About us - Sutter Creek Church of the Nazerene

Welcome to Sutter Creek Church of the Nazarene

Sutter Creek Church of the Nazarene is a mission-minded church. We believe that outreach to our community is first and foremost. We strive to reach our community in many ways including:

REFILL- our weekly Wednesday Night event - open to all for dinner, worship and ministries for all ages.

Family Fall Festival - a Family night of games, entertainment and fellowship for the community.

Thanksgiving Baskets - through the InterFaith Food Bank we supply Thanksgiving dinners.

Thanksgiving in the Park - Thanksgiving meal served to people in the park.

Christmas Programs - Children's Musical - Christmas Musical.

Living Nativity - a drive-through Christmas experience sharing the birth of Christ with our community.

Easter Eggstravaganza - an Easter Outreach event - a day of fun for families in our community and an opportunity to share the Easter Story.

We offer events for youth, children and adults of all ages. Check our calendar for upcoming events and services.

Everything you wanted to know about us

office@suttercreeknazarene.org

Call us at (209) 267-1307

Sutter Creek Church of the Nazarene, 14050 Ridge Rd., Sutter Creek, CA 95685

What Nazarenes Believe

Every organization that endures over time is based on a deeply shared combination of purpose, belief, and values. So it is with the Church of the Nazarene. It was founded to transform the world by spreading scriptural holiness. It is both a Great Commission church and a Holiness church at the same time. Our mission is to make Christ-like disciples of all nations.

The present and future life of the Church of the Nazarene is defined by participation in the mission of God. It is therefore an expression of the Church of Jesus Christ and an organization made distinct not just by what it believes but by how it goes about contributing uniquely to the kingdom of God.

As the Church of the Nazarene transitions into the new millennium, it is appropriate to identify those distinctives that we joyfully embrace and celebrate. Our most precious treasures - our mission, calling beliefs, and highest values - we gladly offer as a gift to the generations to come.

We pray that our core values will continue to serve as a guiding light for those who must make their way through the light and shadows of the decades that lie ahead.

Core Values

1. We are a Christian People

As a member of the Church Universal, we join with all true believers in proclaiming the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

2. We are a Holiness People

God, who is holy, calls us to a life of holiness. We believe that the Holy Spirit seeks to do in a second work of grace, called by various terms including entire sanctification and baptism with the Holy Spirit - cleansing us from all sin; renewing us in the image of God; empowering us to love God with our whole heart, soul, mind and strength, and our neighbors as ourselves; and producing in us the character of Christ. Holiness in the life of believers is most clearly understood as Christlikedness.

3. We are a Missional People

We are a sent people, esponding to the call of Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit to go into all the world, witnessing to the Lordship of Christ and participating with God in the building of the Church and the extension of His Kingdom (As God's fellow workers we urge you not to receive God's grace in vain. 2 Corinthians 6:1). Our mission (a) begins in worship, (b) ministers to the world in evangelism and compassion, (c) encourages believers toward Christian maturity through discipleship, and (d) prepares women and men for Christian service through Christian higher education.

Conclusion
At the turn of the 20th century, the Church of the Nazarene was born! P.F. Bresee and others were deeply convicted that God had raised them up for the express purpose of proclaiming to the church and world the gospel of Jesus Christ in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition. There are unmistakable marks of providence on this denomination. From a fledgling movement, the Church of the Nazarene now exceed 1.3 million in membership and is ministering in 119 countries of the world.

At the turn of the 21st century, the future of this denomination has never been brighter! Many believe that we were raised up, not for the 20th century, but for the 21st century. We are positioned to make a major contribution to our postmodern world. This affirmation is grounded in our Wesleyan-Holiness heritage with its radical optimism of grace. We believe that human nature, and ultimately society, can be radically and permanently changed by the grace of God. We have an irrepressible confidence in this message of hope, which flows from the heart of our holy God.

P.F. Bresee was fond of saying, The sun never sets in the morning. It is still morning in the Church of the Nazarene, and the sun never sets on our denomination around the world. We are radically optimistic about impacting our 21st century world with the Holiness message! With clarity of vision, total commitment, and firm faith, we view the coming century as our day of greatest opportunity for making Christlike disciples of all nations.