Please worship with us , Sunday mornings at 9am
About Faribault Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church
About Us
About Us
About Us
We are a warmly welcoming multi-generational faith community who value our traditions as United Methodists. Our values are rooted in Jesus, and our beliefs are grounded in Wesleyan theology. With love, we seek to bring positive change and model the kingdom of God’s justice and peace in our local community and around the world.
Worship
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- Our accessible sanctuary provides a warm, inviting space to gather and celebrate your faith and the word of God, including a special area designed to welcome young children and the grown ups who love them.
- Our classical style building welcomes you into our historic sanctuary; stained glass and hand-hewn wood create a warm, grounded settin
- Our accessible sanctuary provides a warm, inviting space to gather and celebrate your faith and the word of God, including a special area designed to welcome young children and the grown ups who love them.
- Our classical style building welcomes you into our historic sanctuary; stained glass and hand-hewn wood create a warm, grounded setting.
- Our choir, praise team, and talented musicians offer special music weekly to fill our hearts.
- Nursery Care is offered on Sundays from 8:30 am - 10:30 am.
Mission
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Connections
UMCOR
The United Methodist Committee on Relief is a worldwide leader in disaster recovery, refugee assistance, humanitarian relief, global health, and sustainable agriculture.
LOCAL
This year we’ve provided backpacks, school supplies, and small Christmas gifts to teens in need via the The Falcon’s Nest. Our Pastor has prioritized lite
UMCOR
The United Methodist Committee on Relief is a worldwide leader in disaster recovery, refugee assistance, humanitarian relief, global health, and sustainable agriculture.
LOCAL
This year we’ve provided backpacks, school supplies, and small Christmas gifts to teens in need via the The Falcon’s Nest. Our Pastor has prioritized literacy tutoring in local elementary schools. Working with Rice County Social Services, we supplied gift cards for foster parents receiving children in crisis
INTERNATIONAL
Our international partners include the American Red Cross and Church World Service: CROP Hunger Walk.
REM-Liberia
Our church family helped launch the non profit Rural Evangelism Mission-Liberia. REM brings hope to girls and young women in rural Liberia through education in a Christian environment
Connections
Connections
Connections
Our small groups foster community, friendship, and purpose.
- Prayer Ministry
- Children’s Ministry
- Confirmation Classes
- Book Club
- Bible Study
- Sewing/Textiles for Mission
- Out to Eat Group
- Soup Ministry
History
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History
The church was founded in 1855 in home groups and storefronts, it then grew into the current building in 1915. In 1924 the German Methodist Church merged with Fourth Avenue UMC. In 1964 an addition of an educational wing, offices, chapel and fellowship parlor completed the current structure. Today, the church has a goal of making it easy to find and experience God.
Meet our pastor
Pastor Shawn Stoll
Pastor Shawn Stoll began his appointment to Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church on July 1, 2025. He has a Master’s of Missional Leadership from Trinity Bible College and Graduate School, and is working to complete his Master’s of Divinity.
Pastor Shawn has experience leading in several denominations, and brings an appreciation for each of them to his ministry. While helping to plant churches he embraced the opportunity to study with Jewish rabbis, and that has added another dimension to how he teaches today.
Pastor Shawn has a passion to develop disciples of Jesus, and to mentor people for ministry in both the Church and the marketplace. He believes anything good must be duplicatable, and sustainable beyond our lifetime. He lives the mantra “We are a community moving forward together in Jesus.”
Fourth Avenue UMC is sharing this appointment with Hope Church, a United Methodist Church on the east side of Faribault, Minnesota.