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During his tenure as First Church Senior Pastor, Tim initiated and recruited leadership for two major Long-Range Planning. Following Gil Rendel’s book, Holy Conversations, First Church adopted a process that involved the entire congregation. The discernment method focused on three questions: Who are we? Who is our neighbor? What is God calling us to do?
This community of faith began its journey together in 1853 when the first members of a Methodist Society in Fort Worth held its services in homes and the old Masonic Hall on Weatherford Street.
Tim knew that leading a faith community the size of ours came with a role and responsibility to occupy a presence in the surrounding community on behalf of the church.
Throughout denominational changes and challenges our church has remained steady and moving forward, focused on ministry and growth without distraction.
Longtime church member, Building Committee Chair, former Communications Committee chair, and a key member of the original First Church Television Ministry crew Barry Hudson says that he remembers very clearly his first meeting with Dr. Tim Bruster on September 1, 2003.
Over the past 18 ½ years, we’ve already learned that a large part of Dr. Tim Bruster’s leadership role as senior pastor has been devoted to enabling, encouraging, and empowering his staff to find and follow their passion in ministry — with some stellar results for the church as a whole.
As devoted followers of Jesus Christ, we say that we are committed to practices that will encourage growth in our faith. We know that Discipleship is the process of being shaped by the Holy Spirit through spiritual practices to become more like Jesus.
Among the many passions Dr. Tim Bruster brought to first church 18 1/2 years ago was a desire to enable, empower, and encourage outreach in this large downtown church with an already rich history of outreach ministries.
Early in the same year Dr. Tim Bruster joined the staff as Senior Pastor of First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth, Mark Burrows (yes, that same guy from the Children’s story), occupied the position of Director of Music and Worship at First Church.
Dr. Tim Bruster noticed on his first Sunday as the pastor at First United Methodist Church, Fort Worth, that there was the glaring lack of a Children’s Moment during the services.
Thank you to our generous First Church Lily Donors who made Easter 2022 especially beautiful in all our sacred spaces!
From message to music to liturgy and prayer, worshipping God at First United Methodist Church makes Sunday mornings a truly sacred time of connection with God and one another.