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Fredericksburg United Methodist Church is the result of the joining of two different Methodist Congregations over 20 years ago. The First Methodist Church of Fredericksburg joined with the Edison Street Methodist Church to become the current congregation, but not without some challenges.
The Edison Street Church had been a German speaking congregation with many families from the original area settlers. This congregation worshipped in German up until the mid 50’s, and even after that German was occasionally heard in the worship services.
The First Methodist congregation has always been an English speaking congregation with the ‘newcomers’ in the community.Today the FUMC congregation enjoys ties to our German history with many original families still a vital part of the work and worship.
But as we cherish our past and use our history to enrich our congregational life, we also look forward to the future as we look to our Lord for his leadership in our path ahead.
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