About

Our Core Values

Nothing for us, without us. This means that any program that works with a marginalized community will be built and led by people with lived experiences in that community.

Sanctuary

Mosaic is a safe place for those from marginalized communities to gather.  Our Pastor, staff, leadership, and volunteers are proactively working on removing racism, homophobia, transphobia, and misogyny within our church. 

Hours & Location

Community

Through worship, education, celebrations, and service; Mosaic is focused on building an intersectional community.

Empowerment

Through our intersectional community, Mosaic empowers our members and friends by equipping all with the knowledge, connection, and community to rise up and create better lives for their families while building heaven on earth. 

Address

408 Willard St, Wilmington, NC 28401


Worship Sunday’s at 10 am

Church Office Hours
Monday 10-2

Wednesday 3-7

Thursday 10-2

 

  • Pastor Kelley Finch (she/her)

    Lead Pastor

    Kelley Finch is the founding Pastor of Mosaic UMC.  She was born in Wilmington, NC and lived in Washington, DC, Virginia, and North Carolina growing up.   She came back to Wilmington where she served as the Family Pastor at Grace UMC for six years.   New Faith Communities of the North Carolina UMC called her to plant Mosaic in January 2021. 

    She lives on a farm with her wife, Britt, where they are building a sustainable homestead.    She is a member of NAACP, serves on the board of The Feast Gathering, and is a corp member of Women Organizing for Wilmington.  

  • Shelby Coelho (They/Them)

    Children and Youth Minister

    Captain Shelby is a gift to Mosaic. They live with their wife Ellie and their son. Shelby has unique skills and experiences that enable them to work with our LGBTQ+ families to heal and create a new way of learning about faith.

    When they are not creating amazing experience for our families, they enjoy crafting and raising their chickens.

FAQs

Is Mosaic a Reconciling United Methodist Church?

Mosaic is an expansive table church which is fully inclusive.

“We celebrate God’s gift of diversity and value the wholeness made possible in a community equally shared and shepherded by all. We welcome and affirm people of every gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, who are also of every age, race, ethnicity, physical and mental ability, level of education, and family structure, and of every economic, immigration, marital, and social status, and so much more. We acknowledge that we live in a world of profound social, economic, and political inequities. As followers of Jesus, we commit ourselves to the pursuit of justice and pledge to stand in solidarity with all who are marginalized and oppressed.”

What are the beliefs of the United Methodist Church?

In covenant with God and with each other:

We affirm our unity in Christ, and take faithful steps to live more fully into what it means to be a worldwide church in mission for the transformation of the world.

We commit ourselves to crossing boundaries of language, culture, and social or economic status. We commit ourselves to be in ministry with all people, as we, in faithfulness to the gospel, seek to grow in mutual love and trust.

We participate in God's mission as partners in ministry, recognizing that our God-given gifts, experiences, and resources are of equal value, whether spiritual, financial, or missional.

We commit ourselves to full equity and accountability in our relationships, structures, and responsibilities for the denomination.

We enter afresh into a relationship of mutuality, creating a new sense of community and joyously living out our worldwide connection in our mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

What do you believe about the Bible?

How we read and understand the Bible

The phrase which has relatively recently come into use to describe the principal factors that John Wesley believed illuminate the core of the Christian faith for the believer. We believe in an inspired Word of God.   We understand scripture through the Wesley Quadrilateral. The four components or "sides" of the quadrilateral are (1) Scripture, (2) tradition, (3) reason, and (4) experience. For United Methodists, Scripture is considered the primary source and standard for Christian doctrine. Tradition is experience and the witness of development and growth of the faith through the past centuries and in many nations and cultures. Experience is the individual's understanding and appropriating of the faith in the light of his or her own life. Through reason the individual Christian brings to bear on the Christian faith discerning and cogent thought. These four elements taken together bring the individual Christian to a mature and fulfilling understanding of the Christian faith and the required response of worship and service.

What do you believe about Communion? Will I be aloud to take communion if I am not a member?

In Communion, which we often call the Great Thanksgiving, we ask the Holy Spirit to be poured on us and on the gifts of bread and juice we offer. We ask for the Spirit's outpouring to make the bread and “wine” be for us the body and blood of Christ so we, who receive them, may be for the world the body of Christ redeemed by his blood. We believe God answers this prayer "Yes," and the Spirit does all these things. Christ is really present here, and Christ's presence really changes us.

In the UMC we believe in the open table where all are welcome; welcome without regard to difference. It is a table where there are no barriers to community. It is a place where we experience the love of God.

We serve communion using the practice of intinction, the the action of dipping the bread in the wine at a Eucharist so that a communicant receives both together.

The first Sunday of each month we have full communion. The following Sundays we close with an Agape Meal or Love Feast. This is a Christian fellowship meal recalling the meals Jesus shared with disciples during his ministry and expressing the koinonia (community, sharing, fellowship) enjoyed by the family of Christ.

Can LGBTQ+ people serve in all aspects of church life?

Our staff and lead team are part of the LGBTQ+ community along with close allies. From children’s programming to our leaders, we welcome all of our beautiful rainbow siblings to help us build the church we need in our world. This includes marriage.

Mosaic believes that love is love and it always should be celebrated. Pastor Kelley officiates weddings for any community members of Mosaic UMC. You can contact her for information about our wedding policies and how you can make your union a special day.

I have a neurodivergent child, will they be welcomed?

We believe that all spaces should be inclusive. Our children and youth team has training in the beautiful ways our brains work. We have a safe worship space in the back part of our sanctuary for those who need quiet or need to move. If there are any specific accommodations that you need feel free to contact us so we can make sure Mosaic is a sanctuary for you.

Questions about Baptism in the UMC?

Do I have to be baptized in order for God to save me?

No. God is free to offer God's salvation if for some reason you have not been baptized by the time you die.

If I am baptized, does that mean I will be saved no matter what?

No. Baptism begins God's work of saving us by cleansing us of sin and beginning the work of renewing us fully into the image of Christ. The key word here is beginning. Baptism starts the process. It does not complete it. We can choose by our action or inaction to let the work begun go dormant and have no fuller effect. Or, as John Wesley sometimes put it, we may "sin away the grace received at baptism."

How does baptism relate to salvation?

We say baptism is the "ordinary" or "instituted" means of justifying grace. It is the usual way God has offered the church to enable people of any age to experience the justifying grace of God and the cleansing power of the Holy Spirit in their lives. Salvation normally begins taking root in people's lives here. From here we are invited to keep growing in sanctifying grace until by God's grace and our faithful response we are "made perfect in love in this life."

What are sacraments?

The United Methodist Church recognizes two sacraments, baptism and communion. These two acts have a special place in the church because Jesus commanded them and participated in them.

Through the years, Christians have used other sacramental acts to draw closer to God. While we do not recognize these others as sacraments, we participate in many of them in some way.

The UMC also performs other rites, such as Confirmation, Ordination, Holy Matrimony, Funerals, and Anointing of the Sick, but these are not considered sacraments.