2000
Gathering People to Dream About a New Church
Rev. Kim Griffith moved to St. Johns to begin gathering people who were interested in starting a new United Methodist church. Our first small group gathering had 15 people and we began meeting weekly in the media center at Bartram Trail High School on September 24th.
2001
River of Life Grand Opening
River of Life had their Grand Opening Sunday on February 11th, in the auditorium at Bartram Trail High School with over 100 people. A United Methodist Church was born! We continued to meet at Bartram Trail for several years while also hosting pumpkin patches and other activities on our Race Track road property and in people’s homes.
2004
Moving onto Our Property
In 2004 River of Life moved from the high school into temporary buildings on our Race Track Road property. We had a doublewide for classrooms and nursery and a triple-wide for a sanctuary. We grew rapidly and held three services on Sundays. We looked forward to building our first real building.
2011 – 2012
Groundbreaking and New Building
In May of 2011 we broke ground on our building and moved into it in April of 2012. We are excited to be in the heart of the community and to be a place where community groups are able to meet.
2012 – Today
Continued Growth and Looking to the Future
Our congregation is excited to continue growing as we welcome all people to come and worship with us. We love being the church in the heart of our community, and will continue passionately connecting and serving in our community.
