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Welcome!
At Highland Park Combined Methodist Church, our mission is to help people grow deeply devoted followers of Jesus. We strive to produce a place that is loving and welcoming to all, without exception. We look forward to meeting you and walking with you in your faith journey. We are all in unlike seasons of animation with different spiritual needs. For our siblings in Christ who are sapphic, gay, bi-sexual, gender diverse, and queer, we want our church to be a safe place for you to come across joy, community, worship, and grow in your faith as part of the HPUMC family.
We accept diversity is a strength and ally of our church and, most importantly, inclusion and diversity are central in Christ’s ministry. At every opportunity, HPUMC seeks ways to be more mindful of inclusivity, knowing that learning more helps us unearth gaps that can be improved, moments for growth, and paths for impact and change. The voices and hearts within the LGBTQ community and allies, as valued members of HPUMC, are key to each of these areas.
Speaking of growth, our groups and spaces are growing! While every part of our church strives to be welcoming, we also comprehend the value of safe, specified spaces. Plea
Church in the Cliff is part of the Alliance of Baptists.
The Alliance of Baptists began in 1987 as a prophetic voice in Baptist life in the southern U.S. Today, we are a faith community comprised of laity and clergy, people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, racial and ethnic backgrounds, geographical locations, theological beliefs, and ministry practices. We are about 4,500 individual members, roughly 140 congregations, with 36 ministry partners knit together by love for one another and God, combining gradual inquiry, contemplative prayer and prophetic action to bring about justice and healing in a transforming world.
The founders of the Alliance drafted a covenantthat has been our guidepost for 33 years. Ten years later our mission was added giving shape to our emerging witness. Grounded by the covenant and mission, we have advanced in our ecumenical and interfaith relationships, and in the full inclusion of women and the LGBTQ community in the life and ministry of the church. Our covenant and mission have served as the foundation for our global partnerships, as well as our ecumenical relationships which enlarge our prophetic voice for justice and love.
Cathedral of Hope is an Open and Affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ. We perform extravagant welcome and many lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans folk have found their spiritual home here. It is said that CoH is the largest expose and affirming congregation in the world.
As Christians, we profess that we are created in the image of God. In this image, we make a lifelong journey toward deeper faith, faithfulness, and wholeness. As a church, we seek continually to integrate God’s ongoing revelation with new knowledge and understandings of our lives and times. In our religious life and education, we seek to equip the faithful for this journey in all its possibilities.
As people in the Joined Church of Christ (UCC), we affirm that sexuality and a spirituality are intricately connected and that both are gifts from God. The actions of our General Synods, conferences, associations, congregations, and councils support this.
The following principles from the UCC’s Created in God’s Image: A Human Sexuality Program for Ministry and Mission, expresses what many in the United Church of Christ believe about faith, spirituality, sexuality, and justice.
Proclaiming Christ
through Faith, Hope
55 Years of Hope Celebration
Friday, July 25, 2025, 6-9pm
Cathedral of Hope turns 55!Join us Friday, July 25 for a festive, come-and-go evening of meal trucks, lawn games, and other amusement and free activities. Let’s celebrate this milestone together!All are welcome. LEARN MORE>
Anniversary Sunday Worship
Sunday, July 27, All Services
Join us Sunday, July 27 as we observe 55 years of proclaiming Christ through Faith, Hope and Love.
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Cathedral Cabaret
Saturday, August 2, 6-8pm
Rose Room at S4
Join us for an unforgettable evening of talent and fun as the CoH Music Ministry presents a spectacular Cabaret show on August 2, 2025. Observe the unsurpassed talent of our people while we increase funds to help our church. LEARN MORE>