Gulf Gate Church is a Christian church located in Gulf Gate that offers services every Sunday at 9:30am. The church also offers age-appropriate worship in the "KidZone" weekly during Sunday service.
Located on Beneva Road in the Gulf Gate area, St. Andrew celebrates diversity, united in a common passion of the journey of faith. It believes in sharing the Gospel in action and outreach within the community. To this end, St Andrew is home to 12-step meetings each week and actively supports the All Faiths Food Bank.
The church is set back far from the street on a large green. There is a bookstore on the premises. The congregation is involved in a variety of ministries like feeding the homeless and helping inmates in state prison.
St. Martha Catholic Church was founded in 1927 and has been located at its current downtown Sarasota address since 1930. The church offers study groups and youth programs, as well as choir programs and missionary opportunities. St. Martha Catholic Church has an on-site parking lot, and a large courtyard in the center of the establishment.
South Shore Community Church is a non-denominational Christian church founded in 1993. The church has been located at its current address since 2008. South Shore Community Church offers missionary programs, youth programs and study groups for its members to participate in.
The New Life Worship Center on Worrington Street in Sarasota offers one of the widest ranges of ministry opportunities around. Involvement is available for men, women and youth members of the congregation in a variety of different ways. Wednesday and Friday, the church distributes food from 5pm to 6:30pm. The New Life Worship Center is also affiliated with a Bible training center in India.
An active and devoted community, the members of St. James United Methodist Church work hard to support each other and the wider community, and to live the examples taught by St. James. The church has a particular emphasis on helping families –– the new, invisible homeless –– and work with Family Promise to support those in need. It also supports families through several children's programs, from day care to youth groups and hosted 12-step meetings.
Northminster Presbyterian Church invites all for worship. It hopes to provide an uplifting and meaningful experience. Services in Spanish are also offered.
Senior Pastor Tom Fuller leads this church. There are youth and adult ministries. Sunday service options include a contemporary-style meeting and two traditional services.
Church of The Nativity Episcopal is an Episcopal family serving Jesus Christ and caring for one another. Regular service times are Sunday at 8:00am (Said Eucharist), Sunday at 9:15am (Sunday school) and Sunday at 10:15am (Holy Eucharist). On Wednesdays at 10:00am is the service of Healing Holy Eucharist.
Set on a sprawling campus, the Sarasota Baptist Church provides a variety of offerings for community members, including regular services, Bible study, choir, orchestra and ministries for all ages. Sarasota Baptist provides a Parent's Morning daycare program from Tuesday through Thursday. It also hosts a dinner every Wednesday: $5 for individuals, maximum of $14 for an entire family, regardless of size.
Sarasota Baptist Church maintains a second campus with a worship center in Lakewood Ranch.
"Active," "dynamic," "open-minded" and "green" are words that spring from the tongues of members of the congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota. With a strong tradition of social advocacy and justice, the congregational body of the UU incorporates and welcomes people of diverse faiths and backgrounds united by a common belief in humanity, the inherent worth and dignity of each person and of the earth. The flaming chalice, originally designed during WWII by Hans Deutsch, was meant to symbolize sacrifice and love, and has been adapted to the more modern symbol incorporating also two circles. The building itself is designed in the style of the Sarasota School of Architecture, including the large picture windows on either side of the congregation hall, bringing nature in from outdoors.
