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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 Charge to Keep

     Greetings in the Name of the Risen Christ! I pray you are well and encouraged in the Lord. It’s been a few days since last Sunday, when we celebrated the resurrection, and I am still excited about seeing the church packed with people and bursting with excitement. It does not get old, this tradition of Holy Week. From Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, the experience of the Prayer Walk and finally, Sunday, it was truly a blessed time in the life of our church. I have heard from a number of you, expressing your gratitude for the hard work of the staff. Praise the Lord for our staff!

     As long as I have been a Christian, the celebration of the resurrection has been one of my favorite weekends of the year. Then...in some cases, the enthusiasm wanes. Church experts tell us that attendance at local churches is the lowest of the entire year, the weekend following Easter. It is almost as if there is a letdown, a time of furlough in our walk with the Lord, following this high time. I want us to consider this together. Charles Wesley, brother of John and one of the fathers of the Methodist movement, wrote thousands of hymns we get to enjoy today in our gatherings of worship. One of these is titled A Charge to Keep, and the first verse is as follows,
                    A charge to keep I have, a God to glorify; a never-ending soul to save, and fit it for the sky.

     Wesley’s inspiration came from 1 Kings 2:3, where the author wrote, “And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself…” The passage and the song speak of the ever-present need to be vigilant and intentional in our journey of faith less we become complacent and lukewarm. These words encourage and challenge at once. I choose to trust the Lord, and while church experts have data supporting their findings, God has the last word!

     Come, let us continue to serve the One who loved to the point of death, and who was raised from the dead. See you Sunday. He is Risen!

Trusting the One,

Pastor Jaime

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

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9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

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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