Helpful to understand our tenants of the church. And we had the scholar greg burke west with this. Thank you for coming here from sacramento and for making the effort to be here. If i wanted to be part of a methodist church, and i know that many of the churches do not like the denominational names and what does it mean to be at united . What it means to be a United Methodist is consistent with what much of culture and society is looking for. We try to hold together the personal spirituality and we believe that many of us are looking for ways to grow within our spirit and our faith. And in secular terms we talk about selfhelp, personal growth. But in spiritual terms, it is better understanding the relationship with humanity, the divine and the influence. There are tons of people in society and culture asking for that similar spiritual question. Alongside of this we realize that is not enough, that we are looking for more. We also have a strong tradition of being active socially, and soc