ABOUT TRU
Timeless. Relevant. Unconditional.
Our Story
Tru Community Church officially launched on Easter Sunday (April 20th) 2014, but the church was active in the surrounding community of St. George for many years beforehand. Westview Community Church, just a few miles away in Manhattan, had it in their heart to plant a new church in the growing area of St. George. God brought together a new church launch team led by founding pastor Dave Romero, to reach out to people in the St George area and beyond by sharing the love of Jesus in tangible ways. The church name is an acronym about the love and message of Christ we carry together: Timeless, Relevant, and Unconditional.
We began meeting together for Sunday worship at the St. George Elementary School, then at a wedding venue called Black Jack Hills through the summer of 2020. Then in March 2021, Tru moved into our new building at the corner of Highway 24 and Flush Road under the pastorate of Art Matheny.
In August 2023, Tru welcomed Dave Geldart as new lead pastor and we are excited to continue our mission to reach out to the St. George area and beyond sharing the love of Jesus Christ in tangible ways. Come be a part of the next chapter with us!
Our Vision
We are a family of imperfect people,
walking alongside God,
reaching out through serving
and sharing the love of Jesus Christ.
Our Values
Come as you are
We believe God meets us where we authentically are, not where we imagine we ought to be. We do not have to pretend with God or with each other about our lives. God meets us all right where we really are, in our thoughts, feelings, circumstances, and encounters throughout our days. God meets us in our faith or lack of faith, in loving actions and our sinful ones, in our strengths and in our weaknesses. God meets us where we are, and yet, God's love will always change us for the better.
Grace
Grace means unearned kindness or favor. We like to call it the smile of God, the way in which God consistency and persistently responds in loving kindness to us while humanity does actions out of our worst places. Grace means that we, ones who have experienced God's grace, respond to other people with mercy and not judgement. We respond in love and not retaliation. It means that we actively look for the best in others and desire to cultivate a community where we are gracious toward each other.
Truth
Truth is reality. Truth is what is real, what is trustworthy. We ultimately believe that God is truth, and that everything is therefore measured truthfully based off that character of God, who is Truth. Truth means that there are ways of thinking and relating to one another that are like the character of God, and there are ways that are not truth or untruthful in the way we live and interact with each other. It means we live authentically out of a knowledge of who God is and there is integrity in what we say and do because that is the nature of God, the one we love.
Hope
Hope is an assurance that God is out for good. That God, is for us and that although hardships happen, hope is a defiant challenge which expresses that God is ultimately good and desires to express goodness to all of humanity. Hope is a natural fruit of faith in God's goodness. Hope knows God's intent to bring about forgiveness, justice, and joy in this life. Hope is an anchor in the midst of stormy experiences and is a response followers of Jesus have in the midst of adversity and hardships.
Reconstructing
Reconstructing is the process to rebuild something back up to its original design. We all need God's grace to reconstruct us spiritually, to build us up into what we were originally designed for in relationship with God. Reconstructing means that God has a plan for all or our lives, and that each person has a unique and beautiful expression of love and grace, which God has prepared for us to live (or walk) in according to God's purposes for our lives. Out of God's love, we are being reconstructed, reshaped, reformed, renewed, into who we were meant to be, who we long to be in relationship to God.
Equipping
Jesus spent three years with a few people in an apprentice-like relationship. As they were spending time with Jesus, they were changing and they were being prepared to love and serve the world each person in the unique ways. We believe that out of these authentic relationships people discover who they are and the unique gifts of personality, natural abilities, and gifts from God as they are equipped to partner with God to change the world. Therefore, relationships and empowering each other are important to the way we live as a community.
Doing Life Together
As a family, our lives with God and each other are meant to be integrated, not disintegrated. We desire that the whole of our lives are lived with God and that all of us were created for relationship with God and each other. Doing life together means that we worship together but that worshiping does not only mean large gatherings, but also while at kids sporting activities, in meals in homes, or serving in the community together. Doing life together means that we do not assume that we can live life alone or that we do not need the love and support of others as we are on our journeys of faith together.
Our Denomination
Tru Community Church is a part of larger network of churches through the Wesleyan denomination.
For more information, check out wesleyan.org
Meet Our Leaders
Our church is led by a team of both paid and volunteer leaders. Get to know names and faces by clicking below.
Our Beliefs
For a more information about what we believe about God, the Bible, sin, salvation, the Gospel, the church, and the purpose of life, click below.