Welcome

We would like to welcome you to St. John’s United Methodist Church located on Proctor Road in Sarasota, Florida. Currently have three worship services on Sunday mornings – two Traditional and one Contemporary. Our congregation is welcoming and focuses on loving others, growing in Christ, serving Jesus and sharing our faith. You will be able to connect with one of our small groups, whether it is our energetic children, amazing youth, patient adults or caring seniors.

We invite you to join us for one of our worship services or a special event. Hope to see you soon!

A Fresh Start

     Greetings, friends, and a happy New Year! It seems like just yesterday we were setting up the Christmas tree lot in preparation for the annual sale. We thank the Lord for a great season of Advent, and get ready to put away the beautiful decorations after Sunday’s services. One of these years, I’ll make a strong push to keep the sanctuary decorated year round…you’ll see. What I miss the most, however, is the camaraderie, the openness to the Presence of God, and the overall sense of Christian fellowship that seem to permeate this time of the year and that can be rather elusive during the busyness of the rest of the year. I am thankful for a fresh start in 2020 and for the expectations of a new year!

     This concept of a fresh start has a number of implications. First, one should not assume that a desire or need for a fresh start results from trouble or difficulty. In short, I am thankful for everything the Lord did in my life and the church, for the blessings and the challenges of the last year. Yet, there’s a strong sense that there’s more God wants to do and I am eager to dive right in. Second, it is important to keep in mind that God is a creative God, an innovative God. Why wouldn’t we want to explore with Him the new things He wants to do in our lives? He told the Israelites through Isaiah, “For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.” (Isaiah 43:19, NLT) Third, God knows better than anyone else where we have been and where we need to go; where we must go as a local community of faith this year.

     Join us on Sunday as we begin our first series of 2020 Fresh Start. Together, we will explore places in Scripture where God shared about new and exciting plans He had for His people in the on-going and enriching work of transforming the world.

     Thank you for your incredible generosity. We were able to bless over 100 families in our community for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Never underestimate the role you play in the work of God and God’s Kingdom—you matter a lot.

     Happy New Year. Here we go again. We continue,

Serving All. Following One.

Pastor Jaime

A Great Way to Invest in the Future of St. John's

A Qualified Charitable Distribution (“QCD”) is a tax efficient way to make charitable contributions. A QCD is a direct transfer from your IRA to a charity (e.g., St. John’s UMC). It is only available to IRA owners and IRA beneficiaries who are age 70 ½ or older. The amount contributed counts toward any Required Minimum Distribution (“RMD”) and will be excluded from your income, creating an “effective” tax deduction that is in addition to your standard deduction. Your IRA custodian is an excellent resource to explain and create a QCD.

Pastoral Care Team

We have launched a team here at St. John's to help with all of our congregational needs.

For emergency and pastoral care needs, please call 941-210-9229.

This is a confidential contact.

6611 Proctor Road
Sarasota, FL 34241
Phone: 941.925.2661
Fax: 941.926.4436

For emergency and pastoral care needs, please call 941-210-9229.

Office Hours:
Monday-Thursday
9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

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Hearing Loop System

St. John's is now equipped with a Hearing Loop Assistive Listening System
A loop system is a special type of sound system for people who use hearing aids. The loop system provides a magnetic wireless signal that is picked up by a hearing aid when it is set to the T-setting (telecoil).

“Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.” – John Wesley