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Sunday Worship Schedule
Adult & Youth Sunday
School
9:00 a.m.
Worship
"Son-Up" 8:15 am
"Celebration" 10 am
Children's Choir 9 am
Children's Sunday School 9:30 am
Faith Place - Children's Church
10:00 am
YOUTH Fellowship 5:00 p.m.
Nursery is lovingly
provided for babies up to 4 years old.
PHONE 941-794-8067
FAX 941-795-0057
7215 1st Ave West
Bradenton, FL 34209
faithchurch@verizon.net |
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About Us |
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Faith
Church
is a body of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ who are absolutely
committed to serving God by serving people.
Faith
Church
is a neighborhood church where you can experience fun-filled community
events, meet outgoing, upbeat people and hear a message that is
inspiring, and above all, positive.
We welcome you to explore the many opportunities of worship, fellowship
and learning at
Faith
Church.
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Mission
Faith United Methodist Church is a body of
believers in the lord Jesus Christ who are absolutely committed to
serving God by serving people. We come together to celebrate
through worship, fellowship, education and the nurturing of our faith.
We seek to offer a positive message of Christian hope for all by
joyously telling them about the Good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We seek to be faithful to the meaning of the Scriptures and to our
United Methodist heritage guiding us in the ways of a strong church
seeking to be evangelistic, nurturing and truly compassionate. We
are committed to being a caring church involved the everyday lives of
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The History of Faith Church
Faith
United
Methodist
Church
started as a vision of a few United Methodists, who lived in the
North West
area of
Bradenton
and the
Manatee
County beaches.
In 1985 a piece of
property was donated and in 1986 work began towards the development of a
new church. During the
summer of 1986, small groups met in people’s homes and gathered for
events.The first worship service was held on September 7th,
1986 at the
Palma
Sola
Elementary School
"cafetorium".
On February 8th,
1987 the church was chartered and the first election was held for the
church leaders and the building committee.
Ground was broken on
May 22, 1988
, and construction began on a multi-purpose building in which to meet.
The building was first occupied on
June 11, 1989
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Meet the Pastor
After graduating from Penn State University in
1972, Pastor Gary served with Campus Crusade for Christ doing
personal evangelism and discipleship training at three different
colleges. Sherry also ministered through Campus Crusade and
they married on May 15, 1976. In 1979, he began pastoring with
the Brethren in Christ church in Pennsylvania and Florida. In
1988, he and his family lived near Atlanta, GA, where he
attended the Candler School of Theology at Emory University and
pastored two rural United Methodist churches. After graduating
from seminary in 1992, he returned to Florida where he has
pastored churches in Citra, Lochloosa, Sparr, Ocklawaha, and
High Springs. Sherry has taught school for twenty-four years.
Pastor Gary and Sherry have two children, Elizabeth and Philip.
Elizabeth is married to James Dykes, and they have a son,
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