Glenwood United Parish is committed to faithful discipleship. To that end we shall prepare ourselves to proclaim, share and spread the Word of God; inspire and nurture a personal relationship with God, through Jesus Christ; and demonstrate our care and concern for one another and the world through ministries of fellowship and mission outreach.

Glenwood United Parish represents the 1971 merger of Union Congregational United Church of Christ of Glenwood and Glenwood United Methodist Church. Prior to this merger, many members of the Presbyterian Church in Sedan had joined Union Congregational Church and many members of the Grove Lake United Methodist Church had joined Glenwood United Methodist Church when those churches closed in 1966.

The members of United Parish represent a wide variety of church backgrounds and a wonderful diversity of opinions and personal styles. This harmonizes well with our two denominations, both of which have a recent history of openness to and welcoming of a wide variety of different types of people and different styles of Christian thought.

In keeping with our history, we are proud to be a cooperative ministry, which means we are aligned with both the United Church of Christ and United Methodist Denominations. We find that having access to both the personnel and institutional resources of two denominations is a great blessing to us. (Members of United Parish are not asked to choose whether they will consider themselves UCC or UMC.)