Welcome to the Harris Chapel Web site. If you are searching for a place where you can Worship God, you have come to the right spot. Harris Chapel has been in continuous service to the Franklin County community, starting in the early 1800’s. I have been serving as the Pastor since February 01, 2010. We have an average attendance of approximately 65 to 70 people on most Sundays. Harris Chapel has Sunday School classes for all age groups and we have a nursery and young child care on Sunday morning. We have an active youth group and have several planned activities for the youth each year to include Vacation Bible School and Warmth in Winter, a mega-youth event hosted by the Tennessee United Methodist Conference. This past summer they went to Florida for a week of praise at Xtreme Summer and are planning on making the trip to Xtreme Winter for a New Year’s celebration. On Wednesday evening we have a joy-filled Bible study. If you are looking for a way to learn and grow in God’s Word, the Bible study is perfect for you. After Bible study we then have Choir practice for those folks who love to sing God’s praise. Our choir welcomes all as we sing from the heart. Harris Chapel is a place where everyone knows your name and loves you with Agape (God’s love) where the Bible is taught and God is worshiped.
Our Beliefs as United Methodists
With Christians of other communions we confess belief in the triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This confession embraces the biblical witness to God’s activity in creation, encompasses God’s gracious self-involvement in the dramas of history, and anticipates the consummation of God’s reign. There are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel; that is to say, Baptism and the Supper of the Lord.
Baptism…
Baptism is not only a sign of profession and the mark of difference whereby Christians are distinguished from others that are not baptized; but it is also a sign of regeneration or the new birth.
Communion…
The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought to have among themselves one to another, but rather it is a sacrament of our redemption by Christ’s death; insomuch that, to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith receive the same, the bread which we break is a partaking of the body of Christ; and likewise the cup of blessing is a partaking of the blood of Christ.
Scripture…
United Methodists share with other Christians the conviction that Scripture is the primary source and criterion for Christian doctrine. Through Scripture the living Christ meets us in the experience of redeeming grace. We are convinced that Jesus Christ is the living Word of God in our midst whom we trust in life and death.
