe</b></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#a_unitarian_confession" TITLE="Beliefs"><U>Unitarian Confession</U></A>   <A HREF="#unitarian_religious_principles" TITLE="Beliefs"><U>Unitarian Religious Principles</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id13.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Hungarian Unitarian Catechism"><U>The Hungarian Unitarian Catechism</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.christianuniversalist.org/beliefs.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.christianuniversalist.org/bel"><U>Universalist Beliefs</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="a_unitarian_confession"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></b><B>A Unitarian Confession:</b></div> <bR> <div> We believe in one God, the Creator and Preserver of all things,</div> <div> And in Jesus Christ, the one Lord of the Church, </div> <div> Whose teachings and life form the standard of our faith and practice,</div> <div> And in the holy spirit, the influence of God within us;</div> <div> We believe in the divine element in conscience,</div> <div> In free will and the responsibility that comes with it,</div> <div> In the inspiration and sanctity of Scripture,</div> <div> In the forgiveness of sins,</div> <div> In God's universal love for all humankind,</div> <div> And in the future advancement of the whole human family to holiness and happiness.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="unitarian_religious_principles"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></b><B>Unitarian Religious Principles</b>:</div> <bR> <div> 1. God's presence is made known in a myriad of ways. Religion should promote a free and responsible search for truth, meaning, communion and love.</div> <bR> <div> 2. Reason is a gift from God. Religion should embrace reason and its progeny, including the scientific enterprise which explores God's creation.</div> <bR> <div> 3. Free will is a gift from God. Religion should assist in the effort to find a path that exercises that gift in a responsible, constructive and ethical manner.</div> <bR> <div> 4. Conscious of the complexity of creation, of the limits of human understanding and of humanity's capacity for evil in the name of religion, we hold that humility, religious tolerance and freedom of conscience should be a central part of any religious experience.</div> <bR> <div> 5. Religious experience is most fulfilling in the context of a tradition. Our religious tradition is the Unitarian tradition, which emphasizes the importance of reason in religion, tolerance and the unity of God.</div> <bR> <div> 6. Revelation is ongoing. Religion should draw inspiration not only from its own tradition but from other religious traditions, philosophy and the arts. Although paying due regard for the hard lessons learned in the past and to the importance of religious tradition, religion should not be stagnant but should employ reason and religious experience to evolve in a constructive, enlightened and fulfilling way.</div> <bR> <div> 7. Conscious of the spiritual and material needs of our fellow men and women, the evil they may be subjected to and the tragedies they may endure, works of mercy and compassion should be a part of any religious experience.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>   <script type="text/javascript"> sc_project=3462867; sc_invisible=1; sc_partition=38; sc_security="a7ed4fae"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter_xhtml.js"></script><noscript><div class="statcounter"><a href="http://www.statcounter.com/free_hit_counter.html" target="_blank"><img class="statcounter" src="http://c39.statcounter.com/3462867/0/a7ed4fae/1/" alt="simple hit counter" ></a></div></noscript>   </div> </td> </tr></table></body>