The Earth House Collective
Lockerbie Central UMC is a group of passionate individuals:
some are musicians.
some are artists.
some are poets.
some are not;
all are chasing God’s heart.
Each month through our members, volunteers, and partners, Lockerbie Central and Earth House assist more than 200 homeless men and women with food and clothing monthly, maintain Indianapolis’ first and only fair trade and 100% organic coffee house and education center, sell books focused on ecology and theology, provide meaningful opportunities for worship and fellowship, debut ground-breaking, justice-oriented films, and host plays, poetry sessions, and free drum lessons.
Lockerbie Central and Earth House would not exist without the partners and people with whom we work, worship, and serve. We invite you to volunteer and partner with us as a part of our movement for justice, mercy, and discipleship in our community.
Our mission statement is behind everything we do:
We are an emerging Christian community re-imagining how we follow the path of Jesus in the twenty-first century. Together, we seek to be in conversation and action toward building God's dream of justice, mercy, and discipleship.
We don’t always know what it looks like to chase the heart of God, but we do know it begins with participating in community with each other. We rely heavily on our Methodist roots, employing John Wesley’s view of the spiritual journey through the lenses of reason, tradition, scripture, and experience.
What will you experience on a Sunday morning? It’s ever-evolving. We strive to worship in a communal and conversational manner, and every service is created by members and friends of the congregation during the week via meetings and our blog.
Founded in 1871 as a German neighborhood church, the congregation has changed names and affiliations over the years, joining the United Methodist Church in 1968, and eventually becoming Lockerbie Square. A merger with Central Avenue UMC in 2006—thereby making us Lockerbie Central—brought a synergy for social activism that dates back to Central Avenue's founding of Methodist Hospital and Wheeler Mission. Growing from a continued focus on the ideas of justice, mercy, discipleship, creativity, peace, wellness, and the importance of our partnerships with other like-minded organizations, Lockerbie Central helped create and partner with Earth House in 2008 in order to better continue moving forward for those ideas.